ALLAN WIER
German-English Technical Translator
1913 E Jackson Blvd • Elkhart, Indiana 46516-4649
Fax/Phone: (574) 522-2264
Alfonso47@verizon.com
alfwier@hotmail.com, alfwier@yahoo.com
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OBJECTIVE
To work as a Free-Lance Translator translating from German to English
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Computer knowledge of IBM PCs
Software Knowledge: DOS, Windows, Office 2003, Trados
Technical, Legal, Real Estate translations
Translation of patents since 2002
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
Abacus Software, Inc.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
April 1991 - December 1996
Staff Translator
Translated books, magazine articles on computer technology from German into English.
In charge of coordinating translation work with free-lance translators.
Edited the work of other translators.
Built German-English glossary containing thousands of German computer terms.
Languages International
October 1988 - April 1991
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Translator and Teacher
Translated books, documents from German into English, and English into German.
Taught German to classes.
Taught German private lessons.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Member of Proz.com
EDUCATION
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan
B.A., German
Also four years of Russian and four years of French
AWARDS
German Honor Student, 1979 Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan
French Honor Student, 1989 Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2 weeks as interpreter/translator in Tuscaloosa, Alabama at Mercedes-Benz plant September 1998
2 months in Stuttgart, Germany as translator on WelKom project for DaimlerChrysler Jan-Feb 1999
Spent almost five years in Austria 1979-1984
Three years as Fulbright Exchange Assistant at Austrian Secondary Schools in
Graz, Weiz & Birkfeld
Professional References Available Upon Request
I was the in-house translator at Abacus Software, Inc. for 5½ years
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BeckerTools 4.0 (translated manual & software)
CD-ROM The Naked Truth and Killer Animations (translated chapters)
COBOL for Beginners (translated entire book)
DOS 5.0 Complete (translated chapters)
DOS 6.0 Complete (translated chapters)
Electronic Alphabet (translated chapters)
Excel 5 Complete (translated chapters)
Excel For Science and Technology (translated chapters)
HP DeskJet Complete (translated chapters)
MS-DOS for Beginners (translated chapters)
MS-DOS Tips & Tricks (translated chapters)
Multimedia Mania (translated chapters)
Nets and Intranets With Win95 (translated chapters)
OS/2 2.1 Bible (translated chapters)
OS/2 Warp BonusPak (translated chapters)
PC Intern (translated chapters)
PC Underground (translated chapters)
Photo CD Book (translated chapters)
Stereogram Workshop (translated manual & software)
The Leisure Suit Larry Story (translated entire book)
The PC Video Book (translated chapters)
The Sound Blaster Book (translated chapters)
Upgrading and Maintaining Your PC (translated entire book - 1st edition)
Warping to the Internet (translated chapters)
Wicked Sounds (translated chapters)
Wicked Windows (translated chapters)
Win95 Game Programming (translated chapters)
Win95 Rx (translated chapters)
Windows 3.1 Intern (translated chapters)
Word 5.0 Know How (translated entire book)
Zip Bible (translated entire book)
Soft Collection: (translated manual & software)
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Add Impact with Graphics
Art Masterpieces on Your PC
BeckerPage Lite (the Frugal Desktop Publisher)
Chinese Astrology for Your PC
Managing DOS with a Graphical Shell (Tempest)
NOTE: To date, I have also translated 2 books for Wiley & Sons, LTD.
Dictionaries - References - Glossaries
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Last Resort Dictionary For Technical Translators by Brigitte Walker German-English, EnglishGerman, Top of the Mountain Publishing, 1992
The Oxford Duden German Dictionary German-English, English-German, 1995
Harper Collins German Dictionary German-English, English-German 1995
The Oxford Duden Pictorial German and English Dictionary 1995
Barron’s Talking Business in German German-English 1987
Mathematisches Vokabular German-English, English-German by Berthold Klaften 1961
Technisches Taschenwörterbuch - English-German by Henry G. Freeman 1985
Mini Cambridge-Eichborn German Dictionary German-English, English-German 1985
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms English only 1984
Langenscheidt’s Encyclopaedic Muret-Sanders German-English 1987
Complete Multilingual Dictionary of Advertising... Passport 1984
Black’s Law Dictionary English only 1990
Computer Englisch - German-English, English-German by Hans Herbert Schulze 1997
Data Systems and Communications Dictionary compiled by Brinkmann and Blaha 1997
Wörterbuch Der Industriellen Technik by Dr.-Ing. Richard Ernst 6th edition 2003
German English Technical + Engineering Dictionary by DeVries and Herrmann 1965
Dictionary of Legal, Commercial and Political Terms by Dietl/Lorenz 1992
German Dictionary of Electrical Engineering and Electronics by Routledge 5th edition 1998
Dictionary Of Patent Terms by Klaften/Wittmann/Klos 5th edition 1986
Medizinisches Wörterbuch by Peter Reuter and Christine Reuter 1996
Medical Dictionary by Dr. med. Dieter Werner Unseld 11 th edition 1996
Chemistry by Gerhard Wenske 1994
Patterson’s German English Dictionary For Chemists 4th edition 1992
Dictionary of Automotive Engineering (Ger-Eng, Eng-Ger) by WYHLIDAL 1994
Dictionary of Exact Science and Technology Kučera 2nd edition 2002
Dictionary of Electronics, Computing and Telecommunications by Ferreti 2 nd edition 2000