Computer (Software, Hardware, Localization)
Website Localization, eLearning
Technical/Engineering
Business, Marketing
Humanities, Art, Music


German native living in California

• Over 15 years' experience as freelance and in-house translator for computer-related (software localization/hardware and software manuals), technical and marketing texts.
  
• Over 7 years' experience in terminology and computer dictionary creation and maintenance for legal, business, medical, computer and general dictionaries.
  
• During my work as Senior Software Linguist at a major MT company, my responsibilities included the localization, proofreading and QAing of all of the company's products for the German-speaking market.
  
• Experience in programming, desktop publishing, web design.
  
• Ph.D. in German Literature
  M.A. in English Literature, Linguistics
  
• Teaching Experience at High School and College Level for German Language and Literature, Phonetics, Business German, Translation, Creative Writing (in English)

Major Projects

• Localization of Intel products and manuals as member of Intel's GLS localization team
  
• Co-Translator for MS Press (Germany) publication on Active Directory/Group Policies
  
• Manuals on server installation, memory devices, CD/DVD burning tools, MP3 Players/Recorders etc.
  
• Web presence for several international businesses
  
• Manuals and packaging for computer peripherals
  
• Surveys for several international computer and electronics companies
  
• Sales and Co-Marketing material
  
• Localization of online e-learning programs for several international companies for software solutions
  
• English and German contracts (including technical setup) for SMS services provider
  
• Manuals for medical devices
  
• Software Localization and QA of products and manuals for Globalink, Inc., Lernout & Hauspie, Mendez, and Bowne Global Solutions for over 7 years
  
• Creation of linguistic software components and bilingual dictionaries (Computer, Law, Business, Medicine, General) for Machine Translation programs