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| Translating professionally from German to English since 1998 |
| Recent translations/editing assignments: Automotive and military vehicle diagnostics, operating manuals, technical specifications and marketing materials; scientific analysis software localization, business presentations, employee newsletters, press releases, business contracts, online education modules, and technical operating/instruction manuals |
| Recent clients: Adobe, Daimler AG, Landexx, OmniLingua, EVONIK, STAR Group America, video2brain, Weisang GmbH and others |
| Courses in Visual Basic 6.0, Object-Oriented Programming (Java using J++) and Intro to Oracle/SQL Helena College of Technology, Helena, MT, 2002 |
| Master of Arts in Translation of German Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA (1998) |
| Semester Study in Germany Institute of Translation and Interpretation, Ruprecht-Karls Universität, Heidelberg, Germany (1996/97) |
| Bachelor of Arts, German San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA (1992) Cum Laude |
| Summer Work in Aschaffenburg, Germany, International Education Program Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA (1990) |
| Study Abroad Program, Rotary Club International Bunsen Gymnasium, Heidelberg, Germany (1985/86) |
| June 2004 – August 2005 | State SBDC Assistant Director Montana Department of Commerce, Small Business Development Center Project manager of SBDC program within the State of Montana; responsible for a team of ten external SBDC centers across the state; conduct meetings and conferences; implement program requirements; develop and maintain Web pages and databases; prepare grant proposals; analyze surveys, statistics, financial reports and general ledgers |
| Dec. 2003 – June 2004 | Program Assistant Montana Department of Commerce, Small Business Development Center Management of contracts; development and maintenance of Web pages and databases; development and maintenance of CD software product; computer technical support; file management; assistance in grant proposals |
| April 2002 – Dec. 2003 | Contracts Manager Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Design and Construction Bureau Management of construction contracts; development and maintenance of bureau Web pages; computer technical support |
| March 2000 – Sept. 2001 | Software QA Engineer Netscape/AOL, Mountain View, CA White box and black box testing of International Netcenter Websites and international client browsers (Asian and European), incl. functionality, usability, GUI and code testing; creation of sherlock files and ad images; editing of Web pages; development and implementation of test plans; trained co-workers on international Web site testing; created a multi-platform/multilingual QA lab, which included network setup as well as installation and removal of hardware, software and operating systems; responsible for troubleshooting test systems |
| Dec. 1998 – March 2000 | Software Localization Engineer Lionbridge Technologies, Inc., Monterey, CA Software and help file localization, editing, compiling and testing in Asian and European languages; Web page localization, editing and testing in Asian and European languages; set up test platforms; document conversion; translation memory analysis; translation tool research |
| May 1997 – Nov. 1998 | Software QA Lead Test Coordinator and Tester Softbank Content Services, Monterey, CA Developed test cases and procedures; tested functionality, logic and graphical user interface of recovery software; computer hardware/software setup for testing, which included network setup as well as installation and removal of hardware, software and operating systems; responsible for troubleshooting test systems; supervised and trained new staff |
| July – Sept. 1996 | Disaster Contingency Plan Assistant Design Professionals Insurance Company (DPIC) via Westaff, Monterey, CA Researched and analyzed disaster recovery processes; developed initial draft of the DPIC Information Systems Disaster Contingency plan; analyzed contract agreements between DPIC and service providers |
| April – July 1996 | On-Line Help File Tester Softbank Content Services, Monterey, CA Proofread and tested on-line help files in European languages |
| Sept. 1993 – March 1995 |
Administrative/Production Assistant and Bookkeeper Goggio & Associates, Inc. (health care consultants), San Francisco, CA Designed flow charts, graphs, spreadsheets and other presentation materials; collaborated in editing and completion of proposals; created and maintained policies and procedures |
| Skills: Visual Basic, HTML, JavaScript, creation of animated GIFs and other images, Software/Website QA and Localization, Access database design, Web page design; familiar with Pascal, Visual C++ Operating Systems: DOS, Windows 95/98/ME/XP/Vista, Windows NT/2000, Macintosh OS 8 and 9, Linux, Unix (Solaris) Tools: Adobe Design Premium CS3 (Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop), FrameMaker, GoLive, PageMaker; Microsoft Office 2003/2007 (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Publisher), Access, FrontPage, Visual Basic 6.0; Paint Shop Pro, QuickBooks, SDL TRADOS (Freelance Edition) and MultiTerm Extract; STAR Transit NXT, RC-WinTrans 2007, FTP and file compression software; familiar with Visual Source Safe, FileMaker Pro, Netfinder, Visio, guiTAR, Emacs, Vim, CVS, Delphi 3.0, Logos, QuickBooks for DOS and Windows, Peachtree, Word Perfect Browsers/Clients: Firefox, Internet Explorer, Mozilla and Opera |