Experience

Siemens Mobility

• Rail Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Writer/Translator, CAW Software Developer, Photographer

  • Jul 2018 - Present

  2018 to date: professional full-time in-house technical writer and translator Responsible for: - creating, reviewing and translating documentation for operations control systems, automatic train control systems and various other Siemens Mobility Rail Infrastructure products - consulting projects on documentation issues - proofreading of English and German documentation - reviewing documentation in terms of terminology, standards compliance, structure, and comprehensibility - programming and maintenance of a VBA-based computer-aided writing and research tool (Documacro) for Microsoft Word for Siemens Mobility-wide usage - creation, maintenance and improvement of professional document templates for projects - driving documentation-related innovations - digital product photography (accredited in-house photographer) incl. management of in-house ESD-compliant studio Show less



Bitterlingua

• Braunschweig Area, Germany

• Technical Translator

  • Jan 1996 - Present

  Technical translations from English to German and vice versa (US and UK English) - IT (software/hardware, multimedia, etc.) - Electrical engineering - Mechanical engineering Technical translations from English to German and vice versa (US and UK English) - IT (software/hardware, multimedia, etc.) - Electrical engineering - Mechanical engineering



Siemens

• Germany
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Writer/Translator, CAW/CAT Programmer

  • Nov 2003 - Jul 2018

  2003 to 2018: professional full-time in-house technical writer and translator with Siemens AG (Mobility Division) in Braunschweig, Germany. Responsible for creating, reviewing and translating documentation material for operations control systems, automatic train control systems and many other rail automation products. Development, programming and maintenance of a VBA-based computer-aided writing tool (Documacro) for Microsoft Word that is being deployed worldwide.

• Technical Writer / Technical Translator - Transrapid Shanghai Project

  • Feb 2002 - Oct 2003

  Professional full-time in-house technical writer and translator with Siemens AG (Rail Automation) in Braunschweig, Germany in the Transrapid Shanghai project. Responsible for creating, reviewing and translating all Transrapid-related documentation material as well as customer training.