Background

I was born in Germany in 1975. My mother being German and my father Belgian, I grow up in both languages French and German.

In 1985 I came back to Belgium, where I made my whole studies, including a higher education in Germanic languages (German, English and Dutch). I completed my studies with great distinction in June 1997.


Languages

The source languages I am thus used to translate from are German, English and Dutch.

Target Language is mostly French, but I am also used to translate into German.


Career description

When I left school in 1997 I worked for one year in a lawyer association in Brussels called LSWH, specialised in European law, where I get used with the translation of defence speeches, minutes and a lot of other law documents.

In 1998 I left this lawyer association to work for a multi-national group called Bosch and especially for their household appliances department. I stayed with this company for three years and get used with the translation of catalogues, product datasheets, operating manuals, mailings and a lot of marketing documents.

From 2001 until December 2005 I worked for the technical department of Pittsburgh Corning Europe, a cellular glass manufacturing company, where I translated all the technical documents including MSDS, product datasheets, European Standards, testing reports, into French and German.

Since February 2006 I decided to go on my own and to work as a freelance translator to dedicate myself entirely to translation.


Specialities

My specialities are thus situated in the following fields: legal, household appliances, building, insulation materials, technical datasheets, material safety datasheets, testing reports, European Standards


IT knowledge

I have an extended knowledge of Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Publisher.
As translation software I currently use Wordfast.


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