Doreen Zeitvogel Translator, Editor, and Writer

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.

Archaeology, architecture

Arts articles and interviews

Atlantean studies

Culinary (menus)

Fashion

Geology

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 19^th-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.)

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=

French-English translation of a “fantastique” short story

http://www.amazon.de/Mathilda-Klara-Band-fantastischen-Feengeschichten/dp/3735736718

http://www.amazon.com/Light-Behind-Door-Travel-Beyond-ebook/dp/B0163CIG9A

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)

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  Ongoing German-English translation throught Fachübersetzungsdienst GmbH (variety of fields and job types, including full-length book on Atlantis)
  
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  Ongoing blog and content translation for Travelhackers.ch
  
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  Translation of personal letters by Hedy Lamarr for a PBS (American Masters series) production about her life (http://www.reframedpictures.com/upcoming-american-masters/)
  
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  French-English translation of a religious text for the Sisters of the Assumption, through VirtualELingua
  
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  Translation of business and finance interviews and web content for Obermatt AG
  
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  German-to-English travel/tourism translation through Linguistica International (1 year, 2014–2015)
  
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  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)
  
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  Selected late 19^th- and early 20^th-century articles on religious archaeology and architecture by Gisler, Mommert, and Renard (subject: the Dormition, or Hagia Sion)
  

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)

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

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  Primary ghostwriting: 18 book summaries (study and companion guides), a number of them book-length due to the size of the original texts
  
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  Additional: articles, blogs, web content, manual and press release writing