 Member since Jun '03
Working languages: English to German
French to German
German to English |
|  Renate FitzRoy
St Andrews, Scotland Local time: 07:14 GMT (GMT+0)
Native in: German  | |
Freelancer,  Verified member | | Translation, Interpreting, Editing/proofreading, Website localization | | Specializes in: | | Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) | Linguistics | | Genetics | Music | | Education / Pedagogy |
| Also works in: | | Science (general) | Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng | | Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) | Botany | | Environment & Ecology | Economics | | Energy / Power Generation | Religion |
More Less | | Questions answered: 462, Questions asked: 2 Easy / 115 PRO, PRO-level points: 485 | | OTHER-MSc Heriot-Watt Univ. Edinburgh | | Years of translation experience: 8. Registered at ProZ.com: Mar 2003. Became a member: Jun 2003. | | N/A | English to German (ITI (UK))
German to English (Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh)
English to German (Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh)
| | ITI | | Across, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Scansoft pdf converter, Powerpoint, Wordfast | | About me
Biology,
Current affairs,
Economics,
Environment,
History
Literature
Medicine,
Music.
Training:Staatsexamen 1 (equ.MA) 1975
French/German Heidelberg, incl. theatre and linguistics Aix-en-Provence 1972/3
Staatsexamen 2 (teaching in secondary schools)Berlin 1979
MSc Translation & Technology Heriot-Watt Edinburgh 2000
Having lived in both German and British cultural surroundings, I am comfortable working from English into German as well as from German to English. Much of my work has been published, but I also translate websites for direct clients and do occasional translation work for agencies.
List of Published Translations
J. Hacker/J. Heesemann, Molekulare Infektionsbiologie, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag Heidelberg March 2000, ISBN 3-86025-368-9, Molecular Infection Biology, published in September 2002 at J. Wiley, New York, ISBN 0-471-17845-2
Introduction to the intermediary report of the select committee of the Bundestag, Globalisierung der Weltwirtschaft - Herausforderungen und Antworten
"Globalization of the World Economy - Challenges and Responses
Stavros Kromidas, More Practical Problem-Solving in HPLC, Wiley VCH November 2004 ISBN: 3-527-31113-0
Co-translator for Will Minuth et al., Zukunftstechnologie Tissue Engineering, Wiley VCH 2003, ISBN 3-527-30793-1 Tissue Engineering:From Cell Biology to Artificial Organs, ISBN: 3527311866, March 2005
Co-translator for Michael Wink et al., Molekulare Biotechnologie, Wiley VCH 2004, ISBN 3-527-30992-6 An Introduction to Molecular Biotechnology, ISBN: 3-527-31412-1, June 2006
Main translator for Reinhard Renneberg, Biotechnologie für Einsteiger, Elsevier 2006, ISBN: 3-8274-1538-1, Biotechnology for Beginners, ed. by Arnold L. Demain, ISBN: 0123735815, October 2007 http://tinyurl.com/y8fwfst
Main translator for the English version of the new guide book for the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (The text has, however, been modified without my consent, enhanced and amended second edition coming up).
Work in progress: Reinhard Renneberg, Bioanalytik für Einsteiger.Diabetes, Drogen und DNA, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag 2009, 9783827420879
Into German
Second edition of D. Nicholl, Introduction to Genetic Engineering, Cambridge University Press 2002, ISBN 0521004713, Gentechnische Methoden, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag Heidelberg, July 2002, ISBN 3-8274-1334-6, translation of additional chapters
Thubten Chodron, Buddhism for Beginners, Snow Lion Ithaca, NY, 2001, ISBN 1-55939-153-7, Buddhismus. Antworten auf die häufigsten Fragen. Herder Verlag Freiburg, ISBN 3-451-05160-5, published Jan. 2003
Philip Kapleau, Zen Merging of East and West, Anchor Books New York 1980, Erleuchtung nicht ausgeschlossen, ISBN 3-451-05325-X published by Herder Verlag Freiburg Aug. 2003
Thich Nhat Hanh, Opening the Heart of the Cosmos, Parallax Press Berkeley CA 2003, Das Herz des Kosmos, Herder Verlag Freiburg 2005, ISBN 3-451-28468-5
Alan Watts, The Religion of No-Religion, Tuttle publ. 1995, ISBN 0-8048-3056-8 Buddhismus verstehen, Herder Verlag Freiburg 2005, ISBN 3-451-05567-8, now in its second edition
Epstein/Perkin/Cookson/de Bono, Pocket Guide to Clinical Examination, Third Edition, Mosby 2004, Anamnese und Untersuchung auf einen Blick Urban & Fischer, Munich April 2006, ISBN: 3-437-41083-0
Co-translator for Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace Begins Here, Parallax Press 2004, ISBN 1888375450, Versöhnung beginnt im Herzen, Herder Verlag Freiburg, August 2005, ISBN 3-451-28825-7
Kenneth Leong, Zen Stories, Anleitung zum Glücklichsein
100 Zengeschichten für das neue Jahrtausend
ISBN 3-451-07053-7
Herder March 2006
E.U.v. Weizsäcker, O.R. Young, M. Finger eds, Limits to Privatization, Earthscan London 2005, ISBN 1-84407-177-4, chapters by non-German authors, Grenzen der Privatisierung, ISBN 978-3777614441 published by Hirzel Verlag Stuttgart 2006, now in its second edition
Co-translator for Tortora/Derrickson, Principles of Anatomy and Physiology, Wiley New York 2006, ISBN 0-471-68934-3, published by Wiley-VCH August 2006, 3-527-31547-0
Rachel Black/Louise Scull, Beyond Childlessness, Rodale London 2005, ISBN 1-4050-7761-1, Rachel Black, Louise Scull: Wenn Frauen keine Kinder haben. Gefühle, Erfahrungen, Perspektiven, published by Herder (Freiburg, Basel, Wien) 2007. ISBN 978-3-451-29264-4
Thich Nhat Hanh, A Rose for Your Pocket, Parallax Press 2008, to be published by Herder (Freiburg, Basel, Wien) in November 2008
Chapters 1, 3, 4 and 10 from Bert Hölldobler/E. O. Wilson, The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies, * Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
* Pub. Date: November 2008
* ISBN-13: 9780393067040
* 576pp
Co-translator for B. Hölldobler/E.O. Wilson, The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies,576 pages : W.W. Norton, 2008. ISBN 978-0393067040, to be published by Springer, Heidelberg, Der Superorganismus
Der Superorganismus · Der Erfolg von Ameisen, Bienen, Wespen und Termiten
Hölldobler, B., Wilson, E.O., 2010, ISBN 978-3-540-93766-1, to be published on October 15, 2009
Translations of which I hold the copyright:
H.W. Müller-Wohlfahrt, Mensch, beweg Dich! ISBN 3-89883-013-6 Zabert Sandmann Verlag Munich
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Keywords: Molecular biology, microbiology, biotechnology, medical, renewable energy, carbon emissions trading, arts, music, website translation, proofreading, liaison interpreting, tuition, work for publishers English German English
Molekularbiologie, Mikrobiologie, Biotechnologie, Medizin, Musik, Nachhaltigkeit, Erneuerbare Energien, Emissionshandel
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