TECHNICAL
PROJECT EXPERIENCE AND AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
MACHINERY, IT, PAINTING, ENGINE TECHNOLOGY, HYDRAULICS, WELDINGAMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology, McLean, Virginia - English>German: IMTS 2006-2010 trade show ads, registration materials and online registration software contentArnprior Aerospace Inc. - English>German: company websiteAston Martin, Gaydon, England - English>German: technical sales brochure for RapideBarreto, La Grande, OR - English>German: operating manuals and trouble shooting guides for tillers and trenchersBlueAnt, Melbourne, Australia - English>German: packaging labeling and product specsBissell, Grand Rapids, MI - English>German: vacuum user manualCamoplast, Grand-Mère, Canada - English>German: user manual for ATV track systemCarrLane Manufacturing Co., St. Louis, MO - English>German: jig and fixture components website captionsCaterpillar, Peoria, IL - English>German: article on the effects of gas mixes on the performance and emissions of gas turbinesCogsdill Tool Products, Camden, SC - English>German: tool catalogue captionsESAB, Hanover, PA - English>German: plasma arc cutting torch, power source, wire feeder, systems and plasma gas and shield gas box manuals, as well as process parameter data sheetsExevo, New York, NY - English>German: VTL survey studyExxonMobil, Irving, TX - English>German: voiceover script for CBT regarding oil analysis software Full Swing Golf, San Diego, CA - English>German: golf simulator brochureHarley-Davidson, Milwaukee, WI - English>German: instruction sheets for crankcase modificationsLane Motor Museum, Nashville, TN - English>German: automobile museum web pages; information and promotion materialsNilfisk-Advance A/S, Broendby, Denmark - English>German: technical marketing text for roof cleanerMeyer Gage Company, South Windsor, CT - English>German: product names for gagesMr.LongArm, Greenwood, MO - English>German: extension poles and accessories sales brochuresOrigin/Electronic Arts, part-time in-house translator, Austin, TX - English>German: computer game software and software manualsPetrom, Bucharest, Romania - German>English: specifications for sanitary accessoriesRadyne, Wokingham, England - English>German: manual for high frequency welding equipmentReich America, Inc., Buda, TX - German>English: hydraulic equipment manual; bankruptcy proceedings correspondence; legal trade register informationSaurer, Arbon, Switzerland - English>German: industrial air conditioning manualSabic, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - English>German: instructions for material handling and storage of compressed gas cylindersSEM Products, Charlotte, NC - English>German: 2006 and 2010 product catalogues (28 pages) for auto body repair supplies and accessories; product labels and instruction sheetsTefcold, Viborg, Denmark - English>German: manual for a bottle cooler; manual for an ice cream freezerTopcon, Tokyo, Japan - English>German: VO script for total station sales materialVTEL Inc., Austin, TX - English>German: teleconferencing equipment software and hardware manuals
MACHINERY, IT, PAINTING, ENGINE TECHNOLOGY, HYDRAULICS,
WELDING
Virginia - English>German: IMTS 2006-2010 trade show ads,
registration materials and online registration software content
trouble shooting guides for tillers and trenchers
MEDICAL
ALZA, Mountain View, CA - English>German: information about oral drug delivery systemBio-Rad, Hercules, CA - English>German: customer feedback card and newsletter for pathogen test kitsCapsugel, Greenwood, SC - English>German: capsule filling machine training, operation and parts manual (89 pages)Fresenius Medical Care, Bad Homburg, Germany - English>German: marketing video voiceover script for home dialysis deviceHenry Schein, Melville, NY - English>German: sonic scaler instruction and maintenance manualHoward Wright Limited, New Plymouth, New Zealand - English>German: medical shower-bathing trolley user manual MediCapture, Plymouth Meeting, PA - English>German: user manual for medical image capture device (20 pages); display captions of medical image capture deviceLonza, Basel, Switzerland - English>German: marketing brochure for endotoxin detection productOrthocon, Colts Neck, NJ - English>German: patient consent form for bone putty studyPfizer, New York, NY- English>German: ad copy for CelebrexProvidence St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland, OR - German>English: medical letters of recommendationRobert M. Walters, M.D., Austin, TX - German>English: German medical article from 1880 on tenocutureRoche, Basel, Switzerland - English>German: marketing presentation for diabetes management productSchering-Plough, Kenilworth, NJ - English>German: invitation to participate in medical study; marketing and pharmaceutical information about fertility medicineSpiration, Redmond, WA - English>German: patient information regarding medical study of bronchoscopic treatment of emphysemaSteris, Mentor, OH - English>German: PowerPoint presentations and brochure about surgical table and LED surgical lighting
oral drug delivery system
and newsletter for pathogen test kits
machine training, operation and parts manual (89 pages)
BUSINESS
ACE, Zürich, Switzerland - English>German: online test regarding business practicesBrown Yardley Research, Yardley, PA - English>German: media effectiveness studyCargill Value Investment, Minnetonka, MN - English>German: employee bios for company webpageColumbus McKinnon, Amherst, NY - English>German: management letterElectronics.ca publications, Kirkland, Canada - English>German: company About Us webpageEpson, Nagano, Japan - English>German: ad copy for ink jet printersEsprit Consulting, Balmain East, Australia - English>German: voiceover script for training softwareExxonMobil, Irving, TX - English>German: newsletters for Pipeline & Distribution employeesFellowes, Itasca, IL - English>German: package labeling and instructions Firmenich, Geneva, Switzerland - English>German: CEO letter to clients Georgia Pacific, Atlanta, GA - English>German: PowerPoint presentation on antitrust training; Code of Conduct for all employees (65 pages)Goldman Sachs Group, New York, NY - English>German: surveyHozelock, Birmingham, England - English>German: survey regarding garden hosesHP, Palo Alto, CA - English>German: marketing brochure for data security, remote desktop, and business intelligence analysis products; German>English: PC survey feedback from German customersKlima-Bündnis, Frankfurt am Main, Germany - German>English: news release about various Ice Block Bets (Eisblockwetten)Kontron, Eching/München, Germany - English>German: press release about Pb-free compliance statusLane Motor Museum, Nashville, TN - English>German: information and promotion materialsLanguage Design Group, Smyrna, TN - English>German: real estate info sheetLeggett & Platt, Carthage, MO - English>German: business memo and Q&A communicationLyondellBasell, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - English>German: executive bios and interviews for company e-newsletterManpower, Milwaukee, WI - English>German: invitation to participate in employee surveyNewton Vineyard, St. Helena, CA - English>German: website content for a wineryNokia, Helsinki, Finland - English>German: cell phone ad copyNXTcomm08, Arlington, VA - English>German: conference registration information for German speaking visitorsOpen Energy Corporation, Solana Beach, CA - English>German: press release Peak Solutions, Fort Collins, CO - English>German: conflict style survey for upper managementPhilips, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - English>German: ad copy for juicers and espresso makersPublic Strategies, Austin, TX - English>German: financial services survey, customer communicationRipStik, Cerritos, CA - English>German: packaging labelingSchaeffler Group, Herzogenaurach, Germany - English>German: newsletterSuki.international, Landscheid, Germany - German>English: press releaseTetrade, Gümlingen/Bern, Switzerland - English>German: marketing brochure for data security productsYahoo! Search Marketing, Sunnyvale, CA - German>English: customer survey results
company webpage
TOURISM
Elanex, Sydney, Australia - English>German: travel information (National Parks, culture, wine culture, flora and fauna) about TasmaniaGumball 3000, London, England - English>German: press release for Gumball 2007Hard Rock Calling, London, England - English>German: information materials for German prize trip winnersGuernsey Information Centre, Island of Guernsey - English>German: tourism brochureMeadowlands Xanadu - English>German: marketing information for website National Park Service, Washington, DC - English>German: Death Valley NP Scottys Castle tourism brochureNational Park Service, Washington, DC -English>German: Glen Canyon NRA tourism brochureTourism Australia, Sydney, Australia - English>German: promotional and technical website content for Australia.comTourism New South Wales, The Rocks, Australia - English>German: tourism brochure about attractions, travel to and events in NSW
(National Parks, culture, wine culture, flora and fauna) about Tasmania
LITERARY
Choice Translating & Interpreting, Concord, NC - German>English: translation of letters by Albert SchweitzerTrustforte Language Services, New York, NY - English>German: translation of a political article about Israels and Irans military strategies
of letters by Albert Schweitzer
DESKTOP PUBLISHING
QuarkXPress 6.5: AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology, McLean, Virginia - English>German: IMTS 2006 trade show ads and conference registration formsQuarkXPress 6.5 and Adobe InDesign CS2: AtCor Medical Pty Ltd, West Ryde, Australia - cardiovascular assessment equipment brochure and study information QuarkXPress 6.5: Capsugel, Greenwood, SC - capsule filling machinetraining, operation and parts manual (89 pages)Adobe InDesign CS2: Dept. of Western Australia, East Perth, Western Australia - English>German: Perth Education City brochureAdobe InDesign CS2: ESAB, Hanover, PA - English>German: plasma arc cutting torch, power source, wire feeder, plasma cutting systems manuals and process parametersMS Word 2003: ESAB, Hanover, PA - English>German: plasma arc cutting torch and power source manuals and process parametersAdobe PageMaker 7.0.2: Howard Wright Limited, New Plymouth, New Zealand - English>German: medical shower-bathing trolley user manualAdobe InDesign CS2: Jandy, Petaluma, CA - English>German: heat pump manual Adobe InDesign CS3: Peak Solutions, Fort Collins, CO - English>German: conflict style survey for upper managementAdobe InDesign CS2: SEM Products, Charlotte, NC - English>German: product catalog (28 pages) for autobody repair supplies and accessories
McLean, Virginia - English>German: IMTS 2006 trade show ads and
conference registration forms
West Ryde, Australia - cardiovascular assessment equipment brochure and study information
EDITING AND PROOFREADING
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL - medical study agreement (in German)Alcatel-Lucent, Paris, France - merger survey (in German)American Girl, LLC, Middleton, WI - childrens book about international phrases (in German)AtCor Medical Pty Ltd, West Ryde, Australia - cardiovascular assessment equipment brochure and study information (in German) Ausenco, Perth, Australia / Bateman, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - tender quotation and general conditions of purchase documents (in German)Caterpillar, Peoria, IL - various operating manuals for lifting equipment, electrical plugs and earth moving equipment (in German)Daiichi Sankyo, Tokyo, Japan - patient information regarding participation in a medical study about blood pressure medication (in German)Dell, Austin, Texas - software & hardware manuals (in German)ESAB, Hanover, PA - plasma arc cutting torch and power source manuals and process parameters (in German)Forrester, Cambridge, MA - evaluation study for energy company websites (in German)HP, Palo Alto, CA - marketing brochure for server security products (in German)Hyperion, Santa Clara, CA - survey (in German)Louisville Convention and Visitors Bureau, Louisville, KY - brochure for travel professionals (in German); marketing materials and VO scripts for Louisville attractionsLutron, Coopersburg, PA - contact information, warranty information, terminology (in German)Manpower, Milwaukee, WI - analyzing employee feedback (in German)Meco, Greenville, TN - charcoal grill manual (in German)Micrel, San Jose, CA - switching regulator presentation (in German)Microsoft, Redmond, WA - ad copy for media center softwarePAEN Communications, Auckland, New Zealand - patent regarding faucet and filter technology (in German)Plantronics, Inc, Santa Cruz, CA - survey terms and conditions (in German)Promat GmbH, Ratingen, Germany - company newsletter (56 pages) (in German)State Street, Boston, MA - employee brochure (in German)Topcon, Tokyo, Japan - glossary creation for GPS devicesYuntaa, Groot-Bijgaarden, Belgium - online backup software content (in German)
brochure and study information (in German)
and general conditions of purchase documents (in German)
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE AND AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
1/2010-present: Instructor for German • Lane Community College, Eugene, OR8/1999-8/2006: Assistant Professor of German • Department of Foreign Languages, Berea College, Berea, KYSummers 2003/05: Summer Faculty • KIIS Bregenz, Murray State University, Bregenz, Austria8/1995-5/1999: 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
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I offer German voiceover and narration services for corporate sales and training videos, educational and multi-media materials, video and computer games, software applications, as well as e-learning and website audio. Your sound files can be delivered via FTP upload/download or e-mail attachment. You'll also be able to direct and monitor my recordings via phone patch. My project fee includes:free voice sample ahead of orderrecording, editing, format adjustment, and deliveryfree minor corrections of original voice recordingdelivery is considered approved, when recording is taken into use, approved by phone or e-mail or no corrections were communicated within two weeks after delivery
I offer German voiceover and narration services for corporate sales and training videos, educational and multi-media materials, video and computer games, software applications, as well as e-learning and website audio. Your sound files can be delivered via FTP upload/download or e-mail attachment. You'll also be able to direct and monitor my recordings via phone patch. My project fee includes:
VOICE DESCRIPTION
Warm, clear and convincing narration with instructional quality for presentations, trainings, websites, voice mail and documentaries. Soft, sensual, emotional appeal for commercials. Native speaker of High German (no regional dialect). US English narration with slight "foreign" or heavy German accent.
PROJECTS
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL - German voiceover for employee training softwareAdidas, Portland, OR - German voiceover reviewApple, Cupertino, CA - German voiceover for GarageBand 09 instrument lessonsBiohit, Helsinki, Finland - German voiceover for pipette videoCurrent Communications, Portland, OR - German voiceover for a multi-modem sales videoDeluxe Digital Studios, Burbank, CA - German voiceover for TV reality showDepartment of Germanic Studies, UT Austin, Austin, TX - German dialog voice for Deutsch Zusammen 2nd editionEmerson Process Management, St. Louis, MO - German video narration for conditioning orifice plateEnabling Dimensions, Gurgaon, India - German dialog narration for e-learning modules regarding anti-doping educationEsprit Consulting, Balmain East, Australia - English>German: translation of voiceover script for training softwareHarley-Davidson, Milwaukee, WI - English>German: translation of voiceover script for marketing and training videosJamlocuciones, Orihuela, Spain - English character VO with German accent for WWII gameLanguage Learning Enterprises, Washington, DC - German telephone promptesMark Andy, St. Louis, MO - German voiceover for printing machine sales videoMercer, New York, NY - German corporate narration for PM software Origin/Electronic Arts, Austin, TX - computer game character voiceover (German)Portland State University, Portland, OR - conversation recordings for German textbook Wie, bitte?Tape It Video Productions, Knoxville, TN - German video narration for printing machine Thomson Reuters, New York, NY - German voiceover for company sales video Topcon, Tokyo, Japan - English>German: translation of VO script for Total Station marketing material
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Through an in-house, state-of-the art, fully-equipped, all-digital project studio, I am able to provide the timeliness, quality and flexibility your sophisticated voiceover projects require. If you like, you will be able to direct and monitor my recordings from your location through an available phone patch. Sound files can be up/downloaded from an FTP server or e-mailed. Additional sound editing, mastering, video editing and language directing services can be arranged locally at Sprout City Studios or Don Ross Productions.
CONSULTING
DELL Computers Inc., Austin, TX - on-site German vendor software evaluationGerman Engineering G.m.b.H., Essen, Germany - assisted with the documentation of plant blue prints and manuals for an industrial plant in Beijing, ChinaGerman Air Force, Essen, Germany - Medical Orderly, Private First Class - assisted medical doctors with routine exams and performed treatments; worked as male nurse in a civilian hospitalMunicipal Services Bureau, Austin, TX - conducted international research and established contacts concerning sales of run-down Saxon castles
documentation of plant blue prints and manuals for an industrial plant in Beijing, China