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Klaus Gehrmann
"25 years of professional
experience"

German
English

Specialization Background Soft & Platform Membership

Contact Information

Address: An der Alster 10, 20099 Hamburg, Germany

Cell Phone: +49 176 70051930

Email: Klaus.gehrmann@hamburg.de

Web site: https://sites.google.com/site/1teacherforyou/home

Working Language Pairs

English > German, German > English

Specialization

Travel, tourism, media, publishing, general business, marketing,

management training, application training, music, music history,
arts, voice-overs, subtitling

Background

NATIVE LANGUAGE: German

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

* Translate business and technical documents from English into

German

* Teach English and German language classes, all levels

* Teach English application training

* Interpreting
* Proofread and edit translations
* Provide German-language voice-overs and subtitles
* Extensive experience writing for print media, television, and
online
* Index and abstract multi-language documents for press
databases
* Native speaker of German, fluency in English, good command of
French

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

. Job application training

. Business English

. Business German

· Travel and Tourism

· Education and Training
· Business and Finance
. Marketing
· Social Sciences and International Relations
· Publishing and Media
· Music and Music History

WORK HISTORY

2003-present English and German language teacher, in-house

training, Business English and German, Freelance translator

1999-2003 Freelance translator, Tucson, Arizona

Translate English>German and German>English for various
agencies and clients
.
Current and recent projects:

-English application training

-German classes for immigrants

German pronunciation training

-Marketing brochures for a major international supplier of hair

styling products

-Entertainment and hotel guides online

-Financial documents and management training manuals

English>German;

-Public relations material, press releases, technical manuals, liner

notes
Video scripts, financial reports for various clients

-Mail order catalogs incl. consumer electronics

-Scientific articles German>English for a science magazine

-Proofreading English-language marketing materials for telecom

company

2/2000-3/2003Tucson City Editor for wcities.com, London, UK

Translate online travel guides English>German
Edit web content for a major international travel site
Edit and write city guides for Arizona tourist attractions
Edit and proofread translations of worldwide travel sites

1999 German language teacher, Bernard Language School, Tucson

1988-1998 Freelance Indexer, Gruner+Jahr, Hamburg, Germany

Read, evaluate, and index German, British, American and French
newspapers
for a large electronic database, with a focus on international
relations, economics.

1992-present Freelance writer, various publications

Write music reviews for German and British publications

1990-1993 Freelance television journalist, Norddeutscher

Rundfunk NDR
Write, produce, and edit entertainment features for a German TV
news show
produced in Hamburg, Germany

1986-1987 Television reporter, News Europe, San Francisco,

California
Research, report and comment European news for a community TV
station
Provide German voice-overs and subtitles for English-language TV
programs
Interview experts on European political and economic issues.
Translate English news reports into German and vice versa.
Serve as an interpreter during interviews.

1976-1983 Documentalist, Gruner+Jahr Co., Hamburg, Germany

Research and index a major European press database

1974-1976 English and Social Sciences teacher in Hamburg,

Germany

EDUCATION

1969-1974 High School teaching degree equivalent to M.A. in

English Literature and Social Studies
University of Hamburg, Germany

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Translators Association ATA

International Federation of Journalists IFJ

RATES:

EUR 0.10-0.12 per word source language depending on type of

text
EUR 0.03-0.04 per word for proofreading
EUR 30 per hour for editing

EUR 20-25 per hour of language training