Markus Hoedl!

Markus is one of our German translators, who is working on an ongoing project with us. We think he deserves our Translator of the Week award for numerous reasons, and that he is a model translator. Markus always replies very quickly to any enquiries, his work is punctual and accurate, and he always lets us know his availability in advance. All these things mean that Markus makes life a lot easier for the project managers who work with him, and he ensures that everything progresses smoothly.

Here’s a little about Markus:

“In a couple of days I’ll be 48 years old. In 2005, after 17 years of service, I quit my job at Siemens due to a reorganization and because I wasn’t satisfied with my job any more. I decided to become a translator since languages have always fascinated me and engineering was already a bit boring. During these 17 years, I was more or less regularly translating and proofreading the manuals of the devices I/we developed there. From 2006-2009, I studied languages for a second time – this time French and Spanish (the 1st time, it was English and French). Since 2006, I’ve also been working freelance. I spent much time in Venezuela (the longest period 6 months) since my fiancée lives there, but in a couple of weeks we are going to live in Spain since she will be studying for a post graduate Masters in Valencia.”

Thank you for all your hard work Markus, you are a pleasure to work with!