Current, idiomatic German, native speaker
Member of the NCTA
Objective
German translation projects with proven ability in localization, editing, copywriting and creative writing.
Profile
Motivated personable translation professional with a German University degree (MA)and a 20-year successful track record of freelancing. Worked for 3 years as German Product Specialist for Ask.com, establishing the company’s presence in the German market. Localization and creative writing experience with demonstrated ability for creative adaptation into the German cultural context. Well organized and detail-oriented. Great team-player who thrives in a multi-cultural environment and maintains a sense of humor under tight deadlines.
Professional Experience
● German QA Tester and Linguist for Nuance Communications, a key developer
for speech recognition software. Functional and linguistic testing of Nuance’s
voice recognition programs, Dragon Dictate for Mac versions 3 through 5 and
Dragon Express and the new Dragon Dictate App, closely following test scripts
and taking screenshots, reporting bugs into and verifying bugs from bug reporting
system (Jira).
● German linguistic and functional QA tester for Guidewire, a leading software
publisher for property and casualty insurance carriers. On-site functional and
linguistic testing of the company’s software applications for developers and
insurance agents, gaining expertise in a highly specialized industry. Assuring
quality and consistency of the terminology database, updating language database,
following complex test scripts and creating bug reports with screenshots.
● German Linguistic and Functional QA Tester for Netflix, the leading streaming
video and movie provider. Responsible for testing all functionality for the
German-speaking market plus linguistic QA. Major player in the companies’
launch in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg in September 2014.
Closely followed the provided test scripts for all Netflix-compatible TV platforms,
providing screenshots of issues and reporting them in Netflix’ own bug tracking
system.
● German Linguistic and Functional QA Tester for Moravia, a leading translation
agency, working on products for Apple Inc. in one of the company’s testing labs.
● German Localization Expert for Jawbone, a developer for Bluetooth devices and
iPhone applications. Responsible for complete German localization process of
both documentation and software of the UP! wristband.
● German Product Specialist for Ask.com, a popular search engine.
Played a major role in establishing the company’s Internet presence in
Germany. Was responsible for all elements and application content of the German
site. Improved and designed the localized site, including quality testing of Web
products and applications. Made contributions to Marketing and PR efforts and
kept abreast the search industry landscape in Germany.
● German Linguist for LinkedIn, a worldwide professional network service.
Providing online translation using state-of-the-art translation tools (Idiom
WorldServer) of all features and pages for LinkedIn’s German site. Maintaining
and updating online TM. Ongoing contracting position.
● Was German Linguist for PayPal, doing extensive linguistic reviews, updates and
testing of their new or improved on-line banking services for the German market.
Maintaining their extensive translation database and glossary, using state-of-the-
art translation memory tools (Idiom), as well as filing and fixing of bugs.
● Was German Quality Tester for Yahoo! Inc. Did linguistic and functional
testing of Yahoo! Mail service, using Bugzilla bug logging system and
Yahoo!’s own specific translation database.
Work History
● German QA Tester & Linguist for Nuance Communications, ongoing since 2012.
● German Linguist for Guidewire, onsite and offsite QA projects since December
2014.
● On-site German QA Tester for Netflix. June 2014 – October 2014.
● On-site German QA Tester for Apple, Inc. January 2013 – November 2013.
● German Linguist for Jawbone, 2011.
● German Linguist for LinkedIn, 2010– 2012.
● German Linguist for PayPal, 2009 –2010.
● German QA Tester for Yahoo!, 2009.
● German Product Specialist for Ask.com, an established search engine.
2005-2008.
Education
Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität, München, Germany. Magister Artium (MA) in Contemporary German Literature, Communications, Comparative Literature. 1991.
CAT Tools
Experience in Idiom Worldserver, Trados
Other Language skills
French, Italian, Spanish, Latin
References
Available upon request.