My passion for languages started in early childhood when my parents sent me to a Waldorf School. There I was taught subjects in three languages: German, French and English. The travel bug caught me when my parents took me and my brother to Italy, where we spent the summers learning acrobatics with the local kids.

In 2003 I received a Degree in Foreign Language Correspondence from BFS Kempten, Germany. After working for a public relations office and the restaurant chain 'BlockHouse' in Mallorca and Malaga in Spain, I received a BA in Translation and Applied Languages from SDI Munich, Germany in 2009. Since 2010 I live, study and work alternatively in Los Angeles, California and Munich, Germany. 

My translation experience extends over 10 years and I specialize in patent translations, such as, but not limited to the translation of medical patents, (bio)chemical patents, pharmaceutical patents, international legal correspondence, contracts, certificates and more.

Other translation experience relates to the areas of tourism and travel, marketing, banking & finance, fashion (garment industry), renewable energies, IT, automotive, technology, construction, mechanical engineering, dental medicine, medical and surgical equipment, physician's letters, insurance and finance, website localization, instruction manuals, user guides, handbooks, food industry, promotional & instructional leaflets, legislative changes and amendments to international and constitutional law, collective agreements, mergers, as well as annual financial statements, tax documents, accounting documents, SEO and website optimization, front and back end of websites, marketing texts, magazine articles, commercial real estate contracts, land development agreements, etc..

Since 2010 I have been working full time as a freelance translator for various agencies and direct clients.

Some of the clients I have worked for include: Fischer Maschinen GmbH, Maximpact Ecosystems, Air Liquide, Seiko, The General Hospital Corporation, KONE Care, IQAir, Hewlett Packard as well as the German, Spanish and U.S. Government.

My fees vary between US$ 0.15 per s/w for specialized translations and US$ 0.08 for more general translations (for agencies) and US$ 0.25 for direct clients (patents).

Repetitions and 100% (insofar as these have to be checked): 20 % of word price
95-99 %: 30 % of word price
75-94 %: 60 % of word price
0-74 %: full word price

Some of the main translation memory tools I use are *Trados SDL Studio 2011 and MemoQ 2015 and Memsource.