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German
Native or bilingual
French
Fluent
Spanish
Fluent
Portuguese
Fluent
English
Fluent
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) Leipzig & Kinderkanal (KiKA)Content Creator AccessibilityNovember 2012 - Today (13 years and 7 months)Leipzig, Germany• Editorial creation and quality assurance of accessible content (subtitling, easy language)• Subtitling of live and pre-recorded formats for people with hearing impairments• Translation and adaptation of editorial content into easy language, considering linguistic and inclusive standards• Coordination of subtitling orders, team leadership, and quality assurance at the MDR subtitling desk• Participation in the further development of quality guidelines, workflows, and tools to improve accessibility• Exchange with editorial teams, production, and technology on inclusive program work and strategic further development
- Kathy ProchaskaProofreader & EditorFebruary 2010 - Today (16 years and 4 months)• Proofreading and editing of specialist texts, academic papers, and translations according to linguistic and stylistic standards• Advice on language clarity, comprehensibility, and target group-oriented expression
- Kathy ProchaskaTranslatorApril 2003 - Today (23 years and 2 months)• Specialist translations from French, Spanish, Portuguese, and English into German• Specializations: Politics, Energy, Environment, Medicine, Law, and Administration• Creation of precise, terminologically consistent translations for authorities, institutions, and companies• Confident use of specialist terminology, legal text types, and multilingual reference systems (IATE, EUR-Lex, etc.)• Use of CAT tools (e.g., SDL Trados Studio) and maintenance of own terminology databases• Quality assurance, editing, and stylistic fine-tuning of complex specialist texts
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Education
- Übersetzerin/Texterin für Leichte SpracheFachzentrum für Leichte Sprache CAB Caritas Augsburg Betriebsträger GmbH2013
- Deutsche Gebärdensprache I & IIStadtverband der Hörgeschädigten Leipzig e. V. (SVHGL)2015Deutsche Gebärdensprache I & II