Danish Translations - Translation from English to Danish.

Title:	Danish Translations - Translation from English to Danish.
Category:	Danish
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Listing added:	May 15, 2007
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Dorte Scheeler is a native Dane with a BA in translating English < > Danish from Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. In 1994 she moved to USA and she is now working fulltime as a freelance Danish translator for several companies and translation agencies. She uses the translation memory tool, Trados whenever possible, and in May 2000 she attended the one-day Trados training to learn more about it.

Her attention to detail and professionalism assures a quality translation aimed for the right audience.

Native language: DANISH

Active Member of ATA and ATA Nordic Division (accreditation into Danish not available)

Oct 1997 � Present: Fulltime Freelance Translator

I am working freelance fulltime for several agencies and companies.

I have translated various software and manuals for computer equipment,

telecommunications and service- and user manuals for technical products.

Examples are printers, modems, and mobile phones, hay baler equipment;

warehouse lifting machines, ATV's, wheel alignment machines, bar-code

equipment, industrial washing machines, trench diggers, stereo equipment

and sausage making equipment.

Other frequent translations include financial/legal documents, which include

employee stock options, lawsuits, US Government papers and summons.

I also translate advertising documents, tourist guides, humanistic literature,

questionnaire surveys, etc.

I am involved in a large project translating user/installation manual for

CT-scanners � often projects that are 200,000 words big.

I have written style guides for other Danish translators. I work as a consultant

for US software companies, helping them with the software localization and

reviewing all Danish translations.

1989 � 1992: Senior Clerk

ITT Federal Services, Inc., Sondrestrom Air Base, Greenland.

I was responsible for the routine operations in the Area Manager�s office. I translated

English < > Danish daily for the Area Manager, Supply management, Supply workers,

secretaries and various Danish personnel working on the base. I translated documents

from the U.S. Air Force and ITT Corp. into Danish for the Danish union/personnel. I also

translated Danish documents pertaining to employment agreements, operational

memorandums and union notices from the Danish union/personnel into English for

the Area Manager and other American personnel.

Education: BA Modern Languages

I graduated in 1989 from Copenhagen Business School, Denmark in translating

Danish < > English. Passed Business Law, Business Economics, Social Economics,

typing and 7 other optional courses.

Trados Training

In May 200 I attended a one-day seminar at Trados HQ, where I learned to

utilize the program more efficient.