I am an experienced translator for business, marketing, web sites and software manuals, and have experience working for an airline. I recently attended a course on translating for the financial markets and IFRS annual reports/accounts.

Language skills: English mother tongue, bilingual written and spoken German (including Internet, business and airline jargon), good French and basic Portuguese and Spanish. Have interpreted live for a variety of conferences.

Computer skills: My laptop is equipped with Windows Vista (laptop 7), Office 2007, SDL Trados 2009 and 2007 and Deja Vu; I am well versed in Trados, SDLX, Deja Vu, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Publisher, FrontPage, FrameMaker, PageMaker, email and Internet applications and can deliver projects by mail, fax and in most electronic formats.

Business: I have considerable experience of project management and working to tight deadlines without supervision, and fully understand the need for personal contact and keeping business partners informed of progress.

Employment
De2en Translations, UK (Jul ’00 – to date)
Currently working as a freelance translator: German-English. I have translated a wide range of documents including IFRS annual reports, web sites, business correspondence, software manuals, legal, insurance and banking contracts, on-line training material, articles for various magazines and technical manuals. I also proofread other translators’ work.

Office Manager, Go Fly Limited, Stansted Airport.(Jan ’98 – Jun ’00)
Manager, International School of Languages, London.(Jul 95 - Dec 97)
Teacher of English as a Foreign Language, London. (Jan 94 - Jun 95)
Sales Administrator, Dachser Airfreight, Stuttgart Airport.(Aug 92 - Jun 93)
Market Research Placement, Roland Berger Marktforschung, Munich.(Feb 91 - Aug 91)
Marketing Placement, British Telecom Mobile Communications, London.(Jul 89 - Dec 89)


Education and Qualifications
Nov 2001: Institute of Linguist’s Diploma in Translation.

1988 – 1992: BA (Hon.) European Business Administration and Diplom-Betriebswirt (FH), Middlesex University and Fachhochschule fuer Wirtschaft und Technik, Reutlingen, Germany

1986 – 1988: GCE A Levels in German and French