I am Erwin van Wouw (1973), a native speaker of Dutch who was born and raised in the Netherlands. I live with my wife and children in the beautiful city of Utrecht, the Netherlands. I am probably one of the very few Android enthusiasts that live entirely in the iOS ecosystem.
I have worked as an English to Dutch technical translator since 2007. In 2015 I was admitted to the Proz.com Certified PRO Network, a network of professional translators who have proved to meet or exceed professional standards as outlined in the EN 15038 standard for translation quality.
client testimonials
- specialist technical translator since 2012
- freelance translator since 2007
- more than four years of experience in subtitling
- two years of experience as a network administrator
- over nine years working experience as a flexographic printer, letterpress printer and web offset printer
- instrument maker (Royal Netherlands Army)
Full CV on LinkedIn
- bachelor's degree in translations (Hogeschool West-Nederland, The Hague)
- SNEVT translation certificates
- memoQ Level 1 certification
- sworn in as a certified translator (District Court, Utrecht)
- newspaper web offset printing certificate (GOC, Veenendaal)
- senior general secondary education (ROC, Leiden)
- secondary vocational training in electrical engineering (MTSL, Leiden)
- primary vocational training (KTS, Voorhout)
Continuing professional and organisational development
I maintain and enlarge my specialist expertise with carefully chosen ongoing training in various areas.
The courses I recently attended include:
- Regular expressions and wildcard characters
- HTML and CSS
- CAT-tools (memoQ certified)
- internet of things (IoT)
- domotics
- blockchain and cryptocurrencies
- copywriting
- content overhaul
- software localisation
- artificial intelligence (AI)
- technical writing
- renewable energies: wind power & solar power
- industrial materials
- the automotive industry
- software translation
- Simplified Technical English (STE)
- industrial safety
- app localisation
- translating for the IT industry
- final editing
- transcreation
- terminology management
- customer satisfaction
- project management
- post-MT editing
- website translation