Stefanie Quade

• Certified German native translator with five years practical experience 

• The majority of my translation projects consists of:
  

     medical and economic texts, contracts, legal texts, service manuals and website translations / localizations

Translation Experience:

December 2006 to date  

Bilingual secretary at the Faculty of Computer Science, Institute of Simulation and Graphics,

University of Magdeburg / Germany

• Translation of websites and PowerPoint presentations
• Proofreading of papers and proceedings
• Translation and proofreading of research applications
• Support of foreign students and guests

          December 2005 to date

          Freelance translator for translation service Grauert, Winsen / Germany

          as well as for various translation agencies and private customers at home and abroad

• Translation of software manuals, user guides, automotive, technical and business texts, websites and medical texts from English / French into German
• Software Localization
• Proofreading
   

April to November 2006

Internship at translation agency Tech GmbH, Magdeburg / Germany 

• Translation of various texts from English into German
• Diploma Thesis - Topic: "Annotated website translation for the companies Zellstoff Stendal GmbH, Zellstoff Stendal Holz GmbH and Mercer Pulp Sales GmbH"

Education:

2002 to 2007     University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal, Magdeburg / Germany   

                        Degree in translation (English and French)

                        Specialization in economics and technical texts

                        Grade: "good" (1.9) 

2004 to 2005     Semester abroad at the Institue of Technology Tallaght in Dublin / Ireland

2000 to 2002     "Oskar Kaemmer" Vocational School

                        Associate degree in business administration

                        Grade: "good"

1992 to 2000     J.-J.-Winckelmann Gymnasium, Seehausen / Germany
                        Advanced technical college entrance qualification

Samples of website translations English <- > German: 

http://www.woodclip.com

http://www.zellstoff-stendal.de

http://www.artmasters.ch

http://www.testseek.de

Languages:

German - Mother tongue
English  - Fluent in writing and speech
French   - Fluent in writing and speech

Membership:

Member of BDÜ (German Federal Association of Interpreters and Translators)

• Adobe Acrobat
• Adobe Photoshop
• PowerPoint
• SDLX Translation Suite
• TRADOS