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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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