Michael Roberts
michael@vivtek.com
HC 1 Box 4147
Adjuntas PR 00601
Overview
This is the translation version of my résumé, and as such, it contains only brief reference to the extensive technical experience which I consider an integral part of my translation skills. For more detail, see my technical résumé. Although I was certified as a technical translator in 1988, I have been translating on what I consider a professional basis since 2001, about 19 years now, and it has been my primary source of income since 2004.
Since 2006, I've translated 1 to 1.25 million words per year. A typical month is 80,000 to 120,000 words.
Languages
Speak: English native, fluent German, can get by in Spanish or Hungarian
Read: French, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch
Working parameters
| Software available | SDL-TRADOS, MemoQ (you provide the license), Across (you provide the license); Microsoft Office; professional script programming. |
| Platforms | PC/Windows and Linux |
| Capacity | DE>EN up to 6000 words/day; FR>EN, ES>EN, IT>EN 4000 words/day; HU>EN about 2500 words/day. |
| Availability | In general, I can nearly always work in a job of 3000 words or less. |
| I am always interested in hearing from new agencies. | |
| Rates | I'm flexible on rates, so feel free to ask if you want special consideration, but my standard rate is 0.10 EUR or 12 cents US per new source word. |
| Rates are negotiable if the work warrants it or if I like you. | |
| Areas of specialization | IT/software, telecommunications, electronics; pharmaceuticals, clinical trials, medical devices; patents; |
| Some experience with machine tools (DE) and with business reports (DE, FR). SAP-oriented translation (DE). | |
| Legal documents, contracts, and court records (especially DE, IT, but any language is fine) |
Education
| 1996 | Master of Science in Computer Science, Indiana University | |
| 1988 | Bachelor of Science in Computer Science / Electrical Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | |
| 1988 | Technical Translator certificate in the German language, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
Career history
| 2005 - present | Translation services as sole proprietor of Vivtek LLC | |
| 1996 - 2004 | Software services as sole proprietor of Vivtek LLC | |
| Provided consulting and implementation for online and offline software development, largely in online databases. | ||
| 1992 - 1996 | Contract work with a major pharmaceutical company | |
| Database and document management design and implementation. | ||
| 1991 - 1992 | Systems programmer for a division of an equipment manufacturing company | |
| Mainframe work. | ||
| 1990 - 1991 | Programmer/analyst for a small software development firm in Indiana | |
| 1988 - 1989 | Programmer/analyst for a large software development firm in Stuttgart, Germany | |
| Database and UI work. |