German Power Translator

24/12/2016

Merry Xmas, everyone! 🎄

11/09/2016

#911

17/08/2016

Busy bee this month.

10/08/2016

Call it what you want but CAT tools do my translations more harm than good. I am currently preparing some sample translations for my new website and I do it by using CAT tools. I am correcting one of them at the moment. There are more typos, missing words or sentences with strange structures in them than usual.

03/08/2016

Neuer Blogeintrag

http://germannews.germanpowertranslator.de/2016/08/03/viel-zu-tun-im-august/

Viel zu tun im August Nachdem ich meine Prüfung in der Tasche habe und ein paar Tage Urlaub genießen konnte, hatte ich eigentlich gehofft, etwas Zeit mit der Erstellung meiner neuen Website zu verbringen, aber wie es aussieht, wird dies ein stressiger August, wie so oft, wenn man Untertitel macht. A...

03/08/2016

New blog post

http://englishnews.germanpowertranslator.de/2016/08/03/busy-august/

Busy August After having passed my exam and spent a few days on vacation I had hoped to be able to invest some time in creating my new website, but by the looks of it it’s going to be a stressful August – as it happens a lot when you’re in the subtitling business. Starting from September or October,...

22/07/2016

Last working day and then a week off. August has a lot in store for me though.

14/07/2016

New blog post.
http://englishnews.germanpowertranslator.de/2016/07/14/german-clients-here-i-come/

German clients, here I come Yesterday I passed my oral exam which makes me a certified translator for English and German now. That means I can now contact German clients and what I really want to do is literary translations. So if you are a publisher or know a publisher who is currently looking for…

08/07/2016

I have created a new blog which will be available in English and German on the new website once it goes live. Here I'll post the English version.

http://englishnews.germanpowertranslator.de/2016/07/08/as-good-as-certified/

As good as certified Even though I have been working as a translator for more than ten years I have now taken an exam at the German IHK – a highly recognized institution in German economy. While my international clients mainly appreciate my many years of experience, German clients love to see certif...

04/07/2016

Happy Forth of July, everyone! 🇺🇸

01/07/2016

Happy Canada Day!!! 🇨🇦

30/06/2016

So cute!

https://twitter.com/Tomedes/status/748117105074184193

“How do you say it?”

24/06/2016

I changed my profile picture because I am in shock about the Brexit decision. What do you think about that? And what about our business relationships now?

22/06/2016

Since I have an intern next week, I'm trying to get back up to speed with translation software. First off the list: CafeTran Espresso.

06/06/2016

I want to offer book translations from English to German.
Are you a self publisher like me? Do you want a professional translation of your book to a fair price? Sent me a message for more info.

30/05/2016

I'm thinking about writing and publishing a handbook for becoming a freelance translator.

20/01/2016

I've just finished work on subtitles for a Disney movie in which a figure skater joins a girls' hockey team and wonders why the hockey players don't like figure skaters. They tell her that it's because everyone thinks girls should twirl around in pretty dresses and they don't get the respect they deserve. Well, they're actually right. I still remember how difficult it was for me to buy blade protectors for my hockey skates. They always wanted to sell me ones for figure skates until I told them, "Even though I'm a girl I play hockey so I really need blade protectors for my hockey skates". Remember you can do everything you wanna do!

18/12/2015

Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous year 2016

26/11/2015

Happy Thanksgiving! 🍗🦃🍖

14/11/2015

I am still shocked about the events in Paris last night.

09/10/2015

Some of you might know this situation. You're asked to do a test translation and you do your very, very best and are really happy about what you produced and then they get back to you and tell you you didn't pass. When you check their comments, you find that you would have had to be telepath in order to guess what they wanted and this feeling creeps into you that you might have been je**ed around.
Well I had this situation this week and it caused me to not sleep at all for one night. But what most of you don't know is that I'm also a pretty successful novelist and when I checked my royalties for this week, I realized I really should get upset about people like that. It's not that I live from hand to mouth anymore.
At the moment, my books are only available in German but who knows. Maybe I will write something in English one day. But if you are an English speaking author and want a book translated into German, just talk to me. Maybe I can help. ;)

05/04/2015

Happy Easter!

19/12/2014

On from December 22nd, 2014 till January 2nd, 2015. I'll be back int he office on Monday, January 5th, 2015.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

11/12/2014

That moment when you realize the software you use most often at work isn't working and you have to spend hours trying to find the error and that moment when you finally manage to solve the problem.

27/11/2014

Happy Thanksgiving to all American fans. 🇺🇸🍗🍖

19/05/2014

It's pretty rare that you get positive feedback. It's either negative feedback or no feedback at all. There is this client that I have been working with for 3 1/2 years and we had our normal ups and downs. The other day, though, I got an inquiry from them. They want me to be their regular proofreader for a certain line of work. And they want me because of my "experience, quality of work, dedication and responsiveness". I think I'll take that as a compliment. Thanks, guys!