<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>R&eacute;sum&eacute;</title> <style type="text/css"> .font {font-family: arial} .font2 {font-size: 10pt;} .name {font-family: times new roman; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: demi-bold; letter-spacing: 4pt} .head1 {font-size: 14pt} H2 {font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold} .head3 {font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic} .s2pt {letter-spacing: 2pt} .marg2 {margin-left: 2cm; margin-right: 2cm} .ULmarg {margin-left: 4cm; margin-right: 4cm} UL {font-size: 12pt; list-style-image: url(images/ball1.gif)} P {margin-left: 0.5cm; margin-right: 0.5cm} BODY { scrollbar-base-color: color; scrollbar-track-color: #31B5D6; scrollbar-face-color: #CCCCCC; scrollbar-highlight-color: #0084A5; scrollbar-3dlight-color: #0084A5; scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #000000; scrollbar-shadow-color: #000000; scrollbar-arrow-color: #000000; } </style> </head> <body class="font" bgcolor="#cccccc" vlink="purple"> <hr hr="" align="center" noshade="noshade" size="2" width="85%"> <table align="center" width="85%"> <tbody> <tr> <td background="images/graybg.gif"> <div class="name" align="center">NOELLE G. KNAPP-LUCERO<br> </div> <p class="marg2" align="center">4030-55th AVE SW<br> Seattle, WA&nbsp; 98116<br> Phone:&nbsp;(206) 388-2199<br> E-mail: <a href="mailto:ngknapp@morningstartranslations.com">NGKnapp@MorningStarTranslations.com</a><br> Web: <a href="http://www.morningstartranslations.com/">www.MorningStarTranslations.com/Noelle.htm</a> </p> <p> </p> <div class="head1" align="center">Professionally Trained, Experienced, Freelance Translator<br> German into English<br> Native English speaker specializing in IT, Marketing, and Business</div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <hr hr="" align="center" noshade="noshade" size="2" width="85%"> <table align="center" width="85%"> <tbody> <tr> <td background="images/graybg.gif"> <h2>TRANSLATOR INFORMATION</h2> <ul> <li>High-quality translation of <b>up to 2500 words per day</b> of general, non-technical text. </li> <li>I have <b>Wordfast</b>&nbsp;translation memory software. </li> <li>I am proficient in <b>Microsoft Office</b> applications. </li> <li>I am available full time.</li> </ul> <h2>TRANSLATION EXPERIENCE</h2> <p>I have been a <b>freelance translator and editor since 1999</b>, when I completed my Master of Arts in Translation at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.</p> <p>I was a project manager and <b>in-house translator </b>for <b>Software AG in Darmstadt, Germany </b>from November 2002 to July 2003, working in place of someone on maternity leave. Current and previous clients and end-clients include Software AG, LA Translations, Peritus Precision Translations, German Language Services, Screenlife LLC, New-Global Translations, SAP Systems Integration,&nbsp;Amgen, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Siemens,&nbsp;MAN AG, and Fry &amp; Bonthrone Partnerschaft (where I did an internship).</p> <p><b>Translations and editing assignments</b> have included the following types of texts:<br> press releases, Web pages, online help, marketing materials, magazine and newspaper articles, company newsletters and magazines, white papers, clinical trial protocols, contracts, PowerPoint presentations, case studies, reports, manufacturing SOPs, master batch records, specifications,&nbsp;documentation, and business plans</p> <p>I have <b>experience with translations in these areas</b>:<br> information technology, marketing, economic and political development, general business, law,&nbsp;medicine, biotechnology,&nbsp;telecommunications, human resources,&nbsp;and the automotive industry&nbsp; </p> <p>In addition, I have administered a Trados MultiTerm dictionary database and a Trados Translator&rsquo;s Workbench system.</p> <h2>EDITING EXPERIENCE</h2> <p>Since my graduation from the Monterey Institute, I have also worked as a technical editor at <b>Microsoft</b> and as a copy editor/proofreader at <b>CTB/McGraw-Hill</b> on a contract basis. My responsibilities at Microsoft included technical editing and occasional rewriting of white papers, customer profiles, market bulletins, step-by-step guides, and other software marketing materials and technical documentation. At CTB/McGraw-Hill, I copy edited proposals, marketing materials, and test books, and I proofread standardized tests.</p> <h2>RELATED EXPERIENCE</h2> <p>I worked as a telephone receptionist for a year at <b>Microsoft GmbH</b>, Microsoft&rsquo;s Central European Headquarters in Munich, where I took calls from 200 to 300 customers per day, most of whom were German-speaking, and transferred or directed them to the appropriate parties.</p> <h2>EDUCATION</h2> <p>I obtained my <b>Master of Arts in Translation &ndash; German - English</b> in May 1999 from the <b>Monterey Institute of International Studies</b> in Monterey, California. <b>Practical courses included</b> translation (German to English, English to German, and Spanish to English), localization, project management, computer-assisted translation, terminology, and translation as a business. My thesis, <i>Audiovisual Language Transfer: Raising the Value of Films and Programs Through Improved Quality</i>, was approved in May 1999.</p> <h2>FOREIGN EDUCATION</h2> <ul> <table width="90%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left"><font size="3"><li>Exchange student&mdash;Bergen, Norway</li> </font></td> <td align="right"><font size="3">August &ndash; October 1988</font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table width="90%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left"><font size="3"><li>Exchange student&mdash;Munich, Germany</li> </font></td> <td align="right"><font size="3">September 1992 &ndash; August 1993</font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table width="90%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left"><font size="3"><li>Intensive Spanish&mdash;Intercultura Language School in Heredia, Costa Rica</li> </font></td> <td align="right"><font size="3">February 1997</font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table width="90%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left"><font size="3"><li>Intensive Spanish&mdash;The Experiment in International Living in Quito, Ecuador</li> </font></td> <td align="right"><font size="3">March &ndash; April 1997</font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p></p> </ul> <h2>HONORS AND AWARDS</h2> <ul> <table width="90%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left"><font size="3"><li>Monterey Institute of International Studies Merit Scholarship recipient</li> </font></td> <td align="right"><font size="3">1997 &ndash; 1999</font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p align="center"><b><font size="2">High-speed Internet &bull; Microsoft Office &bull; Wordfast&nbsp;&bull; Windows XP</font></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div align="center"> <hr hr="" align="center" noshade="noshade" size="2" width="85%"> <address>Copyright 2001-2007 &copy; Morning Star Translations<br> </address> </div> </body> </html>