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Working languages: English to German |
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|  Thomas Pfann
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Woking, England, United Kingdom Local time: 08:47 GMT (GMT+0)
Native in: German  | |
Freelancer,  Verified member | | Translation, Editing/proofreading, Website localization, Software localization | | Specializes in: | | Computers: Hardware | Computers: Software | | Computers: Systems, Networks | Economics | | Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino | IT (Information Technology) | | Marketing / Market Research | Media / Multimedia | | Tourism & Travel |
| Also works in: | | Advertising / Public Relations | Business/Commerce (general) | | Computers (general) | Government / Politics | | Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts) | Printing & Publishing | | Retail | Telecom(munications) |
More Less | | Questions answered: 201, Questions asked: 0 Easy / 6 PRO, PRO-level points: 462 | | OTHER-Staatlich geprüfter Übersetzer (IFA bei der Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg) | | Years of translation experience: 9. Registered at ProZ.com: Oct 2005. Became a member: Feb 2006. | | N/A | English to German (IFA Erlangen-Nuremberg)
| | N/A | | Adobe Acrobat, Catalyst, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Alchemy Catalyst, Powerpoint, SDL TRADOS, SDLX, STAR Transit | | http://www.thomaspfann.com | | English (PDF) | | Conferences attended | | Thomas Pfann endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines. | | About me
-- Native German freelance translator (EN > DE) based in the UK --
Skills and Expertise
Translation Experience and Specialisation:
IT/software localisation (UI, Help, manuals, collaterals), website and multimedia localisation, games localisation, translation of audio scripts, marketing translation, translation of travel & tourism material
Some recent projects include:
- Role as “Lead Translator” for the German localisation of a role play video game. Tasks during this 6-month project included: Coordination of a team of translators (answering and channelling questions, coordinating translation effort), review of other translators' work, translation of scripts for dubbing of in-game video sequences and overseeing studio recordings on-site in Germany, some testing and bug reporting.
- Onsite assignments for functional and linguistic software testing and bug reporting
- Regular translation of newsletters and press releases for various clients, such as the monthly newsletter of a major IT company in the printing/digital imaging industry
- Various translations for websites, incl. hotel and tourism websites
- Regular translations for gaming and online betting websites
- Translation of corporate training material, marketing texts, presentations, handbooks and manuals etc. for various clients in the IT field
- Regular translation of employee newsletters and corporate communications as well as product descriptions and marketing brochures
CAT tools:
Main tools used: SDLX, Trados
Past experience with: Alchemy Catalyst, Star Transit, Trados GXT, Microsoft LocStudio, SDL Passolo
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Keywords: IT localisation, software localisation, marketing, spiele, games, corporate, documentation, tourism, SDLX, Trados, translation, übersetzung, übersetzer, website localisation
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