Doreen Zeitvogel
Translator, Editor, and Writer
TRANSLATION – All translation work includes research as needed, editing for flow and naturalness, proofreading, and formatting (optional).
Professional experience has been primarily with German-to-English translation but also with some translation work from French and Italian into English. Eight years of Spanish language and cultural study.
Working fields to date:
Archaeology, architecture
Arts articles and interviews
Atlantean studies
Culinary (menus)
Fashion
Finance/business interviews and miscellaneous translations
Geology
Literary: short story, novella, children’s literature
Marketing and business web content, newsletters, press releases, and presentations
Oceanography
Operatic and classical song translations from German, French, Italian, and Spanish (unpaid)
Personal letters (historical)
Philosophy—ancient Roman and 19th-century Christian
Religious history
Self-help
Sociology
Travel and tourism (including various subgenres, e.g., sports, hotels, cuisine, national parks, railway tours, spa and wellness, etc.)
Ability to read old scripts and Fraktur (Gothic) font; experience translating older texts
Books and Short Stories
Michael Ullrich’s The Legacy of the Atlanteans Category: Atlantis studies, history, science
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Legacy-Atlanteans-Exploration-Atlantis-Mystery-ebook/dp/B01MYMF0NG/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1480026813&sr=1-1
Anna Kupka’s Molly Marvelous Journey Category: Children’s literature
https://www.amazon.com/Mollys-Marvelous-Journey-Camilla-Kupka/dp/1540407128/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Denis Belisle’s The Little Jars (Les Petits Pots)
French-English translation of a “fantastique” short story
Anja Lehmann’s Matilda and Clara (Mathilda und Klara) Category: Fairy tale
http://www.amazon.de/Mathilda-Klara-Band-fantastischen-Feengeschichten/dp/3735736718
Janka Jakobi’s A Light Behind the Door (Ein Licht hinter der Tũr) Category: Memoir/metaphysical
http://www.amazon.com/Light-Behind-Door-Travel-Beyond-ebook/dp/B0163CIG9A
Anna Roth’s Who’s the Coach Here? (Wer coacht hier wen?) Category: Short story collection
http://www.amazon.com/Wer-coacht-hier-wen-Geschichten-ebook/dp/B00GY28A96
German-English translation of dog short stories
Anna Kupka’s Ticket to Earth and Back Category: Fictional spiritual story about our life journey
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ILCXKKG/ref=rdr_kindle_ext_tmb
Heavy editing and translation check / retranslation of English translation (from original German)
Specific examples of other work include:
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Ongoing German-English translation throught Fachübersetzungsdienst GmbH (variety of fields and job types, including full-length book on Atlantis)
Ongoing blog and content translation for Travelhackers.ch
Translation of personal letters by Hedy Lamarr for a PBS (American Masters series) production about her life (http://www.reframedpictures.com/upcoming-american-masters/)
French-English translation of a religious text for the Sisters of the Assumption, through VirtualELingua
Translation of business and finance interviews and web content for Obermatt AG
German-to-English travel/tourism translation through Linguistica International (1 year, 2014–2015)
Selected chapters Christian philosopher Franz Anton Staudenmaier’s “Johannes Scotus Erigena und die Wissenschaft seiner Zeit” (John Scotus Erigena and the Science of His Times)
Selected late 19th- and early 20th-century articles on religious archaeology and architecture by Gisler, Mommert, and Renard (subject: the Dormition, or Hagia Sion)
Miscellaneous translations such as artist interviews, web content, Roman philosophy, and self-help literature
EDITING
Services and experience:
Developmental editing
Substantive (line) editing
Copy editing, light to heavy
Proofreading
Formatting
Basic book design
Comprehensive editing (all of the above plus ghostwriting as needed)
Subjects covered so far: Spirituality, metaphysics, self-help, healing, memoir, poetry, personal narrative (coaching), sound healing, business
Formats: Books, e-books, essays, blogs, articles, online courses, web content
Styles: Mostly familiar with Chicago but have also worked with Oxford, APA, and AP
Partial list of books and e-books edited
Megan Chaskey’s Birdsong under the Wisdom Tree
http://www.amazon.com/Birdsong-Under-Wisdom-Tree-Collected/dp/1504338626
Substantive and partial developmental edit plus proofreading of a memoir and poetry collection by an award-winning poet
Kim McCaul’s Multidimensional Evolution: Personal Explorations of Consciousness
http://www.amazon.com/Multidimensional-Evolution-Personal-Explorations-Consciousness/dp/1782790888
Medium copy edit and proofreading
Maria Jesus Marin Lopez’s Empowered Relationships
http://www.amazon.com/Empowered-Relationships-Maria-Jesus-Marin-ebook/dp/B008LTKB3I
Comprehensive edit of a spiritual self-help book with guided meditations; put together from transcripts (structural edit, heavy copy edit, rewriting, proofreading)
Hayley Weatherburn’s
Is Your Fork in Tune
http://www.amazon.com/Is-Your-Fork-Tune-Resonance/dp/145255028X
Heavy copy edit and proofreading, glossary writing, self-publishing manuscript preparation
How to Stop Your Depression (e-book)
http://howtostopyourdepression.com/
Substantive edit, proofreading, and formatting
Craig Villarrubia’s Fear or Love
http://www.craigvillarrubia.com/miracles/fear-or-love-my-humble-overview-of-a-course-in-miracles/
Proofreading, light copy edit
Charu (“Reyna”) Puri’s A Modern Yogi
http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Yogi-different-kinda-memoir-ebook/dp/B00I901X1I
Comprehensive edit of a memoir, including organization, heavy copy editing, rewriting, proofreading, and some ghostwriting
GHOSTWRITING
Primary ghostwriting: 18 book summaries (study and companion guides), a number of them book-length due to the size of the original texts
Additional: articles, blogs, web content, manual and press release writing
Subjects covered: Success, business, finance and wealth-building, classic literature, poetry, music (press release), psychology, writing, essay preparation, sound healing, body-psyche, self-help/motivation
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