Jacquelyn Deal

Current

• Owner at wordorder, LLC

Past

• Project Manager at ForeignExchange Translations
• SW QA Localization Test Engineer at SDL International
• Translator / SW QA Localization Engineer at Porsche Informatik

• Research Assistant at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
• Language Curriculum Co-Director at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
• Multimedia Language Lab Aide at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
• German Instructor at University of Victoria

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Education

• Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München
• University of Colorado at Boulder

Connections

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Industry

Translation and Localization

Jacquelyn Deal’s Summary

I have been active in the fields of German education, translation and localization for nine years. I'm enthusiastic about continually gaining more experience in these and related fields.

Jacquelyn Deal’s Specialties:

Translation and localization of German and English software and texts, especially in the fields of sustainable/renewable energy technologies (esp. solar), marketing/advertising, software/IT, mechanical/automotive engineering, foodstuffs, linguistics, literature, and sports (esp. mountaineering, skiing/telemark, and cycling).

Jacquelyn Deal’s Experience

• Owner

  wordorder, LLC

  (Translation and Localization industry)

  June 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

  wordorder, LLC (Boulder, Colorado): Founder/Translator.
  German to English translation and editing in several academic, scientific and industry-based fields.

• Project Manager

  ForeignExchange Translations

  (Privately Held; Translation and Localization industry)

  July 2007 — March 2008 (9 months)

  Project management for several medical and pharmaceutical companies.

• SW QA Localization Test Engineer

  SDL International

  (Public Company; sdl; Translation and Localization industry)

  June 2006 — February 2007 (9 months)

  Testing for German and English software packages releases. Work involved scripted, ad-hoc, black box, localization, linguistic, and functional testing in close conjunction with local and remote QA engineering teams.

• Translator / SW QA Localization Engineer

  Porsche Informatik

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 2005 — June 2006 (1 year 6 months)

  German to English translation and localization for Porsche-internal software releases. Work involved ad-hoc, white box, and linguistic localization in collaboration with Porsche software development / programming departments and teams.

• Research Assistant

  Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich

  (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Education Management industry)

  May 2004 — June 2006 (2 years 2 months)

  Academic research in the fields of computational linguistics, Germanic linguistics, ESL and pedagogy/didactics. Work involved electronic and field data collection and analysis for self-authored studies, documentation authoring, and editing for academic journals. Presentation of work at conferences for computational linguistics at the University of Birmingham, England and at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

• Language Curriculum Co-Director

  Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich

  (Education Management industry)

  October 2005 — April 2006 (7 months)

  Development of a comprehensive multimedia language program for German university students published by a European Union initiative for integrated language curriculum and instruction.

• Multimedia Language Lab Aide

  Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich

  (Education Management industry)

  February 2002 — January 2005 (3 years)

  Responsible for installing, updating, maintaining and evaluating foreign language software used at the university. Integrated internship/work as an online tutor for students enrolled in university English and German courses.

• German Instructor

  University of Victoria

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 2003 — May 2004 (10 months)

  Instructor for three introductory German courses and one upper-level seminar on post-war German politics and culture (taught in German). Extensive curriculum authoring for all courses, including complete curriculum authoring and material development for the aforementioned seminar.

Jacquelyn Deal’s Education

• Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München

  M.A. , Transnational German Studies, Computational Linguistics, Education , 2001 — 2006

• University of Colorado at Boulder

  B.A. (hons) , German Studies , 1999 — 2001

  Activities and Societies:

  Delta Phi Alpha

Additional Information

Jacquelyn Deal’s Interests:

Sustainability, environmentalism/conservation, renewable energy technology, design, politics, Mac development, open source, international affairs, telemark, mountaineering, cycling, reading, cooking.

Jacquelyn Deal’s Groups:

Colorado Translators Association (CTA)

•    Localization Professional
•    LI-DE (LInked DEutschland)
•    Medical Translators and Editors

Jacquelyn Deal’s Contact Settings

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