BOSCH TRANSLATION SERVICES and THOMAS BOSCH
Bosch Translation Services has been serving its satisfied clients for six years. It is owned and operated by Thomas Bosch. Thomas was born in Hüls, West Germany and grew up in Moers, near Düsseldorf, where he lived for 22 years. After a year-long exchange program and graduation from Forest Grove High School, Oregon in 1986, Thomas returned to his German high school to finish his German Abitur (High School Diploma) in 1989. After a year in the West German Air Force as a medic, he entered the Universität Duisburg Gesamthochschule, Germany, and continued his studies at the University of Oregon in Eugene. His studies lead him to Western Oregon State College (BA) and Portland State University, where he earned an M.A. in English and an M.A. in German in 1995. That year, he entered the Graduate School of The University of Texas at Austin, where he taught as an Assistant Instructor in the Department of Germanic Studies. During that time, he also worked as an in-house and freelance translator for two years. In 1999, he joined the faculty of Berea College in Kentucky, as a full-time Assistant Professor of German in the Department of Foreign Languages and finished his dissertation in 2000. After a successful and rewarding 13-year college teaching career, he continued his translator career and founded Bosch Translation Services, LLC. In September 2008, he earned ATA-certification for translations from English into German.
CONTINUING EDUCATION and PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTThree-week stay in Germany, Moers, Germany, August 3rd-August 24, 2009Forty-Ninth Annual Conference of the ATA, Orlando, Florida, Nov. 5-8, 2008American Translators Association-Certified Translator from English into German, Sept. 30th, 2008Two-week stay in Germany, Moers, Germany, June 23-July 8, 2008Forty-Eighth Annual Conference of the ATA, San Francisco, California, Oct. 31 Nov. 3, 2007How to Do Business with Germany, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 16, 2007Forty-Seventh Annual Conference of the ATA, New Orleans, Louisiana, Nov. 1-4, 2006Forty-Sixth Annual Conference of the ATA, Seattle, Washington, Nov. 9-12, 2005Increasing Productivity and Maintaining Quality Without Pricing Yourself out of the Market, Chicago, Illinois, July 10, 2005Translation Software Tools Seminar, Chicago, Illinois, July 9, 2005ATA Skill-Building Workshop for Mentors and Mentees, Chicago, Illinois, July 10, 20Online Course Management Strategies with WebCT training workshop co-presenter of Trust is Good, Control is Better: A Media-Facilitated Approach to Foreign Language Learningthree-day EDUCAUSE ConferenceTeaching with Style and Technology, Too! workshop on teaching and learning styles
CONTINUING EDUCATION and PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
WORK EXPERIENCE9/2006-present: Freelance Translator • specializing in technical, business, and medical technology translations • Eugene, OR and Berea, KY8/1999-8/2006: Assistant Professor of German • Department of Foreign Languages, Berea College, Berea, KYSummers 2003/05: Summer Faculty • KIIS Bregenz, Murray State University, Bregenz, Austria6/1996-8/1998: Freelance and Part-time In-house Translator • Origin, Austin, TX8/1995-5/1999: Assistant Instructor • Department of Germanic Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TXSummers 1995/98: Lecturer/Residence Hall Director/Activities Coordinator/Graduate Teaching, Research and Planning Assistant • Die deutsche Sommerschule am Pazifik Portland State University, Portland, OR8/1993-7/1995: Graduate Teaching Assistant • Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Portland State University, Portland, OR2/1993 - 6/1993: High School Teacher English • South Salem High School, Salem, OR
WORK EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
Cultural Production, 1945-1961
M.A. Thesis: Erich Kästners Der 35. Mai Ein sozialkritisches
Erwachsenenbuch für Kinder
M.A. Specialization: Contemporary Critical Theory; Medieval Literature;
American Literature 1798-1890
PROFESSIONAL and BUSINESS MEMBERSHIPSAmerican Translators Association, 2005-presentAssociated Linguists of Oregon (ALO), 2007-presentPortland U.S. Export Assistance Center, 2007-presentEugene Area Chamber of Commerce, 2007-2008German Studies Association, 2000-2004American Association of Teachers of German, 1993-2004
PROFESSIONAL and BUSINESS MEMBERSHIPS
SPECIALIZED SKILLSAbility to conceptualize, design, and equip a digital language lab; extensive training and working knowledge of CAN8 language lab course management software, SoundForge audio editing software and Netsupport class management softwareInterpretation services for study abroad group excursions in Austria (i.e., brewery, cheese factory, regional newspaper, and city museum tour)Familiarity with various multi-media German instruction CD-ROM titlesWebsite design and creationCertified administrator of Goethe-Institut ZDfB, ZMP and ZDaF proficiency exams
SPECIALIZED SKILLS
