Languages

· German
· Japanese
· English


Work Experience (All client details upon request)

05/2008 - Translation of Chemical Software, Chemistry; Chem

Sci/Eng English-German

04/2008 - Translation of Safety Guidelines, Construction /

Civil Engineering English-German

04/2008 - Translation of Incident Reports, Construction /

Civil Engineering English-German

04/2008 - Translation of Inspection Checklist, Automation &

Robotics English-German

04/2008 - Translation of Product Presentation (Powerpoint),

Advertising / Public Relations English-German

04/2008 - Translation of Construction Accident Reports,

Construction / Civil Engineering English-German

03/2008 - Translation of Advertising for a Software

Product, Computers: Systems, Networks English-German

03/2008 - Translation of Commendatory Letter, Human

Resources English-German

03/2008 - Translation of Construction Safety Reports,

Construction / Civil Engineering English-German

03/2008 - Translation of Safety Incident Reports,

Engineering (general) English-German

03/2008 - Translation of Incident Report, Engineering:

Industrial English-German

03/2008 - Translation of an Offer for a Storange Tank,

Engineering: Industrial English-German

03/2008 - Translation of Safety Guidelines and Incident

Report, Construction / Civil Engineering English-German

03/2008 - Translation of Safety Reports, Construction /

Civil Engineering English-German

02/2008 - Translation of Business Financial Survey,

Accounting English-German

02/2008 - Translation of Text on construction work,

Construction / Civil Engineering English-German

02/2008 - Share Holder Report Translation, Economics

English-German

02/2008 - IT Advertising Translation, Computers: Systems,

Networks English-German

02/2008 - Incident Report Translation, Engineering:

Industrial English-German

01/2008 - Technical manual translation, Engineering:

Industrial Japanese-German

11/2006 - Technical manual translation English-German

09/2006 - Technical manual translation English-German

07/2006 - Translation of ingame texts and gamestory

English-German (Vertex4)

06/2006 - Technical manual translation Japanese-German

04/2006 "Schwartz Business Development" - Translation of

presentation folder German-English

02/2005 to present - “Vertex 4” - Project

Management of Game Audio Production in an international Team;

German - English Translations of game-related material: Game

Development Document, Game Story, Demo Version and English

voice-overs production

11/2003 - “Kyodo News Vienna” - United Nations IAEA

Conference Speeches Translations English - Japanese, German -

English, Japanese - German/English

05/2003 - “Cure” Center for Usability Research and Engineering

- Software/Website/Mobile Phone Interface Usability

Evaluation

2004 - “Funender.com” Music Portal - Website

Translation English - German

Currently preparing for the Japanese Language Proficiency

Test Level 1 (highest Level)


Education

11/2004 Masters Degree - University of Vienna
· Major - Japanese Studies
· Minor - Linguistics
· Minor - Journalism and Communications

11/2004 Diploma Examination with focus on:
· Translation and Grammar Skills Japanese-German
· History, Culture and Sociology of Japan’s Youth

06/2003 Presentation of Diploma Thesis in Japanese Studies

and Approbation with Highest Honors

07/2002 Eight-week Scholarship at Tokyo Metropolitan City

Library, Japan ???????????

11/2001 HTML and Web Publishing Course, Institute for

Journalism & Communications, University of Vienna

1998 - 1999 One-year Scholarship at Yokohama City

University, Japan
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10/1996 Enrollment at the faculty of Japanese Studies (as

major), Linguistics and Journalism & Communications, University

of Vienna

1991 - 1996 Institution of Higher Education for

Tourism, Vienna 19., Peter-Jordan-Straße 78-80

06/1995 Four-week intensive English Course, San Diego

United States International University


Sample of completed courses at the University of Vienna



IT and Language Processing :
· Japanese Language EDP
· Usability and Computers

Japanese Literature:
· One-year Seminar, Kanbun-Style (??) (Ancient Japanese)
· One-year Seminar, Bungo (??) (Classical Japanese)
· Seminar, History of Japanese Literature

Linguistics:
· Course in Sociolinguistics
· Linguistic Seminar, “Japanese Dialects”

Translation Training:
· Technical and Scientific Japanese with focus on

Patent Translations
· One-Term course at the Institute for Interpreting and

Translations Studies Vienna with focus on Japanese Newspaper

Translations
· Seminar Film: Creation of German subtitles for the Japanese

original
· Conversion of Chinese Characters in Japanese; Completion with

highest honors

My 7-year long education in Modern Japanese covers:
· Grammar in Theory and Practice
· Translation Training
· Conversational Skills
· Reading / Writing
· Language Laboratory


Interests: Social Sciences, Linguistics, Marketing;

Psychology, Philosophy, Communication Sciences, Video Games, Movies,

Asia, Music, Technology, Astronomy, (new) Media, Internet etc…