Full-time freelance translator since 2014. Native German. I work at native speaker level in English, German and Spanish, across six language directions, with English <> German as the proven core pair.

Numbers that matter: 7 million+ words translated in 10+ years, for 50+ agencies across Europe and the US. 10,000+ words per day, sustained. 1 million+ words delivered every year since 2024. Between August 2025 and July 2026: seven projects of 30,000+ words for a leading US localization agency, two of them around 80,000-90,000 words, each delivered at 10,000+ words per day. 24-48h turnaround at almost any volume. Weekends and same-day surge capacity on request. Typical project range 5,000-90,000 words. Largest single file to date: 89,930 words.

Credentials: MA Interpreting and Translation (University of Central Lancashire, UK). State-certified translator (Bavaria). 4 university titles. ISO 17100-qualified. Specialized BA training in Engineering translation.

Fields: Engineering & Technical, Medical & Life Sciences, Fintech & Finance, IT & Software, Marketing & Localization, Legal & Business.

Tools: Trados Studio 2024 (primary), memoQ, Phrase, XTM, Wordfast, Passolo. Comfortable in any browser-based platform or client portal. OCR and PDF-to-Word reconstruction available for scanned source material.

Around AI translation I cover the whole workflow: ISO-18587-aligned post-editing, MT quality evaluation and LQA, and terminology engineering.

Free test translation of about 300 words for new agencies, and for existing partners trying me in a new field. www.sappelt-languages.com