I was born in the UK and spent almost all of the first 27 years of my life in an English-speaking environment.<\/strong><\/p>\nAfter studying modern languages and translation in the 1980s, I began my career as a translator in the electrical industry, at the UK arm of a German switchgear manufacturer. In 1991, I moved to Germany to take up a staff translator position in Cologne. I have been delivering translation services independently since 1993.<\/p>\n
In 1999, I began using the Linux operating system and have relied upon it ever since. My experience of using Linux for translation purposes is documented on my Linux for Translators website.<\/p>\n[\/gt3_custom_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][gt3_spacing height=”50px” responsive_es=”yes” height_size_sm_desktop=”50px” height_tablet=”0px” height_mobile=”0px”][vc_single_image image=”1979″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1601895544176{padding-top: 10px !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” gap=”20″ css=”.vc_custom_1604933417541{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][gt3_spacing height=”50px” responsive_es=”yes” height_size_sm_desktop=”50px” height_tablet=”15px” height_mobile=”15px”][vc_single_image image=”1980″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1601895540279{padding-top: 10px !important;}”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][gt3_spacing height=”50px” responsive_es=”yes” height_size_sm_desktop=”50px” height_tablet=”0px” height_mobile=”0px”][gt3_custom_text text_color=”” font_size=”22″]\n
In 2002, I joined Keith Godfrey, the original developer of the OmegaT computer-aided translation tool, in launching a project to make it available to a wider group of users. Since then, I have been involved in the OmegaT project at different times as project coordinator, author of the user documentation, localization coordinator, website manager, and programmer of supplementary utilities.<\/p>\n
Modern media enable me to maintain close contact with the English-speaking world and keep in step with changes to the language. I am a member of Germany’s largest professional translators\u2019 association (BD\u00dc). I am also a member of Germany\u2019s association for technical communication (tekom) and a supporting member of the German association of safety engineers (VDSI).<\/p>\n
My life in Germany has taken me from the Cologne area, through the northern Ruhr region, and most recently to Wuppertal \u2013 home of the famous overhead railway and where it rains considerably less than in Miami, Florida.<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/gt3_custom_text][gt3_button button_title=”Contact & Legal” btn_border_radius=”35px” btn_border_width=”2px” use_theme_fonts_button=”no” google_fonts_button=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal” use_theme_button=”no” btn_bg_color=”” btn_bg_color_hover=”#368ec5″ btn_text_color=”#272b2e” btn_text_color_hover=”#ffffff” btn_icon_color=”#ffffff” btn_icon_color_hover=”#ffffff” btn_border_color=”#368ec5″ btn_border_color_hover=”#368ec5″ button_alignment=”inline” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marcprior.de%2Fen%2Fcontact-legal%2F|||” css=”.vc_custom_1597394353936{margin-top: 34px !important;margin-right: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 19px !important;padding-right: 29px !important;padding-bottom: 19px !important;padding-left: 29px !important;}”][gt3_spacing height=”100px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” gap=”20″ full_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1619435081654{padding-top: 50px !important;background: #ffffff url(https:\/\/www.marcprior.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/menai_bridge.jpg?id=1977) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}” el_id=”overlay” el_class=”scroll-circle”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][gt3_spacing height=”400px” responsive_es=”yes” height_size_sm_desktop=”400px” height_tablet=”0px” height_mobile=”0px”][gt3_custom_text separator=”yes” separator_color=”#368ec5″ text_color=”#ffffff” font_size=”32″] Technical translator [\/gt3_custom_text][gt3_spacing height=”16px”][gt3_custom_text text_color=”” font_size=”22″] Passionate about language. Passionate about technology. [\/gt3_custom_text][gt3_spacing height=”100px” responsive_es=”yes” height_size_sm_desktop=”100px” height_tablet=”0px” height_mobile=”0px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” gap=”20″ css=”.vc_custom_1604933285721{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width.php","meta":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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