Britta Maria Weigel

Curriculum Vitae

Personal Details

Name:                         Britta Green (née Weigel)  

Email:                         bweigel@iol.ie

Key Skills

• First class German and English language skills
• Excellent team worker and strong ability to work both independently and responsibly
• Strong computer literacy including skills in the following: Macintosh related software, Windows 7, Microsoft Office Package 2010, AutoCAD 10-14, memoQ
• Strong work ethic

Work Experience

I have been working as a freelance translator and proofreader/editor in the language combinations English - German and German - English for the past 8 years on a part-time basis for different end clients and agencies.

Subject matters included:

• Computer Hardware product descriptions
• Mechanical Engineering
• General medical topics (mainly market research material)
• Telecommunication
• Travel & Tourism
• Marketing material
• Fashion
• Website translation

Employment History

May 2005 - October 2008       Justdeals Ltd. Ireland, Tralee Technology Park, 

                                                Co. Kerry, Ireland

Position held – Customer Services Co-coordinator (German market)

Duties and responsibilities included:

• Reporting to Operations Director
• Second level customer service for German customers
• Translation of the UK Justdeals website into German for the launch of Justdeals in Germany
• Translation of English product descriptions of computer peripherals into German
• Translation of email templates from English into German
• Training and monitoring of the first level customer services team in Vietnam
• Liaising with US team regarding faulty item replacements and refunds

N.B.: The company closed in November 2008

October 2000 – October 2004          RVR Ltd. Killorglin, Co. Kerry, Ireland

                                                          (renamed to Jet AHU Ltd. in April 2003)

Position held – Mechanical Engineering Technician

Duties and responsibilities included:  

• Reporting to Operations Director                   
• Pre-production planning in the area of air handling units
• Purchasing of long lead items against contracts, ensuring that the 
• commercial and Technical specification of each project was achieved
• Purchasing of consignment stock items and all other stock items
• Monitoring of stock levels
• Providing AutoCAD drawings for sales personnel and production
• Scheduling production of air handling units

N.B.: The company closed in December 2004                                   

May 2000 – October 2000             The Merchants Group Ireland, Cork

Position held - Customer Service Representative for an Internet based financial institute

Duties and responsibilities included: 

• Provision of technical support on the phone to German and English speaking customers in relation to all bank account related issues

May 1999 – May 2000                    Manpower UK, IBM Call Centre, Greenock, Scotland         

Position held - Customer Service Representative and Technical Support

Duties and responsibilities included:

• Advising customers on the Millennium compliance of their IBM hardware and software products.
• Providing general and specific technical support to the IBM client base.
• Provide technical support for IBM-hard disc drives for German and English speaking customers

1998 – 1999                          EPS Pumping and Treatment Systems – Mallow, Co Cork

Position held – Mechanical Engineering Technician

Duties and responsibilities included:

• Managing and operating the AutoCAD facility for the company. Advising and supporting the team of engineers in the use of the AutoCAD system
• Provision of more advanced AutoCAD services for projects. Detailing of mechanical plants and equipment for wastewater treatment plants, e.g. support steelwork, rotating structures and screening equipment

1992 – 1993                          TECCON, Kiel, Germany               

Position held – Draughtsperson

1991 – 1992                            Armed Forces, Eckernfoerde, Germany

Position held – Draughtsperson

Educational Details

 2011                        Certificate in Translation awarded by Words Language Services in Dublin, Ireland

1994 – 1996             Technical College, Flensburg, Germany

                                 Degree in Mechanical Engineering awarded

1988 – 1991             Armed Forces – Germany

                                 Apprenticeship completed as a draughtsperson in Mechanical Engineering

                                 Certificate awarded by the Chamber of Commerce, Kiel

1985 – 1987             Technical College, Kiel

                                 Architectural Design including assignments in project planning and town planning

1984                         Leaving certificate completed in Eckernfoerde, Germany

• MemoQ
• Apple Mac Software, Acrobat Reader, MS Word, Excel