Thomas Wiedemann

Munich · Germany

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skills & Qualifications

 

 

General

  • Excellent writing and communication skills
  • Translating and proofreading English to German in the fields of marketing, IT and engineering, legal, business, tourism, medical, environmental, media and others – website on translations.thowicon.eu
  • Managing Director of Thowicon International Ltd., an online picture agency - www.thowicon.eu
  • Trainer for English, German, IT 

Languages

  • German, mother tongue, more than 20 years writing experience
  • English, excellent, more than 20 years writing experience
  • French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese

Technical

  • Computer aided translation: TRADOS, WordFast
  • DTP: Indesign
  • Operating systems: Windows XP / W2K, NT 4.0, MAC OS X, UNIX, LINUX, SUN Solaris
  • Networks: Windows XP / W2K, NT 4.0, UNIX
  • Databases: MS-Access, Informix, Sybase, SQL-Server, MySQL
  • Programming: C, HTML, SQL
  • Applications: MS-Office, SISIS library applications, Paint Shop Pro, Photo Shop, Corel Draw
  • Other: IT project management and offshore development (PHP, MySQL), technical specifications

 

 

Areas & Branches

 

  • Technical industry: IT, engineering
  • Media: booktrade, press

 

Professional Experience & Projects (samples)

 

  • Translating and proofreading English to German, German to English – since 1999
  • Managing Director of Thowicon International Ltd., an online picture agency – since 2003
  • Offshore development and marketing for web projects and internet platforms – since 2002
  • Marketing & Sales for the German LINUX distributor LXPN – 2002 to 2003
  • Human Resource Consultancy, IT and engineering, for Techconnect GmbH and Brunel GmbH – 2000 to 2002
  • Compound of the Bavarian State Libraries, databases, technical documentations in English and German – 1999 to 2000

 

Education

 

  • Certificate in computer science at the private academy Computer Data Institute – 1995
  • Certified editor and bookseller, Chamber of Industry and Commerce - 1991

 

Other Accomplishments

 

  • Photography
  • Writing

 

Publications

 

  • 2006, „Schattenwelt“, Bibliothek Deutschsprachiger Gedichte (Realis Verlags-GmbH)
  • 2005, “Die Schmiede des Glücks”, Bibliothek Deutschsprachiger Gedichte (Realis Verlags-GmbH)