Native English (American) speaker with four years’ translation/editing experience and 19 years’ work experience.

Translation Fields of Experience: business, biochemical/medical, technical, automotive, agriculture, food technology, environmental and legal

Specific Translation Experience: brochures, biochemical patents, banking documents, human resource and technical manuals, specifications, contracts, magazine and journal articles, certificates, court orders and other legal documents, websites, patents, university papers, and market updates. University certificate project specifically included translation of technical documents.  Lived and worked two years in Germany and German is spoken daily at home with native speaker.

Currently chairperson of the certification board for The Translators and Interpreters Guild.

Teaching experience: corporate German at Volkswagen and DaimlerChrysler, English at several universities in the US and abroad including teaching Academic and Professional Writing for graduate students at Va. Tech. 

Other work experience: veterinary technician, pharmaceutical assistant, and law enforcement officer

 

Past and current clients include the following:

Berryville Graphics (Bertelsmann), Winchester, VA                                SiemensVDO (Mannesmann), Detroit, MI

German Communication Solutions, Auburn Hills, MI                                 Translations+, Auburn Hills, MI

University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI                                                  Vital International Programs, Troy, MI

Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA                                                          Literacy Volunteers of America, Winchester, VA

Radford University, Radford, VA                                                                   Volkshochschule Rhein-Erft, Brühl, Germany

Euroschool Organization, Bonn, Germany                                                     Sprachbüro Schmitt & Feyt, Cologne, Germany

Hershey Foods Corp., Hershey, PA                                Volkswagen of North America and Mexico

Fedders Corp., Liberty Corner, NJ                                English Language Institute at Va. Tech, Blacksburg, VA

SDL International, Stuttgart and Munich, Germany

 

Translation Certificate, German/English, Oakland University, Auburn Hills, MI, 2000

German Language Certificate (equivalent US grade 4.0 overall), written and spoken, Goethe Institute, Frankfurt, Germany, 2000

TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Certificate, Shenandoah Univ., Winchester, VA 1999 Certificate in German as a foreign language, written and spoken, Goethe Institute, Frankfurt, Germany, 1997

MS, Criminal Justice (GPA 4.0), Radford University, Radford, VA, 1995

BS, Animal Science, Va. Polytechnic Institute and State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, 1988

 

 

Computer, modem, Microsoft applications (Word, Excel), TRADOS translation memory (latest version) and customer data base management, HP printing and scanning, Internet terminology databases and dictionaries, personal library, local university library (includes language lab), typing 45 WPM