Martina Koppelwieser

Personal information

Surname(s) / First name(s)

Koppelwieser Martina

Address(es)

Veilchengasse 3c, 84405 Dorfen, Germany

Telephone(s)

(49-8081) 95 30 83

Fax(es)

(49-8081) 95 30 79

Email

info@textcenter.de or mkoppelwieser@googlemail.com

Internet

www.textcenter.de

Nationality/Mother tongue

German / German

Work experience

Dates

1993 onwards

Occupation or position held

Freelance translator

Main activities and responsibilities

Translation in various fields

- General

- Medical / Pharma

- Marketing materials - (parts of) catalogs/brochures for adidas, Bushnell, Tasco, Serengeti

- Website translations (f.e. www.volterys.org, www.cover-systems.co.uk)

- Translating for Microsoft Encarta

Dates

1993 onwards

Occupation or position held

Freelance editor/author

Main activities and responsibilities

Text Editing German
- Website content, newsletter, weblog entries
- Marketing materials, mailings, flyer, Press Releases
- Guides and articles on different topics (medical, IT, financial), for insurance and health companies mainly
- Various articles on Diabetes, incl. Diabetes – vorbeugen, behandeln, heilen (paperback)

Dates

July 2000 – March 2001

Occupation or position held

Freelance translator / editor

Main activities and responsibilities

Website localisation (English-German) for www.smarterwork.de / www.smarterwork.com
- Localisation of all parts of the German website, including
- Forms and system messages
- Marketing campaigns
- Usability testing
- Cooperation with UK web programmers
- Use of Content Management System, HTML-coding

Name and address of employer

smarterwork GmbH, Munich, Germany

Type of business or sector

Internet platform for projects/jobs

Dates

May – December 2000

Occupation or position held

Freelance proofreader / editor (part-time)

Main activities and responsibilities

Proofreading / editing of web catalogue entries for www.netguide.de

Name and address of employer

Netguide GmbH, Munich, Germany

Type of business or sector

Internet catalogue

Dates

1985 – 1988

Occupation or position held

Freelance translator English/French/Hebrew into German

Main activities and responsibilities

Translations in various fields, amongst others
- General translations, correspondence
- Hotel and tourism brochures
- Product brochures and user manuals
- Parts of The Bible Concordance (McMillan)
- Kabbalah for the Layman, paperback

Name and address of employer

Various translation agencies in Tel Aviv, Israel

Dates

1985 - 1987

Occupation or position held

Editor of the German edition of a multi-lingual periodical

Main activities and responsibilities

Editor of the German edition
- reviewing and editing of articles
- translation into German (from French and English)
- coordination with other language editors
- composition of articles

Name and address of employer

Israel Revue, Tel Aviv, Israel

Type of business or sector

Bi-weekly periodical published in English, French and German

Education and training

Dates

1981 - 1987

Title of qualification awarded

B.A. in English and French Literature (+ some M.A. courses in English)

Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Literature (medieval – contemporal), Linguistics,Translation

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Organisational skills and competences

Working as a freelancer for many years now, I've learned to do any job in a timely, precise and organised manner.

Technical skills and competences

Web design, basic skills in php programming and Java­Script

Computer skills and competences

Windows 95/98/NT/XP, MS Office, ACT! Contact Management, Email programs, HTML editors (Dreamweaver, Phase V, f.e.), graphic design (Photoshop), content management systems,