User:Richard Bartholomew

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[edit] Background

Recently employed as a software engineer specializing in scientific and engineering applications, I code primarily C++ and Perl under Linux. On April 1, 2008, I obtained a permit to live and work in Düsseldorf as a freelance technical translator. Since then I have been translating various types of documents using the translation memory tool WordFast 5.

On the natural language front, I've passed the Goethe-Institute's Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung at CEFR level C1. I have been studying in Düsseldorf since February 2007 to pass the Zentrale Oberstufenprüfung in May 2008. If successful, this will increase my German proficiency rating to CEFR level C2.

I've also studied French for a couple of years, but never acquired much proficiency with it. Some day I'd like to master that language.

Please also see my German Wikipedia and English WikiSource user pages.

[edit] Objectives

Userboxes This user is a professional translator. en This user is a native speaker of English. de-3 Dieser Benutzer hat sehr gute Deutschkenntnisse. fr-1 Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau élémentaire de français. PSU This user is attending or graduated from Penn State University This user attends or attended the University of Pittsburgh.

My objectives vis-à-vis Wikipedia are to

• make German language articles available to anglophone readers,
• acquire experience and exposure translating material from German into U.S. English, and
• learn new things.