Our team of translators

Ursula L.
Native speaker of Polish and German
Studied at Dresden College of Technology. Course: Ergonomics, specialization industrial engineering.
Freelance translator since 1997. Specializations: Mechanical engineering, building industry, process technology, mining and metallurgy, geography, mathematics, literature and commerce. Self-taught in Slavonic studies.
Translates from Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak and Serbo-Croat into German.

Franz J. L.
Teaching post for German and Dutch studies at the Berlin Free and Cologne Universities.
Self-employed translator for Dutch since 1981, specializing in law, technology, science, commerce, EDP and with some 25 book translations to his credit.

Mike M.
Native speaker of English, resident in England. 31 years working in retail and IT in various countries, including 9 years in Germany. Graduated from Leicester University in 1999 with first-class BA honours in German Studies. Awarded the University's Theodor Storm Prize. Freelance translator since 2000. Generalist technical knowledge of IT, electrical and mechanical engineering, advertising and commerce.

Peter M.
English mother tongue. Studied languages at Swansea University, Wales (German and French with business studies). Translation diploma from the Institute of Linguists (London). Translator for 7 years, freelance for 3 years.
Specialist areas: medicine, pharmaceuticals, administrative and legal texts, marketing, ecology, tourism.

Walter M.
Degree in translation, Italian mother tongue, freelance since 1995,
SSIT, Institute for interpreters and translators, Naples (ITALY), Specialisation: translation (German, English)
Specialist areas: light engineering, plant construction, employment protection, construction, photography, conveyor technology, machine tool building, gas measuring instruments, hydraulics, industry/technology (general), air conditioning technology, compressors, motor vehicles, machine construction, measuring and control technology, telecommunication, forestry technology, environmental technology, electro-medicine, railway technology, telescope technology, heating systems

Marc P.
Native speaker of French and German, freelancing since 1996.
State-approved translator at the Institute of Translating and Interpreting in Saarbrücken. Studied 'Etudes franco-allemandes transfrontalières', due to his two mother tongues. Specializations: Law, commerce, technology and medicine.