Professional translator for the language pair English -> German, focusing on texts that fall into the categories Computers, Commerce and Communication – from 1-page press releases to 400-page non-fiction books.

Advantages for you as a client:

• Quality: translations that sound like they were originally written in German with the target audience in mind
• Consistency: adherence to your preferences, style guides, termbases
• Clarity: comments on obvious errors or unclear wording in the source text to ensure correct translations
• Flexibility: rush jobs, use of proprietary tools, and other special arrangements whenever needed and possible

Key services offered:

• Translation
• Editing / proofreading / reviewing
• LQA and general style advice (e.g., on gender-neutral language, readability)
• Copywriting (with a focus on readers, not on search engines)

For related services, please get in touch so we can discuss your needs.

Education and experience:

• Master’s degree in American Studies (minored in Communications and Computer Science; spent one year at UMass Amherst with a DAAD scholarship)
• Scientific employee at TU Dresden’s Faculty of Computer Science for four years (translated and proofread study materials; wrote research grant proposals)
• Self-employed translator for more than a decade now (collaborating with translation agencies and direct clients; working with various CAT tools and platforms)

Examples of previous projects:

• 8 books: Wiley’s …for Dummies series (on topics such as Machine Learning, AWS, TensorFlow, MS Teams, Zoom)
• 25,000 words: white paper on virtualization
• 22,000 words: chapters in a textbook about corporate privacy management
• 40,000 words: guide for IT administrators
• 9,000 words: Skype for Business guide (for a company’s internal userbase)
• 14,000 words: e-book on CRM strategies
• 8,000 words: risk management brochure
• 37 pages: treatment for an upcoming documentary
• 200,000 words: proofreading the website of a data storage solutions provider
• 200+ articles: LQA of career guide articles for an HR platform

Further information:

• Web: www.simonelinke.com
• Mail: [email protected]

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