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TCTerms Score: 544 
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Address: Ute Specht
Dörmte 2,
Oetzen, 29588,
Germany
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Phone: (0) 58 05 / 98 16 17 Joined: Thursday, January 17, 2008, last update Friday, February 03, 2012 Preferred E-mail of Ute Specht: send a message
Working Language Pairs |
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English > German
Language locales: German – Germany
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Editing, Other, Proofreading, Transcription, Translation
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Technical Documents, Spare Part Lists, Business, Law and Legal Documents, Letters, Contracts, Company Registrations, Conversation, Birth Death Marriage Divorce Certificates, Driver Licenses, Magazine Reports, Commercial Correspondence, Questionnaires, Textbook Phrases, User Manuals, MSDS, Internet and E-Commerce, etc.
Subject Areas |
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Agriculture, Animal Sciences, Biology, Child Care, Data Processing, Ecology, Electrical Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Environmental Science, Ethnic and Cultural Studies, Finance, Food Sciences, General, Health, Heating, Air Condition and Refrigeration, Internet, Law and Legal, Mechanical Engineering, Medicine — Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene, Medicine — Public Health Education and Promotion, Medicine — Social Psychology, Medicine (General), Psychology, Science (General), Sociology, Software Engineering, Tourism and Travel
Background |
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Education |
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1984 - 1988
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University of Hildesheim/Germany with specialization in technical translation |
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1988 - 1991 |
University of Applied Sciences in Cologne/Germany with diploma in translation (Diplom-Übersetzer, FH) and specialization in the technical, commercial and legal areas |
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Professional Career |
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2002 - now |
Self-employed freelance translator working from home. |
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2006 - 2007 |
Transcription of medical/psychological reports, EEGs, EMGs, therapeutic/medical estimates, applications for admission and interpretation of ultrasonographies (MVZ Hambrocker Berg, Uelzen). |
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2000 - 2002 |
Additional qualification as an Industrial Clerk (Industriekauffrau) in the organic food sector, certified by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Lüneburg. The translation of ingredient lists, product descriptions, leaflets, offers to international customers, etc. was part of this job. (Bohlsener Mühle, Gerdau, milling grain from organic farming into flour, mixing of cereals, etc.). |
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1998 - 1999 |
Freelance translator for several medium-sized companies, regional lawyers and private clients, mainly translation of legal documents, certifications, quotations. |
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1991 - 1998 |
In-house position as a commercial correspondence secretary and technical translator mainly for technical quotations, machine and process descriptions and spare parts lists regarding plants and systems for the food industry such as valves, pumps, fittings, plate heat exchangers, flow meters, pressure gauges, controls, control panels, HVAC systems and other devices, mechanical and electrical engineering, process engineering (GEA Ahlborn GmbH, Sarstedt). During this time I elaborated an English > German dictionary for internal use. |
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Languages
German (mother tongue)
English (excellent)
Spanish (good)
Brazilian Portuguese (basic)
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Main working language combination: English into German |
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Software |
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- Adobe Acrobat
- PowerPoint
- SDLX Translation Suite
- TRADOS
- Wordfast
- Windows XP, Office-Compatible, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint 2007
Platform & Hardware |
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Microsoft Intel-Computer + Scanner (OCR), Printer, DSL Highspeed Internet Connection
Accreditations |
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Sworn Translator for English (Regional Court in Lüneburg/Germany)
Payment Options |
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Ute Specht accepts payments through the following payment processors:
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