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I am a native German speaker and live in the US. I have been working as a freelance English to German translator for 2 1/2 years and I specialize in marketing, business, entertainment and technical content. I have experience with various CAT tools, MS Word and Excel.
Interpreting and translations:
I.GermanEnglish--legal:(superior,justice,municipal&federal courts;depositions);patents
medical interviews;depositions;medicalreports).
II. Russian>>English&German--legal&business translations
I deliver precise German, Spanish, and Farsi into English translation services, supported by literacy in French, Latin, and Arabic. My expertise spans legal, financial, medical, energy/environmental, patent, marketing, and social science sectors. With over a decade of professional experience, I provide accurate linguistic solutions for complex documents ranging from technical manuals and business contracts to pharmaceutical texts and academic publications. My advanced degrees in Philosophy and Psychology inform my nuanced approach to terminology and context across specialized disciplines. I have collaborated on major reference works, including translating entries for the Encyclopedia of Religion, and possess strong technical proficiency with industry-standard CAT tools. Whether handling sensitive legal briefs or intricate marketing materials, I ensure every project reflects both linguistic fluency and subject-matter authority.
With a PhD and ten years of experience, I specialize in translating complex technical and professional content from German, Spanish, French, and Farsi into English. My work ensures scientific and legal rigor across biology, genetics, chemical, and medical/pharmaceutical fields, while also covering legal documents, patents, financial reports, business communications, and social sciences research. I prioritize terminological consistency and clarity to deliver ready-to-use English that faithfully reflects the nuances of the source material, whether adapting a patent application or analyzing financial data.
Extensive freelance work as translator and interpreter. Translations included laser systems research, technical manuals, biological papers, and aircraft components for the USAF, French, and German Air Force, as well as voice-overs.
I am a native German. As a Chemist I worked with a German company that later on became part of an American company. Twelve years later a Finnish mother-company followed. English was the companies' language(s) all the time. For the last 16 years I specialized on handling patents, patents documents, and patent literature. Since 2007 I live in the US and am self-employed in the patent search field.
I have been working as a full-time German translator for over 15 years. I am extremely dependable, accurate, detail-oriented, and responsive, and I deliver high-quality translations on time.
Being Slovene and having studied Slavic Studies and American Studies in Berlin, Germany (B.A., at Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin), I am fluent in written and spoken English, German, Slovene, and Bosnian/ Croatian/ Serbian (former "Serbocroatian"). In addition, I am able to translate and interpret from and into the above listed languages (with Slovene and English as best target languages), can proofread texts written in Slovene, teach English (as a foreign language), and am familiar with the histories and cultures of the USA, Germany, Middle Europe, and of the Balkans (I also lived in all of these areas for extended periods of time).
I do speak fluent German,Russian,Uzbek and English is basic. I do have a strong educational background and work experience related to my education. If you need an experienced translator, I am the right person for you, I am a fast learner and will bring positive results for the company I will work for.
Over 15 years experience translating a variety of texts from websites, business correspondence, technical/users manuals, teaching material, press material etc.
Have worked in both English and German for 18 years in Europe for a Management Consulting firm and USA Today International. I have done some translations for ITUSA in Scottsdale.
During the past twenty years as a translator, interpreter, proofreader and voice over specialist,I have worked on many different projects. Therefore I have experience in a variety of fields. I am available on short notice.
Strong academic background, PhD. Translated literature texts from Indonesian into German (Indonesian short stories, published), copy wrote and translated the content of our project website from German into Indonesian, translated daily briefings from German into English while working as a marketing researcher, co-edited a volume on Indonesia's democratization in English (which included writing an academic article in English as well as proofreading and translating other author's papers), wrote my PhD thesis in English, etc.
I have a vast experience as a translator and consecutive interpreter, especially in diverse technical fields, including car industry, mechanics, electrics, electronics, robotics, software and patents, websites and marketing area (automobile and naval industry, watches, furniture, business, banking), certificates, contracts, patents and tourism and religious subjects.
My technical knowledge comes from my experience as a translator and interpreter on paper and on-site collaborating directly with technicians, and also from my experience as project manager at an Italian company that designs and manufactures welding installations for the automotive industry.Moreover, in my work experience I have developed strong organizatorial and managing skills dealing with customers and suppliers as project manager, besides the self-managing abilities coming from my experience as a freelancer, accompanied by a great attention to details and fast learning skills.
I am a full-time freelance translator with over 14 years of experience. I am extremely dependable, and I provide solid quality work due to my experience and capabilities.