Work with Chris Grosch!

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Full time

€55

Price per hour

Credibility level

Years of experience

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Full time translator

€55

Price per hour

€0.12

Starting price per word

Chris Grosch

a.k.a. Chris

Native German (DE) speaker in Johannesburg, South Africa

"Connecting people - Creating connections"

I have traveled since I’m 3 years old, and eventually chosen to study tourism and make it a profession. Inbound, outbound, events, incentives, special interest such as opera and arts, the Paris-Dakar rally, railway cruises in Africa and World Choir Games. I have worked in, managed, directed and own tourism business in different continents, thereby having a direct experience of what it takes and how to adapt to different markets in the very personal and intimate tourism and lifestyle industry.

Specializing in

Advertising campaigns Travel Technical documentation Engineering Market research

Translation tools I use:

MemoQ SDL Trados Studio XBench

Languages

English to German (DE)

10/10

Sworn

Certified

German to English (US)

10/10

Sworn

Certified

French to German (DE)

10/10

Sworn

Certified

German to French (FR)

10/10

Sworn

Certified

French to English (US)

10/10

Sworn

Certified

English to French (FR)

10/10

Sworn

Certified

All language pairs

About Me

I mediate. I constantly transit between languages, cultures, habits, meanings and minds. I aspire to ensure you know why it makes sense. Or why not. I live in the limbo of missed understandings and endeavor to bring about peace by piece of understanding.

Made in Germany, I’m schooled in German & English and married into French, working between all 3 languages
equally as an interpreter and translator.

Having lived and worked in the US and France, I’m now based in South Africa, from where I support international companies in their activities throughout the African continent.

I have a proven track record as a professional simultaneous interpreter, translator and voice in French, English and German for 9 years.

Everything else - experience, specializations etc. are on my trilingual website http://chrisgrosch.net/

This is how a client recently inspired me

A last minute call to interpret for an ongoing business meeting on a Sunday morning…
After a short while, it becomes clear that it’s not only about languages, the misunderstandings run much deeper.
I request permission to change my role to elaborate expectations, clarify attitudes, missed opportunities and frustrations of the involved parties.
The client’s personality, the type of activity and their vision for all their stakeholders are unique and powerful.
I become involved on a long-term basis, taking on aspects of the overall project management.
Fast forward 15 months later… 16,000 singers from over 60 countries participate in the first ever World Choir Games in Africa!

Why does that make me proud?
It’s about so much more than just a service - going the extra mile to add value far beyond, to bring something new, creating real change.

References

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Juchi Pratt, Techne Translations

Chris not only provided a quality translation of our company website, he was also eminently personable and professional to work with. You will not regret choosing to work with him!

EN > FR

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Maryam Paka N'Daye, Airboat Afrika

As the West Africa director for Airboat Afrika, I frequently rely on Chris Grosch for translating English material into French and vice versa. This includes marketing content, technical specifications, training manuals, operational planning as well as negotiations and contracts. Often enough we also have meetings to interpret with clients and government officials. Chris is a highly skilled and reliable professional, quick on the uptake and able to adapt to some very different environments without hesitation. Anyone working with Chris Grosch will be in very good hands and can expect top performance.

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Prices

Language	Tourism & Living	Technical & Engineering	Business
ENGLISH > GERMAN (DE)	€0.12per word	€0.12per word	€0.12per word
GERMAN > ENGLISH (US)	€0.12per word	€0.12per word	€0.12per word
FRENCH > GERMAN (DE)	€0.12per word	€0.12per word	€0.12per word
GERMAN > FRENCH (FR)	€0.12per word	€0.12per word	€0.12per word
FRENCH > ENGLISH (US)	€0.12per word	€0.12per word	€0.12per word
ENGLISH > FRENCH (FR)	€0.12per word	€0.12per word	€0.12per word

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Education

University (1)

Ongoing learning (0)

Associations (1)

Certificates (2)

University

Julius Leber Schule, Frankfurt, Germany

Association

SATI - South African Translators' Institute

Certificate

SATI Simultaneous Interpreter Accreditation En<>De

Certificate

SATI Simultaneous Interpreter Accreditation En<>Fr

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