Thomas Wiedemann

Berlin · Germany

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skills & Qualifications

 

 

 

 

 

 

General

  • Excellent writing and communication skills
  • Translating and proofreading English to German and German to English in the fields of techniques, marketing, IT and engineering, legal, business, tourism, environmental, media and others
  • Management and development of online projects
  • Consultancy: Human Resources, Marketing&Sales, Business&Finance

 

Languages

  • German, mother tongue, writing experience since more than 20 years
  • English, excellent, writing experience since 20 years
  • 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 and team leading

 

Communications

  • Marketing: concepts, layouts, strategies for internet and print marketing
  • Human Resources Consultant: IT and engineering
  • Call Center Management: outbound (sales), inbound (technical support)

 

 

 

 

Areas & Branches

 

 

  • Technical Industries: aerospace, automobile, traffic, computer industry
  • Media: book market, TV, press
  • Finance, Business

 

 

 

 

Professional Experience & Projects (samples)

 

 

  • Translating and proofreading in all areas for translation agencies all over the world – since 2004
  • Translating and writing technical specifications, marketing and internet platforms (localization projects), English to German, German to English – since 1999
  • Online Projects – since 2004
  • Development and marketing strategies for several professional websites of smaller companies – since 2002
  • Technical support - inbound call center services, for Siemens internal stuff - 2004
  • Marketing for a financial consulting project – Swiss investment model, Financial Consulting Lipsky - 2004
  • Marketing & Sales for German LINUX distributor LXPN – 2002 to 2003
  • Promotion on trade fair in Berlin – 2003
  • Human Resource Consultancy, IT and engineering, Techconnect GmbH and Brunel GmbH in Munich – 2000 to 2002
  • Technical support for the compound of the Bavarian State Libraries, databases, technical documentations in English and German –  1999 to 2000
  • Development of a database for the Munich subway, Knorr Bremse AG – 1998

 

 

 

 

Education

 

 

  • Currently studying journalism at the “Freie Journalistenschule” (Berlin School of Journalism) in Berlin – 2010
  • Certificate in computer science at the private academy Computer Data Institute (CDI) in Munich – 1995
  • Certified editor and bookseller, Chamber of Industry and Commerce - 1991

 

 

 

 

Other Accomplishments

 

 

  • Photography
  • Writing lyrics in English and German

 

 

 

 

Publications

 

 

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