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Yoga websites and magazines

Translation and copy-editing of yoga magazines and websites (May 2013 to May 2014)

Five years of yoga practice – at times with up to three classes per week – prepared me well for this project series. As the copy editor, I was able to rectify stylistic errors and inconsistent terminology, ensuring the necessary clarity. The publisher subsequently entrusted me with the localisation of several entire magazines. Different sections covered topics such as exercise routines, Ayurveda, philosophy, spirituality and yoga retreats.

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Everyday Yoga

Adaptation of the entire book (June to August 2015)

Sage Rountree has rightly made a name for herself on the US yoga scene. Her yoga menus are uniquely accessible to readers. With such an outstanding author and yogini, doing justice to the original and at the same time making the German text even better than the English original presented a real challenge. Read more ...

10 Minute Yoga Calm

Translation of the entire guide (December 2014 to January 2015)

An extremely well structured, comprehensive handbook covering everything from equipment to sun salutations to advanced sequences – everything you could possibly need to soothe a stressed body and mind.

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Niamh Cunningham, Senior Service Ma...
Thanks for all that you do to make us look great.
Lizzy Untermann, Project Manager
Thanks a lot for a great job (as usual ;-) )!
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!
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.
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...
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 ...
Matthew Devine, Social Marketing Ma...
Many thanks for completing the translation. Our German site manager was impressed with your efforts.
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...
Heiko Hegewisch (Kundenbetreuung), ...
Thank you! Our client in Luxemburg was really happy!
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.
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.
Review in PC Action magazine (12/20...
Other arguments in favour of the game: the first-rate dubbing and admirable German translations.
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...
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 ...
Chris Wells, Service Unit Manager, ...
The feedback was very positive. Client very happy with what we sent over. You smashed it!
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...
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.
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 :)
Brigitte Berner, Localisation Vendo...
We did another quality check. The result is EXCELLENT! Well done, keep up the great work. :-)

CULTURAL

BRIDGE BUILDING

Creative marketing translations have a dramatic effect on your image – and your bottom line: hordes of new buyers and customers will flock to you –
including ones you didn’t know existed! Users will lay siege to your websites, devour your blog posts and sign up like there’s no tomorrow. Can you cope with the onslaught?
YES! I WANT TO BUILD BRIDGES IN NEW MARKETS
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