The world of languages creates the possibility to fish in the big picture – to choose and to drop. Certain things or phenomena are easier to describe in one language than in another. This is the challenge and the fascination about translation.

Services

Translating French and English into German

Highly qualified and widely experienced translator, editor, proofreader and writer spezialized in art, culture, museums, architecture, education, and public transporation. I translate from English and French into German and I write texts about art, architecture and culture in German and English.

Research and Writing German and English texts

Scientific and journalistic texts in the field of art and architecture for publications, exhibitions, websites, brochures.

Editing and Proofreading German texts

I check your text with regards to language (spelling, grammar, punctuation) and content, style and CI regulations as well as cohesion and coherence.

Proofreading German translations

I check your translation with regards to completeness as well as language and style.

Writer's block

If you’re about to despair, ask me.

Expertise

Art and Culture

Catalogues, exhibition texts, essays, scholarly papers, interviews, reports, etc.

Education

Professional articles, surveys, handouts, etc.

Law

Contracts, court rulings, claims, deeds and articles of incorporation, etc.

Tourism, Public Transportation

Websites, brochures, product information, etc.

Politics and Economics

presentations, websites, surveys, etc

Literature

Short stories, lyrics

Other

Please do not hesitate to ask me for other areas and subjects.

Rates

Translations 

as of CHF 3.90 to CHF 4.50 per line (standard line = 55 characters including blanks) in the target language. Higher rates per line according to the complexity of the text. 

Research/Writing/Proofreading/Editing work 

CHF 100.00 to 150.00 per hour or flat rates

Proofreading translations 

CHF 0.60 per line

Professional experience

Curator, research and curatorial assistant, translation coordinator, and administrator in Art Museums (Switzerland and USA)

Work experience in International Law Firm, Financial industry, Insurance industry, Hotel industry

Research, writing, translation and editing work for numerous publications, among others Che Fare? Arte Povera, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, 2010; Gary Kuehn, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, 2014; Matisse in the Studio, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 2017; Ericka Beckman Double Reverse, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge MA, 2019, Von Grösse und Grazie - Maillol und Sintenis, Sammlung Oskar Reinhart am Römerholz, Winterthur, 2024

Author of art historical publications/articles, among others Alois Carigiet - Wandbilder in der Surselva, Museum Cuort Ligia Grischa, Trun, 2022; online encyclopedia sikart.ch “Clara Porges”, 2022; Factsheet Kunst und Bau Zurich, Muraltengut, 2022, “Der Weg Graubündens in die Eidgenossenschaft”, Suvretta House Magazine, 2024

Masters Scholarly Papers: “Exercises in Color: Sonia Delaunay's Fashion and Fabric Business in the 1920s”, Boston University, 2020
”Kunstmuseen als Unternehmen?”, University Zurich, 2011

Education

Master of Arts History of Art and Architecture, Boston University, USA

Certificate in Museum Studies, Boston University, USA

EMAA Executive Master in Arts Administration, University Zurich

Diploma in Translation, SAL School for Applied Linguistics Zurich

Selected References

- Bundesamt für Kultur BAK
- Schweizerisches Dienstleistungszentrum für Berufsbildung SDBB
- Capstan Linguistic Control, Brussels
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA, USA
- trad8 Sarl, Delémont
- Zieltext AG, Zürich
- Amstutz Übersetzungen, Rickenbach
- Museum Cuort Ligia Grischa, Trun
- Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, FL
- MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge MA, USA
- Sammlung Oskar Reinhard am Römerholz, Winterthur

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