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Online product catalogue for Megaform

Transcreation of product descriptions of sports, exercise and educational games marketed by Megaform (July 2018)

The Belgian company Megaform markets innovative educational sports and exercise games. I translated the company’s entire online catalogue for Megaform’s marketing department.

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News for international football associations

News on the latest sporting developments and trends for the websites of the major international football associations (May 2011 to September 2014)

As a DFB fitness coach, avid reader of Kicker magazine, regular stadium visitor, active club player and youth trainer, I am as close to the sport as a translator can be – and this greatly facilitates my work. The knowledge gained during journalism seminars at the Akademie der Bayerischen Presse have also proven immensely beneficial.

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Powerstar Golf simulation

Translation of tutorials, tips, dialogue fields and menus (August 2013)

The great art in simulations such as Powerstar Golf featuring dialogue fields lies in complying with the length restrictions of the text fields. The strings must be kept short and to the point – while also sounding credible. Because “Talking about golf is more fun than playing golf” (Dieter Rivola, professional golfer).

Basketball simulation

Translation and support for one of the world’s two largest multilingual basketball simulations for a global player in the video game industry (June 2014 to July 2016)

I was commissioned to translate in-game assets and marketing content such as blog posts, video commentaries and news for the website.

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Lizzy Untermann, Project Manager
Thanks a lot for a great job (as usual ;-) )!
Diana Díaz Montón, Project Manager...
I've known Thorsten for many years now, as in more than ten years, and it's always been a pleasure working with him. He is an excellent professional, highly reliable, on time and w...
Brendan Tinnelly, Project Manager
Hi Thorsten, I hope all is well. I’ve attached some review feedback for your work on Batch 01. Overall, feedback was very good.
Brigitte Berner, Localisation Vendo...
We did another quality check. The result is EXCELLENT! Well done, keep up the great work. :-)
Silvia Ferrero, Project Manager
First of all, I would like to say thank you very much for your work. The client has imported the files into the game already and they are very pleased with the results. :) They per...
Jan Fitschen, book author and Europ...
Hello Thorsten, I got my hands on the first copy of Wunderläuferland Kenia two days ago and must say that I am extremely pleased with it. Thank you ever so much for your fantastic ...
Chris Wells, Service Unit Manager, ...
The feedback was very positive. Client very happy with what we sent over. You smashed it!
Matthias Hues, Actor and Martial Ar...
Page for page, the wonderful fitness book that Thorsten translated is just as good as the English original, if not better! Greetings from Hollywood!
Silvia Ferrero, Project Manager
I have been working with Thorsten for over 5 years, and I'm very happy with his performance. He is very professional, reliable and always produces high-quality work.
Frank Haut, Managing Director
Hi everyone! Because we all worked together so successfully last year on the translations for Far Cry 3 and Assassin’s Creed 3, I would like to use the same team again this year.
Mackenzie Martin, Project Manager a...
Today we had a couple of representatives from Apple visiting. They said that we're really good on the English and German localization front! I just wish we could clone you to have ...
Diana Díaz Montón, Project Manager...
By the way, we recorded the German videos this morning and the voice-over actor was quite impressed with the quality of the German text. So impressed, in fact, that he could not be...
Niamh Cunningham, Senior Service Ma...
Thanks for all that you do to make us look great.
Review on Computer Bild for Fallout...
Particularly the avatar dubbing is right up there with the best that the world of computer and video games currently has to offer. The developers have injected so much emotion into...
Heiko Hegewisch (Kundenbetreuung), ...
Thank you! Our client in Luxemburg was really happy!
Cesira C., Language Project Lead
We have received the results of the QA performed on batch 2. I am happy to say that the result is excellent :)
Hagen Hellwig, Editor-in-Chief
Hello Thorsten, It’s good to see you find new creative solutions. In such an environment, it’s really entertaining and inspiring to play and work with words.
Matthew Devine, Social Marketing Ma...
Many thanks for completing the translation. Our German site manager was impressed with your efforts.
Review in PC Action magazine (12/20...
Other arguments in favour of the game: the first-rate dubbing and admirable German translations.

Incendiary Ideas

HAZARDOUS TO DRY CONTENT

From apps to brochures to websites: incendiary copy and translations spread like wildfire. Ideas this catching are a hazard to tinder-dry content of all kinds. As soon as they set eyes on it sparks will fly, spreading uncontrollably to your readers and users.
JUST WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR! LIGHT MY FIRE
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