Danish Medical Translation
Susmi Ostenfeld-Rosenthal

Næsgårdvej 14

8500Grenå

Denmark

Tel: (+45) 24 44 27 30

E-mail: ype: susmirosenthal

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WORK EXPERIENCE:

Owner and Medical Translator: 1998 – present (some part-time, most years full-time)

Danish Medical Translation – Grenaa, Denmark

English into Danish:

  • Medical (general), Life Sciences, In Vitro Diagnostics, Microbiology, Biochemical, Pharmaceuticals, Medical/Surgical Devices, Biotech, Medical Software/Hardware, Clinical Trial Protocols, Patient Information Brochures and Questionnaires, Package Insert Leaflets, Summaries of Product Characteristics, Labeling, Instructions for Use, Manuals, Material Safety Data Sheeets(MSDS), Psychological Tests and Questionnaires…

Project Manager / Teacher / Counselor: 2002

NetComKursus A/S – IT, Teambuilding and Job Search courses, Copenhagen, Denmark

Responsibilities included:

  • Management of IT and Teambuilding courses
  • Teaching job search and IT courses
  • Counselor for people on long-term unemployment

Director for Freelance Community, Americas: 2001

TRADOS Corp. – Translation Memory Software Publisher, Virginia, USA

Responsibilities included:

  • Overall management of Sales of the Freelance software edition in South America, USA, Canada. Frequent travel.
  • Event planning and exhibition: Conferences, shows, events (South America, USA, Canada)
  • Software demonstrations, consulting and training (incl. planning of these) at events, translation organizations, and universities (South America, USA, Canada)
  • Software training

Localization Project Manager: 2000 – 2001

Welocalize.com– Localization Company, Maryland, USA

Responsibilities included:

  • Localization projects: Linguistic, technical and cultural adaptation of software, web, multimedia and documentation material into multiple languages. Included selecting and leading teams, scheduling, tracking, reporting; budget planning and tracking, QA
  • Consulting – internationalization, localization, and cultural issues for a given project
  • Communication between clients, production and external resources
  • Development of internal project management certification program
  • Training new project managers

Translation Project Manager: 1998 – 2000

Translingua, Inc. – Medical/Technical Documentation Translation and DTP, Maryland, USA

Responsibilities included:

  • Medical/technical translation projects: Translation, DTP, and pre-press. Included selecting and leading teams; scheduling, tracking, reporting, deliverables; budget planning, QA, contractor mgmt., communication focal point
  • Translation/editing of medical documentation into Danish. Translation consulting to clients.
  • Voice-over projects: translation, timing and foreign language studio recording of material for video, radio, film, or TV
  • Temporary production management (6 months) supervising the workload of 6 employees
  • Training new project managers

Psychotherapist and Mindfulness Instructor: 2007 – 2011 (part-time only)

Own practice

Psychotherapist: 2006

Familiehuset, Family therapy and treatment center, Grenå, Denmark

Psychotherapist (trainee during education): 2005 – 2006

Kvisten, Support and treatment center for sexually abused people, Århus, Denmark

Social Worker for the physically and mentally challenged: 2002 – 2003

Københavns Kommune, Handicapcenter Vest

EDUCATION:

ÅrhusUniversitet, Denmark: B.A., Russian Language and Translation, 1997

Towson University, Maryland, USA: M.A. Studies, Media Production and Creative Writing,2000

GråbrødreInstituttet, Copenhagen, Denmark: Psychotherapy, 4-year specialization degree,2006

Individual clinics, seminars and courses:

  • Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Psychologist Morten SveistrupHecksher, Level I and II for Therapists, KognitivGruppen2010
  • H.H. the Dalai Lama, Mindfulness Based on Love and Compassion, 2 day seminar, 2009
  • Leonard Jacobson, Being Present, 2 day seminar, 2008
  • Irvin D. Yalom, M.D., Professor, Stanford University, California: Existential Psychotherapy - 1) Facing Death Anxiety, 2) The Art of Group Psychotherapy, 2007
  • Ernesto Spinelli, Ph.D., Professor, RegentsCollege, London: 1) Key Concerns of Existential Psychotherapy, 2) The Therapeutic Relationship, 2007
  • Mindfulness meditation, 1-year program in meditation practice for treatment of stress, anxiety etc., 2007, by Psychotherapist Eva Hildebrand and Body Therapist Hannah Jacobsen
  • Sexual abuse of children, by Psychologist Susanne Freund, Århus, Fall 2005
  • Cognitive and Developmental Psychology, CopenhagenUniversity, Fall 2002
  • Heart Work – Emotional Intelligence, by Claus Møller, TMI, 2002
  • Anatomy & Physiology, 2 semesters, Frederick Community College, USA, 1998
  • ISO Internal Auditing, Baltimore, USA 1999
  • Video production, 2 semesters, Frederick Community College, USA, 1998
  • Language course, summer semester, by Praxis, Vladimir, Russia, 1994
  • Language and literature courses, fall semester, RusskijUchebnyjCenter, Moscow, Russia, 1996
  • Russian Introductory language course, Århus “Open” University, Denmark, 1993
  • Anthropology, 2 semesters, “People’s University” in Århus, Denmark, 1992
  • English and French, 1 semester, Århus Business School, Denmark, 1991
  • Highschool Graduate, majors in music and languages, Grenå Gymnasium, Denmark, 1989

EQUIPMENT:

  • PC Intel Core Duo with Windows Vista and Office 2007
  • SDL TradosStudio 2011 and SDL Trados Freelance 2007
  • Wireless/cable internet access
  • Adobe Acrobat Professional

LANGUAGES/OTHER:Danish native. Languages: Danish (native), English (fluent, near-native), good knowledge of Latin, Swedish, Norwegian, German, Russian and French, some Spanish.
Experience abroad:3 months in Canada 1989-1990; a total of 6 months studying in Russia 1994 and 1996; and 5 years working and studying in USA 1997-2002