I’m a native German freelance translator and localizer for English / German and look back at over 20 years of translation experience. Having lived in several countries and worked under changing work conditions and requirements, I gained knowledge about a variety of topics.
Presently I reside in Arizona, USA.
From 1999-2009 I worked as a German linguist at the localization department of Intel Corp., was soon promoted to “Language Lead”, and in charge of “everything that had to do with German”.
Additional roles:
- Freelancer and vendor manager, in charge of finding the right linguists for 37 languages, monitoring their performance, and being their main point of contact.
- Project coordinator. Managing large localization projects with up to 26 languages - i.e. finding the right team, doing file inspections, taking care of the translation, providing tool training, and using source control.
In the years before I worked as a contractor in Africa.
I mainly worked for government organizations and UN offices, translating material into German, but I also provided classroom training for computer software.
I worked in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the US. Through these different environments I learned to be flexible, innovative, creative, and easy to work with.
