Working languages:
English to German

Elke Gober
Journalist BA

Eichstätt, Bayern, Germany
Local time: 09:25 CEST (GMT+2)

Native in: German Native in German
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Services Translation, Editing/proofreading, Subtitling, Training, Project management, Interpreting, Transcreation, MT post-editing
Expertise
Specializes in:
Poetry & LiteratureAdvertising / Public Relations
Government / PoliticsFinance (general)
Business/Commerce (general)Journalism

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Payment methods accepted Wire transfer
Translation education Graduate diploma - ESO Bamberg
Experience Years of experience: 7. Registered at ProZ.com: Aug 2017.
ProZ.com Certified PRO certificate(s) N/A
Credentials English to German (Euro-Schulen-Organisation)
English to German (German Courts)
English to German (Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Würzburg-Schweinfurt)


Memberships Verband freier Lektorinnen und Lektoren, BDÜ
Software Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, ABBYY Fine Reader, Powerpoint, Trados Studio
Website http://www.textkonfekt.de
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Bio

Professional
Experience:

Since 2020                    Freelance
translator & owner at TEXTKONFEKT           

Translation,
Interpreting, Editing (EN – GER)

· Certified translations (English
into German & vice versa)

· Marketing
translations (English into German)

· Literary translation &
editing (English into German, German)

· Proofreading,
also for quality assurance purposes (Translations into German, German texts)

· Machine
translation post editing (English into German)

Text types:                                                                            

websites,
newsletters, user guides, corporate communication, presentations, marketing, contracts,
privacy policies, handbooks, transcripts, among others

Area(s) of
expertise:

economics,
legal, fashion, cosmetics, literature, household appliances, interior design,
marketing

 

2019 – 2020                  Branch & project manager

KERN AG, Sprachendienste

2016 – 2020                  Freelance
translator & editor (part-time)

2017                              Project
manager assistant

Atlantic Language
Services in Plymouth, UK

                                                          

Education
& qualifications:

2016 – 2019                  State-certified
& sworn translator & interpreter (English)

                                      Euroakademie
Bamberg (full time)

Focus on
translation of economic sources

                                      Additional
courses in French, & Spanish

2017 – 2019                  BA
Specialized Translation at University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (part-time)

                                      Focus
on translation of technical sources

                                      Additional
courses in interpreting, & Spanish

2015                              Semester abroad at
Malmö University (malmö högskola)

2013 –2016                   BA
Journalism Studies at Catholic University Eichstätt

Training in
effective investigation, taking significant pictures, writing appropriate
reports & reportages

Training in
academic working in communication studies, political science & philosophy

Bachelor Thesis: “The Concept of Narration: A
Comparative Analysis of Natascha Kampusch’ Autobiography And Its Film Adaption
By Sherry Hormann”

Volunteering

Since 2021                    Organiser
of the mentoring programme of the VFLL Bavaria

Since 2020                    Managing
editor at BayernInfo magazine

                                      Magazine
of the professional translators’ association BDÜ in Bavaria

Since 2009                    Private
Tuition (German, English, French, Math)


Awards & Memberships:

2021                              Full
membership at VFLL

2019                              Full
membership at BDÜ (2017-19 student membership)

2018                              Oskar-Karl-Forster-Scholarship

 

Languages:

German                         Native
speaker

English                         Advanced
level oral & written - Level C2

French / Spanish          Basic
level oral & written - Level B2

GSL / Swedish              Very
basic level oral & written - Level A1


Computing Skills:

Microsoft Office /
Adobe InDesign / Lightwork / Social Media / Wordpress / ABBYY FineReader / SDL
Trados Studio 2021 / Memsource / MemoQ / Projetex / Sage WAWI / Semco

 

Keywords: English, German, media, economics, literature, localization, subtitling, proofreading, editing, journalism


Profile last updated
Nov 2, 2023



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