Riki Damen

RDpro
VAT no.: BE 0834855541

WERBOSSTRAAT 6, 2480 DESSEL, BELGIUMTEL +32 (0)14 37 53 29

riki.damen@mac.com

MOBILE 0479 26 39 19

sex

date of birthnationality

marital statusmale

6 October 1970

BelgianmarriedExperience
PROOFREADER AND TRANSLATOR, FREELANCE, FULL TIME

2010 — now

I started freelancing part time in August 2010. As of September 1, 2011 I am doing this full time.
ROLLOUT MANAGER, ANDRÄ AG, BERLIN, GERMANY

2009 — 2011

In this job I was responsible for the implementation of the ontram translation management
software at several companies with extensive multilingual needs.
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT, DHAXLEY TRANSLATIONS, HERENTALS, BELGIUM

1995 — 2009

dhaxley is a top 10 translation agency in Belgium specializing in automotive and medical translations.
I started there as a proofreader/coordinator and acted as an account manager for some of the larger
clients. From 2005 onwards I led the Dutch Department which means I was responsible for the daily
management of all translation jobs from and into Dutch, German and English.
TEACHER AT VARIOUS SCHOOLS, BELGIUM

1993 — 1995

In this period I taught Dutch, English and German at secondary schools (pupils aged from 15 to 18).

Education
MASTER IN GERMANIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE

1993

Catholic University of Louvain (KULeuven)
TEACHING DIPLOMA

1994

Catholic University of Louvain (KULeuven)

SkillsLANGUAGE SKILLS

Dutch/Flemish: Extensive knowledge, native speaker
I was born and raised in Flanders, so Dutch, and more particularly Flemish, is my mother tongue. In my years at thetranslation agency I have proofread thousands of Dutch translations, mostly from English and German, not only
paying attention to grammar and spelling but also to the style and content of the translation. The majority of thesetexts were marketing and technical texts for the automotive business (e.g. car brochures, press releases, repair
manuals, training materials for e.g. BMW, Mercedes, Toyota, Opel, Ford, Volvo, Volkswagen and many more).
Medical texts included pharmaceutical studies, patient information leaflets, consent forms, newsletters etc. for theNew England Journal of Medicine, MSD, Pfizer, Medtronic, and others.
Flemish is a regional variant of Dutch rather than a language of its own. Grammar and spelling are the same but
the vocabulary is rather diﬀerent. Therefore, and also because of a lot of general diﬀerences between the Netherlands and Belgium, it is often advisable to produce two Dutch translations of a text: one nl-BE version (or Flemish)for use in Belgium and one nl-NL version for use in the Netherlands.
English: Extensive knowledge acquired through education and practice.
German: Extensive knowledge acquired through education and practice.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Medical, automotive, mechanical engineering, marketing
COMPUTER SKILLSTranslation ToolsExtensive knowledge:
Wordfast, SDLX, ontram
Good knowledge:
Trados Workbench and Tag Editor
I am willing to work in client-specific online tools.
Other Software
Extensive knowledge:
Good knowledge:

MS Word, MS PowerPoint, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, FileMaker, AppleScript
QuarkXPress, MS Excel

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