Languages
If you have texts in:
- English,
- Spanish, and
- French
for translation into German, then have them translated by a qualified professional. German is my mother tongue in its truest sense, and I love and treasure it. As a recognised qualified translator, I use it every day in my work.
Specialist areas
In past years I have worked principally in the translation of operating manuals, product catalogues, contracts, datasheets, publicity brochures, and other texts from the following specialist areas:
- Medical technology
- Rehabilitation technology and orthopaedics
- Software
- Agricultural machinery
- Household appliances
- etc.
CAT tools
For my work, in addition to my language skills, I also use modern technologies, such as various CAT tools, including SDL Trados Studio 2014, SDL MultiTerm 2014, Wordfast 3 Professional or, if you so desire, also your organisation’s own translation software. To your benefit, this process guarantees a consistent use of specialist terms, and an optimum use of your legacy translations.
File formats
I regularly work with the following formats:
- MS Office files (*.doc, *.docx, *.xls, *.xlsx, *.ppt, *.pptx, etc.)
- Open Office files (*.odt, *.ods, *.odp)
- Adobe FrameMaker files in versions 8 to 11 (only *.mif)
- Adobe InDesign files in versions CS2 to CS6 (only *.inx or *.idml)
- XML files from various Content Management Systems (including Typo3, Cosima Go!, DocuGlobe, Smart Media Creator, etc.)
- Other formats on request
Please visit Examples of projects to gain an impression of some of the projects which I successfully handled in recent years.