Customized Translation

Siem Lowis is a detail-oriented, intermediate level, freelance translator with a strong desire to work on new projects. He has an indispensable cultural knowledge, excellent writing style and good time management skills.

Work experience:

• Proofreading university-level papers

• Dutch>English translation of 70's newspaper article

• Transcription of health-related video content

• Proofreading, localisation & editing of applications

• Chatbot testing

• Teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL)

• Teaching Dutch as a foreign language (NaVT)

• Full translations, proofreading and editing between Dutch, English and Spanish (for students)

Education

• Pennsylvania State University (Graduate-level) Career Development

• Open University (Graduate-level) Translation as a career, Business English, Language teaching methodology, History of the English language

• Trevianum (Havo-level) High school in the Netherlands, 15% top percentile education

Languages:

• Dutch – Native

• English – Fluent/Native

• Spanish – Professional

• Catalan/Valenciano - Professional

• German – Intermediate

Skills:

Communication

• Respect

• Giving and receiving feedback

• Responsiveness

• Active listening

• Word choice

• Confidence

• High-stakes Communication

Organisational skills

• Time management (working with deadlines, setting and reaching SMART goals, decision making, productivity, problem solving and strategic thinking)

• Assessment and evaluation

• Creative thinking

• Reciewing, reporting and researching

• Attention to detail

Job-related skills:

Professionalism

• Preserve confidentiality

Detail

• Revising & proofreading

Writing skills

• Style

• Large vocabulary

• Ardent reader

• History with journalism

General knowledge

• Curiousity for, interest in and reading history on a wide range of subjects

Analytical

• Reproducing texts in another language

Excellent knowledge of Dutch and English

• Cultural knowledge

• Wide reading list

Interests:

• Economics

• Business

• Social Media

• Health-related topics (Longevity, Calisthenics, Nutrition etc)

• Classical Antiquity, History & Philosophy

• Language teaching

• Cinema

• Web programming & content creation

Preferences:

• Fixed-price projects

Additional information:

• I can receive payment in AUD, USD, EUR and GBP