I am a German to English translator with a Professional Certificate in Translation, and would like to offer my services to your company. I have experience translating a variety of documents, and am a native English (US) speaker. I specialize in finance, accounting, business and the wine industry, and offer the competitive rate of $0.09 per word. With more than twenty yearsâ€™ experience working in corporate finance, I bring extensive business and financial expertise to my translations. My resume is below for your review. I would be happy to provide samples of my work or to take a translation test on request.

More information about my services is available at www.traubentranslation.com. Please feel free to contact me if I can answer any questions. I hope to have the opportunity to work with you.

Thank you for your consideration.


BETH BRADY

2984 Chapel Valley Road #205  â—  Fitchburg, WI, USA  â—  53711
+1 (530) 908-4299  â—  beth@traubentranslation.com

GERMAN TO ENGLISH FREELANCE TRANSLATOR
with

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE IN TRANSLATION

German to English translator with experience translating a variety of texts, including business documents, articles and other texts.  Native English (US) speaker with excellent writing and language skills.  Proficient with various CAT tools.  

More than twenty yearsâ€™ experience working in corporate finance, including writing, preparing, editing and working with financial and business documents such as financial statements, budgets, business plans, prospectuses, annual and quarterly SEC reports, contracts, loan documents, marketing materials, tax returns and correspondence.  Extensive wine industry experience and expertise.  Proven ability to deliver accurate and timely information, consistently meet tight deadlines, and adapt to changing priorities.    

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

		â— Finance						â— Business
		â— Accounting					â— Wine industry
		
			  	
RECENT TRANSLATION JOBS

â— Business contract					â— Company handbook
â— Magazine articles					â— Marketing materials
â— Business correspondence			â— Press release
â— Insurance documents			        â— Personal records

EDUCATION

â— Professional Certificate in Translation, New York University (4.0 GPA)
â— Bachelor of Science, University of California at Davis

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

â— Member of the American Translators Association
â— Certified Management Accountant
â— Certified in Financial Management
â— Member of the Institute of Management Accountants

CAT TOOLS AND OTHER SOFTWARE

â— Wordfast						â— MS Office 2010
â— Across					

FINANCE EXPERIENCE

Controller  â—  Crew Wine Company, Zamora, CA  â—  2007 to 2009

ï¬	Total responsibility for accounting and finance functions for start-up winery, including financial statements and reports, consolidations, budgets, tax filings, cost accounting, human resources and inventory.  
ï¬	Converted books from tax basis to GAAP basis, and from Quickbooks to AMS.  Revised chart of accounts to improve financial reporting.
ï¬	Developed systems to more accurately cost finished goods, track and record inventory movements, and analyze various cost components.
ï¬	Established month end closing procedures.  Set up procedures to ensure accuracy of subsidiary ledgers. 

Senior Accountant   â—   R.H. Phillips (Vincor USA/Constellation Wines), Esparto, CA
 1992 to 2006

ï¬	Over fourteen years as winery accountant, including monthly close through financial statements, account reconciliation, financial analysis and reporting, consolidations and eliminations, cost accounting, fixed assets, inventory, and cash management.
ï¬	Wrote and filed SEC annual and quarterly reports, forms 10-K(SB) and 10-Q(SB). Team member for IPO and secondary offering, and highly involved in writing form SB-2 and prospectuses.
ï¬	Maintained accurate financial records for fast-growing company with multiple entities through 10-fold increase in annual revenues.  Managed accounting transitions from privately held partnership, to publicly traded corporation, to subsidiary of Canadian firm, to subsidiary of US firm.  Integrated newly acquired entities into consolidated entity.
ï¬	Designed and programmed over 300 analytical reports.  Provided monthly financial reports to management.  Developed internal control narratives and reviewed process summaries for Sarbanes-Oxley implementation.
ï¬	Prepared and filed federal and state excise tax, property tax, and sales tax returns.
ï¬	Proofread marketing materials and product specifications.





