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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: 17:27 GMT (GMT+0)

Native in: German Native in German

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-- 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, website and marketing texts, software strings, 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 tool experience:
SDLX, Trados, Alchemy Catalyst, Star Transit, Trados GXT, Microsoft LocStudio, SDL Passolo






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Total pts earned: 482
PRO-level pts: 442


Top languages (PRO)
English to German324
German to English70
German20
Spanish to German20
German to Spanish4
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Marketing97
Bus/Financial95
Other91
Tech/Engineering68
Art/Literary59
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Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino38
Tourism & Travel36
Marketing / Market Research29
Poetry & Literature28
IT (Information Technology)25
Business/Commerce (general)24
Advertising / Public Relations20
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Keywords: IT localisation, software localisation, marketing, spiele, games, travel, tourism, SDLX, Trados, Alchemy, Catalyst, Passolo, translation, übersetzung, übersetzer, website localisation



Profile last updated
Oct 15



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