Translator of Power Journal, published quarterly by Siemens AG Power Generation (formerly KWU -- Kraftwerk Union) from 1993-2001.

Automotive engineering: translator of the Bosch Automotive Handbook, 2nd English Edition (706 pages, published in 1986 by Robert Bosch GmbH), as well as a number of smaller Bosch booklets describing various automotive systems and how they work (electrical system, ignition system, starters, batteries, lights, etc.).

Pneumatics/hydraulics: translated several pneumatics textbooks for FESTO Pneumatic, Esslingen (Germany); also interpreted (simultaneous) for the British contingent at a week-long FESTO sales & marketing conference held in Esslingen in 1980. Was the chief translator of the periodical "FESTO Select" publication in the late '70s, and translated numerous loose-leaf pages for their main pneumatics equipment catalog.

Translated a repair manual for the hydraulic system of a military helicopter which was highly commended by the customer.

IC wafer fabrication: diffusion, thin- and thick-film deposition, sputtering systems, wafer test, dicing, DIP/SIP packaging, etc. Worked for Harris Semiconductor in Palm Bay, Florida as line foreman in thin-film and diffusion departments.

Legal and patent translation: Spanish/German>English.

Interpreting (German<>English): trial work (patent infringement, investor fraud), depositions (insurance claims, fraudulent business practices, personal injury, theft of intellectual property), engineering conferences; simultaneous, consecutive, escort. My German client at a patent infringement trial in District Court in Charlotte, North Carolina in the early '90s rated me higher than Chancellor Kohl's interpreter, whom they had used previously.

I am certified by both the American Translators Association and the U.S. Gov't. Joint Publications Research Service. Native U.S.-English speaker. More than 30 years of experience as a full-time translator/interpreter in the U.S. and Western Europe.

Graduated with honors in German from the Defense Language Institute, West Coast (DLIWC, now the DLIFLC) at the Presidio of Monterey, CA prior to classified assignment with the U.S. Army Security Agency in West Berlin (1972-1975) as a German linguist and interpreter. Primary/secondary MOS: 98G3LGM/04B (German voice intercept analyst/interpreter).

BASIC programmer for over 25 years (off and on as a hobby); now working on C++ in my spare time.

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