English-German translator, proofreader, and localisation project manager with 16 years of localisation experience.

I have worked on a wide variety of materials, including user manuals, on-line help, software strings, audio scripts, marketing collaterals etc. from English to German and German to English (please note that all my German to English translations are proofread by a qualified English native translator), e.g.:

Web-based applications, search engine and related products and services

Online help, UI strings, marketing content

Consumer electronics (digital cameras, printers, scanners, portable audio devices, etc.)

User manuals and collaterals; website FAQs

Energy / petrochemical

Health and safety documents, airport operations manuals, training material

Training materials

Training documents for online and classroom training – e.g. retail training, management training, operational training

Automotive

Workshop manuals, diagnostic software, service bulletins, marketing brochures, etc.

Production planning / scheduling software

Entire software and online help, audio script for demo

IT

Various – documentation, UI strings, web content, online help, etc.

Telecommunications

User manuals, online help and collaterals for telephones and call centre solutions; UI, documentation, etc. for mobile devices

Gaming

Arcade games and games descriptions; games for PC and Xbox – software, user guides, help and collaterals

Gliding

Web content for a glider manufacturer (non-profit, mainly DE-EN)


Other Services
Translation project management
Linguistic testing
Linguistic advising for audio recordings
Machine translation post-editing


Experience and Education
Translation degree from the University of Applied Sciences in Cologne, Germany.
In-house translation and localisation experience (1998-2012).
Freelance since 2012.