German native speaker, freelancer, graduated and experienced translator and interpreter (MA degree in French, university studies at Sorbonne, Paris, and in Vienna, Austria).

Expertise:
- legal (contracts)
- economics and business,
- marketing
- insurance
- car industry (after sales, marketing and advertising, spare parts, dealer contracts..)

- cosmetics, beauty care and perfumes
- advertising and press release
- company reports, brochures and newsletters
- software localization
- human resources, training programs, personnel and career development, management guidelines, company organization
- quality management
- tourism (e.g. gastronomy, recipes, cooking, wine, travelling)
- culture (arts, classical music, literary/lyrics)

University studies of French language at Sorbonne, Paris, and at Vienna university, MA degree in French
Career as back office manager and translator/interpreter in French and international companies based in Vienna.
Freelancing successfully since August 2000.
Excellent command of language styles, special knowledge of France, French culture and life style (many visits to France + participation in university language courses, e.g. in Nice, Montpellier, Paris, Dijon and in England/Oxford)
EXCELLENT WRITING AND EDITING SKILLS IN GERMAN


AVAILABILITY FOR PROOFREADING/EDITING FRENCH>GERMAN and ENGLISH>GERMAN

References:
French>German: Renault, Citroen, L'Oréal group (Lancôme, Biotherm, Helena Rubinstein, Giorgio Armani), Marionnaud, Payot, Faurecia, Pernod-Ricard, Guy Degrenne, Saint Gobain-Isover, SAP. Austrian and European lawyers, insurance companies (AXA, Uniqa, social security boards),Vienna Concert Hall, Vienna Burgtheater

English>German: legal (contracts, purchase agreements, insurance, proceedings, minutes, General Terms and Conditions), finance/banking, company reports and newsletters, marketing and marketing research, human resources, quality management, EU-standards, advertising and press release etc. - translations and proofreading/editing for official boards, associations, insurance companies and lawyers

Working for international companies and agencies based in Austria and for the global translation industry

Translation memory system used: TRADOS 6.5