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Member since May '07

Working languages:
German to English
French to English
English (monolingual)
Italian to English
Penny Hewson
I get your message across clearly

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Local time: 04:33 BST (GMT+1)

Native in: English Native in English
Willingness to Work Again info
8 Positive entries

Account type Freelancer, Identity Verified Verified member
Services Translation, Editing/proofreading
Expertise
Specializes in:
Business/Commerce (general)Law: Taxation & Customs
Law (general)Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright
Law: Contract(s)General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Food & DairyEducation / Pedagogy
Cooking / CulinaryCertificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs

KudoZ activity (PRO) PRO-level points: 522, Questions answered: 319, Questions asked: 31
Payment method accepted Wire transfer
Translation education Bachelor's degree - University of Leicester
Experience Years of translation experience: 4. Registered at ProZ.com: Jan 2006. Became a member: May 2007.
Credentials German to English (Chartered Institute of Linguists, verified)
French to English (Chartered Institute of Linguists, verified)
English (PTC Certificate in Basic Proofreading, verified)
Memberships IOL
Software FrameMaker, Frontpage, Indesign, MemoQ, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office Professional, Other CAT tool, Powerpoint, QuarkXPress, Wordfast
Professional practices Penny Hewson endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines.
About me
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I was originally brought up in the grocery and off-licence retail trade. After university I briefly held the licence for the sale of alcohol but sold the business and moved to Germany where I taught English and did translation work. I later returned to the UK.
As as a languages teacher of 25 years experience, I have developed an excellent English style for report writing and advertising and explanatory material of all sorts. I am particularly able to explain instructions and complex material in a readable and understandable style. I have vast experience of editing language teaching materials; one of my first jobs was proofreading language teaching crossword puzzles and website for Strucc Books of Budapest and editing/proofreading answers for a German course book. I have recently translated two English teaching courses from German.

Since taking up translation full-time, I have started to specialise in the translation of contracts and legal materials of all kinds, websites and legal letters. I am at present also company secretary of my husband's forensic and scientific consultancy.

I have a wide general knowledge and can tackle scientific and industrial material with information and the necessary background material; I am particularly good at advertising material and websites.

I have access to support for the translation of forensic material, particularly with regard to textiles, blood/breath analysis and DNA.

I also do regular pro bono translation work for Traducteurs sans Frontières usually involving letters, reports, website material or requests for funding.
I have recently acquired MemoQ and will therefore now be able to accept work in many different file formats.

I am happy to tackle most types of general industrial material and have experience in a wide range of registers.

Keywords: Translator German to English, contracts, legal, letters and reports, women's issues, general industrial and advertising material, crafts, clothing, education, gardening, food, language, general forensic texts, websites, editing, proofreading, teaching, educational


Profile last updated
Mar 6



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