Who's behind InDutch? - Els Hoefman's resume

Contact

E-mail: els@indutch.com

Phone +32 3 7660266

Driekoningenstraat 79

B-9100 Sint-Niklaas

Belgium

Personalia

Marital status: married

Nationality: Belgian

Date of birth: July 4th, 1970

Place of birth: Sint-Niklaas, Belgium

Education

1989- 1993 Provinciale Hogeschool voor Vertalers en Tolken Ghent Licentiaat Vertaler

(M.A.) English and Spanish into Dutch

1981- 1989 Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Presentatie Sint-Niklaas Moderne Talen

(Modern Languages)

Additional Education / Certificates

Getuigschrift van Pedagogische Bekwaamheid (Certificate of Pedagogic Competence)

Getuigschrift van Beroepsopleiding algemeen bediende VDAB (Certificate of Professional Training for clerks, VDAB)

Specialisations

• IT
• Measuring and control systems
• Commercial texts
• Manuals
• Lyrics and musical theatre

Experience

2003 - now InDutch Sint-Niklaas Freelance translator

1998 - now Aucxis Trading Solutions Stekene

Secretary / translator
Written and oral communication with clients worldwide. Aucxis Trading Solutions is the market leader in her niche market: computerized sales systems for auction markets

1997 - 1998 Vlaamse Federatie van Jonge Koren Ghent

Polyvalent clerk
General administrative and organizational tasks for the coordinating federation for choirs in Flanders

1994 - 1997 Auteursbureau ALMO Antwerp

Head of Music Department
Administrative and organizational tasks

1994 Bayer Polysar Zwijndrecht

Translator
Translation of a technical manual from English into Dutch.
6-month traineeship.

Other languages

French: very good
German: good

Computer skills

MS-Office: Word, Access, Excel, Frontpage, Publisher, Powerpoint, Outlook

StarOffice

Internet: advanced search techniques, research, text analysis

Graphics: Coreldraw, Smartdraw

Web Design: Macromedia Dreamweaver, Fireworks

Hobbies and activities

Reading, writing, translating, music, acting

Leader of a children’s choir

Chairperson and repetiteur of a musical company for young people

Other writing and translating experience

Works published and / or recorded

Herfstlied on the CD “A year has four lives” of the girls choir De Wase Lijsters

Plaatsje in mijn hart for the song collection Stemmig, published by Wolters-Plantyn (recorded on CD by the choir Laetitia, Aalst)

Luchtballon for the song collection Con Amore 2, published by Europrint

Sofie and Vlooien for the song collection Meerstemmig, published by Wolters-Plantyn

Reinaert-cantate

All lyrics to music by Marc Van den Broeck

Book and lyrics for musicals

Book and lyrics for Reinaert, de musical in co-operation with composer Marc Van den Broeck

Official Dutch translation of the musical Cinderella by
R. Rodgers and O. Hammerstein II