Joseph Butler, text and translation

Joseph Butler

Freelance translator, editor and copywriter

Professional life

• 2008-2009 in Language Service of HypoVereinsbank (a UniCredit Group bank).
  Proofreading, translation, editing, project management. Proofreader and editor of English section of UniCredit Group intranet. Responsible for English translation of staff magazine, One.
  
• 2004-2008 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Project manager of EU-sponsored online learning project Jobline LMU, Job applications in English. In team developed concept for new site. Site editor and technical supervisor. Other tasks included budget and advertising. Jobline LMU has been the most successful project (in terms of number of users) in the project association SprachChancen. From 2002-2003 project team member.
• 2006-2007 Design consultant, editor and layouter of Munich English Language Teachers Association newsletter MELTA News (3 issues)
• 2002-2006 Design consultant, editor and layouter of N Vision newsletter, The International Communicator (20 issues). N Vision is a communications and management skills consulting firm located in Munich. At the same time webmaster (html) and content manager of N Vision internet site.
• 1997-2008 Founder, designer, webmaster (html) and content manager of Munich English Language Teachers Association (MELTA) website
• 1998-2000 Editor (40 issues) of magazine for young people for learning English, Spot on, from Spotlight Verlag. Author of 10-15 percent of each magazine.
• 1995-99 Editor and layouter of association newsletters of Munich English Language Teachers Association and SIETAR Deutschland
• 1998 Content writer for self-study CDs for learning English at Digital Publishing
• 1996 Langenscheidt Verlag author:
  Teste Dein Amerikanisch (Test your American English), self-study paperback for learning English
• 1994-98 lecturer for English at
  Technische Universität München, Munich
• freelance English teacher
  at various companies in and around Munich

Computer skills

• Microsoft Office
• layout with Adobe InDesign
• translation management with SDL Trados and Across
• html with Macromedia (Adobe) HomeSite
• very good knowledge of many other applications

Language skills

• English native speaker
• German excellent command of both spoken and written German
• Polish basic knowledge

Education

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
(Munich university): Magister Artium (MA), Linguistics

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA: Bachelor of Arts (BA), German. Courses in Business and Economics at Wharton School of Business.

born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA