Jobs
There follows a list of some of the jobs I have translated, some of these are large (more than 20,000 words), some are fairly small (1,000 words of less). The purpose of this list is to provide a more in depth look at the material I translate and my experience. This list is obviously not a complete list of the work I have undertaken over the years.
- Tools for machining metals on lathes, milling machines etc - catalogues, instruction manuals for related setting equipment
- Metal crushing and shredding machinery - operating and maintenance instructions
- Impregnating machine - operating instructions
- Electric motors, servocontrollers and related modules - catalogues and operating instructions
- Software for concrete factories - manuals, user interface and contractual documents
- Concrete pile milling head - operating instructions
- Professional mobile radio - manuals, broschures and press releases
- Industrial scissor tables - operating instructions
- Meat processing and packaging machines - operating instructions
- Electrical equipment for usage in coal mines - operating instructions
- Industrial mass finishing machines - operating instructions
- Electrical equipment for trams - operating instructions, service instructions and other documents
- Hand tools - catalogues
- Machine tools - operating and maintenance instructions
- Test stands for hydraulic motors and pumps - operating instructions
- Instructions on the operation and repair of various types of machines, tool magazines, coolant systems
- Engineering - large industrial shredding machine for shredding scrap cars
- Information technology - a manual on software related to CAN bus protocols
- Lighting - press releases, technical updates and internal reports for a manufacturer of automotive, street and general lighting
- Marketing material and instructions for many types of tools for machining, particularly metal machining
- Cranes - operating instructions, quotations, maintenance instructions particularly for cranes for container ports (straddle carriers)
- Construction machinery of all types - marketing material, operating instructions, service instructions
- Brewery installations - operating instructions, visit reports
- Web sites of all types from a service for locating children via their mobile phones, through up-market traders in the construction industry, to a manufacturer of windows, ground source heat loops and collectors, as well as a large site related to safety switches
- Automotive engineering, specifications for components and systems, number of customer surveys.
- Drives and inverters - operating instructions, software, marketing
- High-voltage switchgear - operating instructions
- High-voltage test equipment - operating instructions
- Web control equipment for the printing and textile industry - operating instructions, software, marketing
- Central heating radiator catalogues and installation instructions
- Embroidery machines - software, marketing
- Wood panel cutting systems - marketing
- Statements of work - landscape gardening
- Sintering machines (rapid prototyping) - operating instructions, service manuals, marketing
- Weigh bridges - software
- Brochures for doors for heavy goods vehicles
- Various types of electrical tools for industrial and also private use
- Certification reports - railway engineering
- Equipment for training in the technical sector
- Packaging machines - operating instructions, parts lists
- Safety fences - installation instructions
- Safety devices of all types from switches to laser scanners
- FMEAs for various items of equipment
- Specifications in various sectors
- Brochures for components in the construction industry
- Company newspapers
- Reference work - silk-screen printing
- Reference work - electrical engineering
- Air-conditioning systems - operating instructions, marketing
- Internal reports on corporate strategies
- Centrifuges - operating instructions
- Injection moulding machines - operating instructions, service notes, sales documentation
- Fire service vehicles and water cannons - operating instructions
- Tracked and fixed crushers and screening machines - operating instructions and marketing materials
Tools
I use a number of different translation tools. In some cases the tool is the customer's choice, in others I choose the most suitable application for the job.
SDL Studio: I have been a Trados/SDL Studio user since Trados 1. That was back in 1997. At the moment I continue with Studio 2021 Professional. I am a certified advanced Studio 2014 user - my certification can be checked here
MemoQ: Version 10.1.
I have also used a number of other now defunct tools over the years of varying types and complexity.
Customer comments
"The proof reader in the UK was very impressed with the quality of the English!"