Language Skills

Danish: mother tongue
English: mother tongue equivalent
German: excellent understanding
Swedish: good understanding
Norwegian: good understanding

Specialization

Tech / Engineering, Photo, Business, Management, QA, IT, Audio / Hi-Fi, Whitegoods, Browngoods, Spare Parts

Background

I was born and educated in Denmark. Day-to-day and during my education, I received significant exposure to both English and German and was awarded high marks for both at High School exams. Formally trained as an Electronics Technician, I spent 10 years working in that capacity in Denmark. In 1985 I migrated to Australia and have spent around 25 years working with Bang & Olufsen, Panasonic, Olympus and Roadshow Entertainment in a variety of technical and management roles, including:

• Customer Service management, electronics, photo and DVD distribution
• Operations management, electronics FMCG
• Technical management, electronics & photo
• Technical Officer, electronics (providing tech support, training & documentation)
• Warehouse / Distribution / Logistics management, electronics FMCG
• Spare Parts management, electronics & photo
• Staff management
• Call Centre / Contact Centre management
• Quality Assurance management

I find that my skill set is now very well suited for translation work due to:
• my technical background
• my language skills
• my 10 year Danish work experience
• my 25+ years versatile Australian work experience
• my accuracy and attention to detail

Subject Areas

Key Areas:
Operating manuals, data sheets, technical specifications, technical documentation, mech. engineering, elec. engineering, commissioning documentation, brochures, catalogues

Subjects translated include:
Technical documentation / instruction manuals for software, control systems, industrial processing, cranes, automotive calibration, solar collectors, air conditioning, sorting and counting machines, conveyor systems, pumps, blowers, tools, industrial cooking appliances, mowers, snow thrower, DIY- kits, audio-visual equipment, printers.
Operation instructions, data sheets, volume & heat flow sheets and other technical documentation for Uhde nitric acid plant, including turbine set, LaMont-boiler, heat exchangers, pumps, valves, filters etc.


Software

Windows7, Trados 2007, SDLX 2007, MS Office 2010, ReadIris Pro, Nitro PDF Pro editor, PDF writer

Hardware

Intel Core i7, broadband, scanner, printer


Rates

For an accurate estimate, please submit the text for review.

Payment methods

Moneybookers or Direct deposit to Australian bank account

Standard Terms & Conditions

Smaller projects invoiced upon completion
Larger projects broken into phases and each phase invoiced upon completion
Payment 30 days from invoice


Contact Details:

Jens Kaestel
Address: 61 Burnett Avenue, Mount Annan, NSW 2567, Australia
Cell Phone: +61 434 932 011, Fax: +61 2 4647 2753
Email: jens@kaestel.org