German native speaker, freelancer, graduated and experienced translator and interpreter (MA degree in French, university studies at Sorbonne, Paris, and in Vienna, Austria).

Expertise:
- legal (contracts, minutes, court decisions, certificates, terms and conditions...)
- economics and business
- marketing
- insurance

- cosmetics, beauty care and perfumes
- advertising and press release
- company reports, brochures and newsletters
- software localization
- human resources, training programs, personnel and career development, management guidelines, company organization
- quality management
- tourism (e.g. gastronomy, recipes, cooking, travelling)
- culture (arts, classical music, literary/lyrics)

University studies of French language for translators and interpreters at Sorbonne, Paris, and Vienna university, MA degree in French
Career as back office manager and translator/interpreter in French and international companies based in Vienna.
Freelancing since August 2000.
Excellent command of language styles and knowledge of France, French culture and life style (many visits to France + participation in university language courses, e.g. in Nice, Montpellier, Paris and Dijon)
EXCELLENT WRITING AND EDITING SKILLS IN GERMAN


References:
French>German: Renault, Citroen, L'Oréal group (Lancôme, Biotherm, Helena Rubinstein, Giorgio Armani), Marionnaud, Payot, Pernod-Ricard, Guy Degrenne, Saint Gobain-Isover, SAP. Austrian and European lawyers, insurance companies, social security boards, Vienna Concert Hall, Vienna Burgtheater

French and English>German: legal (contracts, purchase agreements, insurance, proceedings, minutes, General Terms and Conditions), company presentations and newsletters, marketing and marketing research, human resources, staff training material, quality management, cosmetics and perfumes, fashion, advertising and press release - translations for official boards, associations, insurance companies and lawyers, high-end restaurants and hotels (****menus, recipes) in Austria, France and Luxemburg
Other recent working areas: e-Business, blogs, Internet user guidelines, website content

Working for international companies and agencies based in Austria and for the global translation industry