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Working languages:
English to German
Spanish to German
Dutch to German
German (monolingual)
French to German

ElkeKoe
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Native in: German Native in German
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About me
• Education:

∙ Diplom Wirtschaftsanglistin (MA)
∙ Textiltechnisches Studium (FH)
∙ Hochschulreife / Matura / Abitur (equivalent of A-levels)


• Languages:

∙ German (mother tongue)
∙ Swiss German
∙ English (C2)
∙ Spanish (B2)
∙ Dutch (B2)
∙ French (B2)
∙ Italian (A2)
∙ (Latinum)


• Foreign University Studies:

∙ Universidad de León, Spain
∙ University of Reading, Great Britain


Professional Experience

2009 till today
HR-Manager
• IT-Recruitment / IT-Headhunting

2009
Academic Sales Representative
• Sale of books and eLearning programmes for academic purposes

1998 till today
Freelance Translator / Proofreader
• Book translations for several publishers incl. proofreading related to software and programming:
Publisher: Springer; Titles: "Was ist Lean Six Sigma?" and "Lean Six Sigma für Dienstleistungen"
Publisher: mitp; Title: "Agile Software-Entwicklung", "Object Constraint Language"; "P2P"; "DB2"

• Translations from English, Dutch, Spanish, French, and Italian into (Swiss)German:
Websites, presentations, company software, technical texts, IT texts, technical manuals (e.g. automotive, hi-fi), contracts, press releases, etc.
• Copy-editing (proofreading) of German texts: Websites, presentations, company software, technical texts, IT texts, technical manuals (e.g. automotive, hi-fi), contracts, press releases, etc.
• Localisation: German - Swiss German

2004 – 2007
CEO
• Corporate purpose:
Telecommunication: Advice, sale and distribution of mobile phones, mobile phone contracts, conventional telephone network, DSL, internet
• 8 stores / 15 employees
Tasks: Company organisation and structuring, store support, HR management, distribution, training, meetings

1995
Trainee Teacher for vocational schools
• English, Business English, Economics

1994 - 1997
Office Manager
• Corporate purpose:
Consulting (6 employees)
Tasks: Office organisation, correspondence, telephone exchange, conferences and fairs, accounting



Further Education

2009 - 2010
SRK Pflegehelferin (Care Assistant - Swiss Red Cross)
• Elderly care

Keywords: software, hardware, manual, economics, automotive, server, website, presentation, trados, english, german, spanish, dutch, proofreading, translation, IT, telecommunication,


Profile last updated
Jul 5, 2011



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