Experienced English-German translator, focusing on texts that fall into the categories Computers, Commerce and Communication – from 1-page press releases to 400-page novels and non-fiction books.

Advantages for you as a client:

• Quality: idiomatic translations written with the target audience in mind
• Consistency: adherence to your preferences, style guides, termbases
• Clarity: comments on errors/ambiguities in the source text to ensure correct translations
• Flexibility: rush jobs, use of proprietary tools, and special arrangements when needed and possible

Key services offered:

• Translation, MTPE, subtitling
• Editing, proofreading, reviewing
• Language quality assurance (LQA) and fact-checking
• Style-related advice (e.g., on gender-neutral language, readability)
• Copywriting (with SEO in mind where required)

For related services, please get in touch so we can discuss your needs.

Education and experience:

• Master’s degree in American Studies (minored in Communications and Computer Science; spent one year at UMass Amherst with a DAAD scholarship)
• Scientific employee at TU Dresden’s Faculty of Computer Science for four years (translated and proofread study materials; wrote research grant proposals)
• Self-employed translator for more than a decade now (collaborating with translation agencies and direct clients; working with various CAT tools and platforms)

Previous projects (excerpt):

• 6 books: Wiley’s …for Dummies series (on machine learning, deep learning, AWS, TensorFlow, MS Teams, Zoom)
• 25,000 words: white paper on virtualization
• 40,000 words: guide for IT administrators
• 22,000 words: chapters in a textbook about corporate privacy management
• 14,000 words: e-book on CRM strategies
• 37,000 words: car rental company website
• 8,000 words: risk management brochure
• 37 pages: treatment for a documentary about the war in Ukraine
• 250+ product sheets: proofreading for a data storage solutions vendor
• 200+ articles: LQA of career guide for an HR platform
• 3+ novels: crime stories written under a pen name

Further information:

• Web: www.simonelinke.com
• Mail: [email protected]

Note: To prevent scamming and identity theft, my e-mails to you will always be sent via my official domain.