Kirsten Korning

Born 1956, living alone with my 9½ years old, adopted daughter in Denmark.

Primary school:                    1962 – 1970

Secondary school:                1970 – 1973

High School:                        1975 – 1977

1977 – 1978:                       Worked as au-pair in Denmark

1978 – 1979:                       Travelled around the World

1979 – 1984:                       Ass. Stage manager, Avenue Theatre in Copenhagen

1984 – 1985:                       Part time Janitor, Greenland contractors, Greenland         

1985 – 1986:                       Part time Head clerk, USAF Dining Hall, Sdr. Stromfjord, Greenland

1986:                                   Graduated from Language School (languages: DK – ENG – GER)

1986 – 1994:                       Working in international hotels throughout Europe (receptionist to front

desk manager), translating all marketing, external and internal

correspondance to English/German/Norwegian

1994 – 1996:                       Front office manager, Scandic Hotels in Denmark. Translating all

                                            marketing material to and from Danish/English/German

1996 – 2001:                       Temporary for Elite Vikar, Kolding, Denmark, in various companies

                                            and jobs as secretary, translator, marketing, administration

2001 – 2006:                       Secretary/translator for SFK Meat Systems, Kolding, Denmark, mainly

                                            translating marketing material and machine manuals to and from

                                            Danish/English/German/Norwegian.

2006                                    Self-empolyed, translating, proofreading, editing all kinds of texts from

                                            technical manuals, via childrens books to fiction and non-fiction and

                                            performing marketing tasks ad lib. Lately a large number of software

                                            and hardware manuals along with health care products and treatment

                                            instructions.

                                            TRADOS-user

                                            TRANSIT user

                                            Idiom Worldserver user

Spare time dedicated to my daughter , travelling, our garden and reading all kinds of books in all kind of languages.

• Adobe Acrobat
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Photoshop
• PowerPoint
• SDLX Translation Suite
• TRADOS
• Microsoft Word, Excel
  Across
  Idiom Worldserver