Contact Information | TOP |
Address: Rubensstr. 17, Berlin, 12159, Germany
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Phone: +49 030 856 03354, Fax: Please ask. Joined: Oct. 2, 2002, last update Sep. 18, 2008 Preferred E-mail of Sylvie Malich: send a messageWebsite: http://www.einmalich.net Working Language Pairs | TOP |
German > English
Language locales: English - United States
Editing, Proofreading, Translation Specialization | TOP |
German to English translator specialising in print technology (typography, DTP, prepress), advertising copy and the web.
Subject Areas | TOP |
Advertising, Business General, Design and Applied Arts, Desktop Publishing (DTP), General
R E S U M E: Personal Data • Born in Toronto, Canada (German and Canadian passports, bilingual upbringing) • 1975 moved to San Francisco, USA to study photography • 1989 moved to Berlin • Hobbies and special interests: 2 decades of Ayengar Yoga, gardening, medieval history Education • 1974: High School Diploma, Toronto, Canada • 1977-1980: Commercial photography at San Francisco City College • 1983-1985: Graphic design and pre-press (typography, typesetting, layout) at San Francisco City College Additional Qualifications • 1997-1998 CIMdata, Berlin – Web design Photoshop, CorelDraw, Freehand, QuarkXpress, Adobe Illustrator, HTML, PageMill, java_script I, Internet • 1991 bfw (Berufsfortbildungswerk), Berlin – Desktop Publishing Further studies in publishing software: PageMaker, Ventura Publisher, MS Word, CorelDraw • 1988 Suite 3D, San Francisco – Macintosh Course OS, PageMaker, MacWrite, MacDraw • 1980 George Brown College, Toronto – Air Brush and photo retouching courses Internships • 1984: City Arts Monthly Magazine, San Francisco Ad design, paste-up and typesetting • 1988: Internet-Index GmbH, Berlin Web design, DTP Professional Experience in Europe Berlin • From February 2001 to present: Freelance translation from German into English specializing in print technology (typography, DTP, prepress), advertising copy and the web. I work within a network of DE<>EN certified and sworn professional translators • 2002-2003 GBB Gesellschaft für Bildung + Beruf e.V. Teacher of English within the context of a further education program for academics ("Verhandlungsführung -- Englisch als Kommunikationsgrundlage") sponsored by the Deutsche Arbeitsamt • 1998-March 2001 Internet-Index GmbH, Internet design studio Translation of websites from German into English, web design and DTP • 1996 Media International Verlag, Hotel magazine publisher, Freelance German to English translations of tourism texts • 1992-1996 Zitty Verlag, Bi-weekly events calendar magazine Page layouts in PageMaker and typesetting • 1990-1992 Fokus e.V. Language School English teacher of all levels, one-on-one instruction and in the classroom Professional Experience in North America San Francisco • 1988-1989 City Sports Magazine, National magazine Freelance typesetting, ad design • 1988-1989 Ampersand Design, Layout; conceptual teamwork on high quality projects for design agencies (i.e. Paramount Pictures); customer service; computer layout and text specification • 1986-1988 Atlas Press Layout, typesetting and text specification • 1985-1989 San Francisco Bay Guardian Weekly (www.sfbayguardian.com) Typesetting management; layout, paste-up, data conversion and text specification Toronto • 1980-1982 Gilbert Photo Studio Photo retouching and lab work
Hardware/Software • Operating system knowledge: Windows 95, 98 XP; Macintosh OS. • Software: MS Word 2000, PowerPoint 2000, Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator, Quark Xpress • CAT Tool: Wordfast • Hardware: fax, printer, scanner, DSL connection
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- PowerPoint
- QuarkXPress
- MS Word, MS Access, MS Excel, Quark Xpress, Powerpoint, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator
PC, fax, scanner, printer, ISDN, etc. Accreditations | TOP |
Degree in Graphic Arts, 7 years of professional experience in design studios and magazines in San Francisco. ATA Deutsch-Kanadische Business Club of Berlin and Brandenburg (www.dk-bc.de/index.html)
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