Software Localization

Consumer Electronics

Website Localization

Telecommunication

Marketing

                     Special rates for first time customers!

----------------------------------

Personal Details

ROBERT PÄTZOLD 

Wörther Straße 36 

D-10435 Berlin 

Germany



Tel.: +49-30-23 88 12 23 

Mobile: +49-177-77 88 886 

Fax: +49-3221-1142 184 

E-mail: [email protected] 

Web: www.germantranslations.de.vu 



Language Combinations



 · English (all variants) > German (Germany/Austria/Switzerland); 

 · Spanish (all variants) > German (Germany/Austria/Switzerland)



Native Language · German (Germany/Austria/Switzerland)



Career Objectives

 · To use my foreign language, translating and proofreading skills in the fields of software localization, consumer electronics and market research translations.



Work History 



· Technical, medical and engineering & automation translations from English into German for Aventis & Procter & Gamble (London/Great Britain), Interverbum (Stockholm/Sweden), Keypoint (Kopenhagen/Denmark) etc. from 2/02 to present 



· Software and opinionaire translations from English into German for Text & Form (Berlin/Germany), D & D International (Berlin/Germany), LocZone GmbH (Berlin/Germany), Idea Institute (Tokyo, Japan), etc. from 2/96 to present



 · Game localization/manuals/questionnaires for Keywords International Ltd. (Dublin/Ireland), especially Microsoft's Xbox from 2001 to present



 · Engineering & automation (controlling devices, industrial automation, industrial

electronics, measurement & monitoring systems/devices, power devices, semiconductors, telecom hardware/infrastructure), consumer electronics and survey translations for Torindo Co., Ltd. (Tokyo/Japan), TEAM International s.r.o. (Reutlingen/Germany), Intrat (Reutlingen/Germany) from 11/99 to present (including manuals for SONY, PIONEER, KENWOOD etc.)



· Transport: question paper translations for Bombardier Transportation via Akzént (Berlin/Germany) from 02 to 04 



· Arts and Culture: inquiry schedules for KulturBrauerei GmbH; Berlin Partners; Stiftung NEUE KULTUR (all Berlin/Germany) 2002 



· Additional translation work in the fields of Medical Diagnostics (ultrasound and MRI machines, X-ray machines), Medical Life Support (urinary catheterization, hospital care products), Therapeutic Equipment (infusion pumps), Medical Scientific Texts (rheumatology, ophthalmology, gastroenterology and cardiology), Medical Pharmacy. 



· Additional translation work in the field of Engineering & Automation (controlling devices, measurement & monitoring systems, telecom hardware/infrastructure) 



· Additional translation work in the following fields: Leisure, Art, Architecture, Industrial Design, Machinery (Automotive), Services (Financial Consulting/Financial Advisory), Software (Antivirus, CAD/CAM/PLM, Computer Games, Operating Systems, Office/Document Management Applications).





Related Experience 



·Teacher of German as a Second Language, Volkshochschule Berlin, 3/93-5/96





Education 



· Diploma-Translator for English and Spanish, Humboldt-University of Berlin,

Germany, 1996



Honors And Activities 



· Exchange student in Spain for one year (Universidad de Extremadura, Cáceres, 1990)

· Exchange student in Great Britain for one year (Thames Valley University, London, 1993)



Special Skills 



· Software and hardware technical knowledge 

· Experience in Consumer Electronics and Market Research translations 

· Experience in the use of SDL TRADOS Studio 2014, MemoQ & Déjà Vu X2 translation memory software (18 years) 

· Excellent spelling skills · Experience in software localisation, IT, telecommunication 

· Ten college semesters of Russian



Rates 



· Translation: 0.12 EUR per source word depending on difficulty and file format

· Proof-Reading: 40 EUR/h



Daily Capacity 

· 5,000 words



Fields of Translation 



· Game Localization 

· Software Localization 

· Consumer Electronics 

· Engineering & Automation

· Websites

· Medical

· Market Research

___________________________________________________________________________