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German to English: Nachts..... General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: Poetry & Literature
Source text - German Es ist kurz vor 13:30 Uhr, als ich vom Gedudel des Radio-weckers geweckt werde und meine Augen öffne. Die Nach-richten höre ich zwar im Unterbewusstsein und im Halb-schlaf, aber meine Gedanken sind ganz woanders und ich höre nicht richtig zu. Meine Gedanken schweifen fort, ent-schweben ab in den Äther, in ferne Welten, in Gefühle, in gekannte und in mir fremde und konfuse die mir Angst ma-chen. Sie gehen zurück in Geschehnisse der Vergangenheit, rennen von dort in die Gegenwart und lassen mich fühlen, deuten an was eventuell die Zukunft bringen wird. Die Ge-danken rennen, rasen ohne stehen zu bleiben, ohne eine Pause einzulegen, als ob sie sich nicht entscheiden wollen oder können wo und wann sie stehen bleiben sollen. Sie springen von einem Thema zum Nächsten und mir wird schwindelig. Nicht bis zu dem Punkt an dem ich ein Aspirin einwerfen müsste um mich zu beruhigen und wieder zu Sin-nen zu kommen, aber so dass ich jegliches Gefühl für Zeit und Raum verliere. Der Radiomoderator verliest gerade den Verkehrsfunk, die neuesten Blitzer und den Wetterbericht. So langsam normalisiert sich der Verkehr, keine Männchen in Grün, die die aktuelle Winterkollektion vorführen oder sich hinterm Busch verstecken und arme Bürger erschre-cken. Schnee ist angesagt. Ich starre die Decke an, blinzle langsam, bewege mich noch nicht und höre dem Radio zu, aber irgendwie bin ich doch ganz woanders, abwesend, ver-loren in meinen Gedanken. Bin noch müde von letzter Nacht. Es war wieder mal eine lange und anstrengende Nacht. Bis um Sieben in der Früh habe ich gearbeitet und bin kurz vor Acht ins Bett gegangen.
Translation - English It’s a few minutes before 1:30pm when I am awakened by the droning of the radio alarm clock and open my eyes. I can hear the news subconsciously and half asleep, but my thoughts are somewhere else and I don’t really listen to them. My thoughts wander away, float in the ether, in distant worlds, in far away lands, feelings, known and also unknown to me, confusing ones which scare and frighten me run through my body. They go back to events of the past, run from there towards the present, make me feel, hint at what the future might bring. The thoughts run, race without taking a break, are unstoppable, as if they could not or would not be able to decide where and when to stop. They jump from topic to topic and make me feel dizzy. Not to the extent that I would need to take an aspirin to calm myself down and regain my senses, but to the point in which I lose all senses of time and space. The radio host just reads the traffic report, the latest speed camera updates and the weather forecast. Traffic is slowly becoming normal again, no men in black uniforms who show the current winter collection or hide behind bushes and scare poor citizens. Snow is being announced. I stare at the ceiling, blink slowly. I still don’t move and listen to the radio, but somehow I'm not here, not present but I’m somewhere else, far away, lost in my thoughts. I'm still tired from last night. It was a long and exhausting night again. I worked until seven in the morning and went to bed just before eight.
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Master's degree - University of Hull/UK
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Years of experience: 16. Registered at ProZ.com: Sep 2011.
German to English (University of Hull) English to German (University of Hull) English to Greek (University of Hull) Greek to English (University of Hull) German to Greek (City University London)
Greek to German (University of Hull) Italian to English (University of Hull) Italian to German (University of Hull) Italian to Greek (University of Hull)
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Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office Pro, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Trados Studio
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Born in Munich/Germany to a bi-lingual family, I grew up speaking German and Greek natively. I developed a passion for languages and literature and learnt later English, Italian, Swedish, Spanish and now I am learning Mandarin. My first degree is in Scandinavian Studies and my masters is in Translation, both from the University of Hull/UK.
I have gained experience in many fields, especially in marketing, gaming (casinos, etc.) and I also write texts on request. I have written many articles on on- and offline casinos, gaming industry and even on Viagra and the like.
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