Member since Jun '11

Working languages:
Indonesian to English
English to Indonesian
German to English
Malay to English

Sarah Michel
Carpe diem

London, England, United Kingdom
Local time: 07:43 BST (GMT+1)

Native in: English (Variant: British) Native in English
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Experienced, professional and personable interpreter and translator for German to English and Indonesian to English.

About
I'm British, but I grew up in Munich, Germany, where I attended school. I currently live in London.
I lived in Indonesia for 8 years and studied Indonesian at University in the UK and Indonesia. I speak and write Indonesian and German to near native level.

Experience
I have been working as a full-time translator and interpreter for over 12 years. You can see some of the agencies and projects I have worked on below.
My areas of expertise are climate and social justice, human rights, agriculture (especially palm oil), legal, medical (Life Science) and localisation of marketing materials.

Interpreting I specialise in simultaneous interpreting to and from Indonesian in a variety of settings including aeronautics, conferences, film sets, assisting film editors, looking after guests from other countries, research, court, both in person and remotely. 

My clients include: 

Airbus (in class translation) 

European Commission conference interpreting

FNV (trade union conference)

FERN simultaneous interpreting for a 4 day workshop

Forest People's Programme (2 x week tours of multiple countries including simultaneous interpreting at the EU, Dutch and UK parliaments/commissions/departments, RSPO conference, company meetings as well as press conferences)

Other clients: CNN, BBC, Pinewood (Star Wars VII), AIG, Ogilvy, Language Line, Kelayaan, CPS 

Online interpreting: Zoom, Microsoft Teams

Translation: German to English; Indonesian to English; Malay to English;

CAT tools: SDL Trados Studio 2017, MateCat, Wordbee and Memsource 

Subtitling: Aegisub

Previous Projects include: 

*Medical letters and medical research

*Translation of laws and legal documents including Indonesian laws

*Translation and proofreading of research 

*Working on site (Lightbox, Ogilvy)

*Documentary and advertising subtitles

*Websites (in back end using Contao, and in Word)

*Market research


*Open ends

*Catalogue and website content including Hotel and tourism websites (Basel Tourism)

*Inside Sumatera Magazine: various journalistic articles on travel and tourism (Indonesian to English)

*Translation and localisation of various travel brochures for Lovely Holidays Travel Agency (Indonesian to English)

*Various contracts including:
*Mining contracts and permits for government (Indonesian to English)

Environment and Agriculture
*20,000 word project- on Vienna's environmental policies (German to English); 20,000 word project - various pocket books on Rubber and Tobacco Plantations (Indonesian to English); Rice agriculture

*CV/ Application letters including localisation 

Availability: I work from home, so I am available Monday - Friday 8.30 - 18.00 GMT +447411982461

*Transcription (various - including pharmaceutical research)

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