Translation services in the following fields:

* Legal (with particular emphasis on contracts and agreements)
* Medical/pharma with focus on clinical trials, product characteristics (SPCs), patient information leaflets (PILs), medical equipment
* Automotive
* Technical manuals


Native English speaker (UK), fluent German and French (oral and written)
17 years spent in Germany


Full-time translator since 1980
Member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting in 1998
Member of ProZ since 2006

I take pride in never having missed a deadline and keeping to the highest quality standards
I have used Trados Workbench for 8 years, currently working with SDL Trados 2007
I can build on a sound knowledge in the areas of medicine, technology, automotive engineering and contracts, and will not accept work that lies beyond my areas of expertise.

MA Honours degree from Edinburgh University, UK
DipVocTech, postgraduate translating diploma from Uni of Kent, UK
Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) from ChristChurch University, UK

2 years in a UK offshore construction company, MBA Ltd
2 years' professional experience working for W.S. Atkins in steelworks, Algeria
6 years as in-house translator for Erich Jaeger, medical electronics specialists in Würzburg, Germany
1 year as language consultant at pharmaceutical company Pfizer, UK


References available on request