Wilding Translation

Alex Wilding

I am an experienced, professional and qualified freelance translator working from German into English. Most of my work is technical, having particular emphasis on electronics, including computer hardware and software, and automation. I also, of course, do some more general work, and, perhaps surprisingly, some aspects of Buddhism are also a speciality! Job sizes vary from a paragraph to a book.

My services include translation, but I am not a live interpreter, nor do I do DTP. I also do some voice-over work – my natural speaking voice is male, well-educated, middle-English.

Over the years I have had experience of translating texts on automation systems, circuit boards, machine tools and tablet presses along with their control systems; patents in textiles, spinning machines, optics and mass spectroscopy; architecture, sales campaigns and electrical fittings, railway communication systems, paving stone fabrication, robotics and high voltage electrical installations, tourism… and many more topics.

I work mainly through agencies, and end-clients have included Beckhoff, Betonstein-Union, Blaupunkt, Bosch, Bruker, Burster, Claudius Peters, Deutsche Bahn, Fette, Giesecke & Devrient, Hedelius Maschinenfabrik, Herrenknecht Formwork, Layher, MAN Turbo, Narda STS, PEDAX Maschinenbau, Pfaff, Pfisterer, Rohde & Schwarz, Sandvik Mining, Siemens and of course others.

After graduating from Oxford (long, long ago!) I worked as an electronics engineer, later also as a lecturer in Further and Higher Education. I was an engineer in Hamburg, Germany, for six years, after which, in 1996, I began translating from German as a full time freelancer.

Enquiries always welcome, by e-mail, telephone or Skype; I no longer accept faxes.

Since I moved to Australia, you can expect a reply (in some cases the work might even be done!) by the next morning, assuming you are based in Europe. I update the page that describes my current availability every working day, and I don’t mind you telephoning up until about 10:00 p.m. Sydney time.