Christine Witzmann

Advertising, Marketing, Business, Genealogy, Tourism, Politics, International Development, Personal correspondence, Certificates (Birth, Death, Marriage), Websites

Services provided:
- Translations between German, English, and Spanish.
- Proofreading and editing of translations that have been done by other translators or agencies.
- Interpreting
- Cultural consultation
- Typing/rewriting

EXPERIENCE
Freelance Translator and Proofreader: Providing foreign language related services to various translation agencies and private companies (since May 1999). Recent projects include:
· Providing German language expertise for a company developing various products of German language software.
· Proofreading and editing manuals and brochures pertaining to the automotive industry for a major international automobile producer.
· Translation of various travel documents and a Website for a large tour operator in New England.
· Transcription and/or translation of genealogical documents (such as documents written in the old German cursive script).

Translator and Translation Coordinator: Translation Company of America, Inc., New York City, NY (March 1998 to May 1999).
· Translating · Proofreading · Editing
· Performing linguistic analysis
· Coordinating the timely processing of foreign language related projects


EDUCATION
German State Examined Translator for the German and English languages with Spanish as a secondary language, Germany (2000).

Spanish language immersion program: Language Institute Lenguaviva in Seville, Spain (1997).

B.A., Foreign Language Correspondence. Minor: Economics. Institute for Foreign Language and International Studies at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany (1996).
· Spanish · Interpretation · Business · Computers
· Translation of business related and general texts

Study year abroad: Elmira College, Elmira, NY (1994-95).

Pentium III, Modem, Fax, Printer, Email

German State Examined Translator for German and English (staatlich gepruefte Uebersetzerin in der englischen Sprache)

American Translators Association