


Freelance Translation
Danish · French · English
For Businesses and Professionals (B2B)
About Me
I am a freelance translator named Thomas T. Frost. I have lived and worked in Denmark, England, France, Luxembourg and Germany and used English, French, and Danish as working languages notably in IT, freelance writing, tourism, relocation, and translation.
- Native languages: Danish and British English
- Second language: French as it used in France. Proficiency
- Comprehension of Norwegian
- Some comprehension of Swedish
- Basic German skills
Apart from simply delivering a translation, providing a personal, friendly, and reliable service is an integrated part of the way I work. Organisation, punctuality, reliability and attention to detail come naturally to me.
At a Glance
Lived & Worked in:
- Denmark
- England
- France
- Germany
- Luxembourg.
Working Languages:
- Danish
- English
- French.
IT Career, IBM Mainframe:
- Programmer: 2 years.
Danish and English used. - Systems specialist: 17 years
out of which IBM: 12 years.
English (17 y.), French (3 y.) and Danish (10 y.) used.
Freelance Career:
(overlapping periods)
- Translation: 7 years.
Danish, French and English used. - Personal assistant: 6 years.
French and English used. - Freelance writing: occasional.
English used. - Tourism: 6 years.
French and English used. - Web editor, webmaster:
11 years.
Translation: Specialist and Typical Working Subjects:
- Business
- Electronics
- GDPR, T&Cs, privacy/cookie policies, etc.
- Home entertainment
- IT
- User manuals
- Websites.
Contact
Click here for my contact and quote page.
Services: Translation and Revision
Including editing, proofreading, reviewing, QA, QC, etc.
- Typical prices are
shown below. However, please note that only a quote based on the actual
text is binding.
Translation
Price per source word
(exclusive of VAT)Revision, etc.
Price per hour
(exclusive of VAT)From French to Danish EUR 0.10 / USD 0.11 / GBP 0.09 / DKK 0.75 EUR 35 / USD 39 / GBP 32 / DKK 260 From Danish to British English EUR 0.10 / USD 0.11 / GBP 0.09 / DKK 0.75 EUR 35 / USD 39 / GBP 32 / DKK 260 From English to Danish EUR 0.10 / USD 0.11 / GBP 0.09 / DKK 0.75 EUR 35 / USD 39 / GBP 32 / DKK 260 From French to British English EUR 0.10 / USD 0.11 / GBP 0.09 / DKK 0.75 EUR 35 / USD 39 / GBP 32 / DKK 260
- Significant formatting work required will be charged at the hourly rate.
- Minimum price per order: €20.00 exclusive of VAT.
Word count: The number of words is in most cases determined by Microsoft Word's or MemoQ's word count, but particular texts may require exceptions, such as for example in case of a many numbers or names which don't require translation.
Software
- MemoQ Translator Pro (licence), which enables me to handle the most common formats including, but not limited to:
- SDL TradosTag (.TTX)
- SDL Trados / Wordfast Classic bilingual RTF (.RTF or .DOC, pre-segmented)
- SDL Worldserver XLIFF (.XLZ)
- SDLXLIFF (.SDLXLIFF)
- SDL Studio package (.SDLPPX)
- Handoff packages (.MQOUT)
- Handback packages (.MQBACK)
- STAR Transit project (.PXF, .PPF)
- TIPP package
MemoQ: Complete list of supported source document formats
MemoQ: Complete list of supported bilingual document formats
MemoQ: Complete list of other translation tool formats supported
- Memsource Editor: free version; requires a server licence
- Microsoft Office 365
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