Personal data
- Last name:
- Flury
- First name:
- Christian
- Date of birth:
- 6. 3. 1979
- Place of birth:
- Vienna
- Nationality:
- Switzerland Austria
(Double citizenship) - Marital status:
- Single
- Address:
- Gersthoferstr. 88
A-1180 Wien (Vienna)
Austria - Phone:
- +43 699 11 08 93 40 (mobile)
Education
At a glance
- Translation studies, final exams.
- Interpretation studies, final exams (double degree pending thesis).
- Translation studies, final exams.
- Interpretation studies, final exams (double degree pending thesis).
- Workshop for young conference interpreters in Otzenhausen, Germany.
- Six-month internship as a translator at SDL International.
- From March 1999:
- Translation and interpretation (double degree) studies (German-French-Italian) at the University of Vienna. Additionally, extracurricular attendance of translation and interpretation classes from English to German. Collapse
» Academic career
- May 2001:
- Intermediate certificate on first two years with honours.
Area of specialization chosen (“Sachfach”): Economy of the European Union. - From May 2001:
- Continued university studies specializing in translation. From March 2002, simultaneous attendance of interpretation classes and, occasionally, English-German translation classes.
- Oct. 2002 – Feb. 2003:
- Erasmus student exchange program in Forlì, Italy, from October 2002 to February 2003. Intensive attendance of Italian-German, Italian-French and German-Italian interpretation classes.
- From March 2003:
- Intensive attendance of interpretation classes (including German-Italian) in order to obtain an additional degree in interpretation.
- May 2003:
- Translation studies completed except thesis submission and defense.
Area of specialization chosen (“Sachfach”): Marketing. - From summer/autumn 2003:
- Working on thesis (subject: “The Terminology of twelve-tone music in German, English, French and Italian”), intensive attendance of interpretation classes, improving English as my second C language.
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- June 1998 - May 1999:
- Completed Austrian civilian service in a municipal hospital in Vienna.
- Oct. 1997 - May 1998:
- Studied French and Art History at the University of Vienna.
- May 1997:
- Graduated from upper-level secondary school (“Matura”) with honors.
Professional experience
At a glance
- Currently Web Developer at a Sociological Research Institue
- Two years in the localization industry, both as in-house translator and project manager, including frequent engineering tasks.
- Years of part-time experience as freelance translator and interpreter
- From January 2008:
- Lead Web Developer at the Centre for Social Innovation, ZSI, Vienna
- Octobre 2006 - December 2007:
- Freelance translator, interpreter and localization expert. In addition, working on a software product.
- July 2006 – September 2006:
- Freelance project manager, localization consultant and translator, mainly on behalf of Alpha CRC.
- September 2005 – end of June 2006:
- Project Manager at Alpha CRC, Cambridge, UK. Projects involving rich media content for marketing purposes, software localization, documentation and other, primarily for SAP
- April 2005 – mid September 2005:
- Translator at SDL International in Sheffield, UK.
- October 2004 – March 2006:
- Paid internship at SDL International in Sheffield, UK.
- From fall 2000:
- Occasional freelance translations during my university studies, especially about music and agricultural machines
- 1999/2000:
- Part-time job at Conduit Europe, Vienna. Telephone information service in German, Swiss German, French, Italian and English.
Language skills
At a glance
- Fluent in German (mother tongue), English, French and Italian
- Good latin skills
- German (native language: Swiss German) - A-language in interpretation
- French (high degree of fluency both written and spoken) - B-language in interpretation
- Italian (high degree of fluency both written and spoken) - C-language in interpretation
- English (high degree of fluency both written and spoken) - C-language in interpretation
- Latin
- Basic knowledge of Spanish
Extended stays abroad
At a glance
- Two years in England
- Six months in Italy
- Based in England, UK, (Sheffield, Cambridge, London) from October 2004 to September 2006, cfr. Professional experience.
- Erasmus student exchange program in Forlì, Italy, from October 2002 to February 2003.
- Four weeks in Paris in the summer of 1996.
- Language stays of one month each in Florence and Geneva in the summer of 1999.
Computer and programming skills
At a glance
- Currently working in a MVC framework written in OO Perl with PostgreSQL as backend
- Windows “power user”, familiar with a number of desktop applications; Linux user
- Good web development skills
- Broad knowledge about localization and internationalization
- Intermediate to advanced level in Perl, basic level of knowledge in some other programming languages
- Experienced with music and audio tools
- As a user: Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Adobe Photoshop; Linux (using Ubuntu); early adopter of all things Web 2.0.
- Webdevelopment, webdesign: (X)HTML, CSS, Perl (intermediate to advance), basic knowledge in Javascript (especially Ajax), SQL (experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL), familiar with the HTTP protocol (in particular for content negotiation), keen interest in web services.
- Localization, internationalization: High degree of proficiency in handling CAT (computer-assisted translation) tools, vast experience with SDLX and Trados, good knowledge about encoding issues, familiar with localization-specific XML standards (TMX, TBX, XLIFF…).
- General coding knowledge: Intermediate to advanced level of proficiency in Perl, basic skill level in VBA and Java; basic knowledge about general programming paradigms, database design, also see: webdevelopment.
- Keen interest in workflow automation.
- Audio: Experience with musical notation applications as well as audio editing and encoding tools.
Soft skills
- Independent, willing to take the initiative. Like to take responsibility.
- Team-oriented and can integrate well.
- Eager for knowledge.
- Respond well to healthy competition.
Hobbies and interests
- Music, literature, cinema.
- Keen interest in international political, economic and cultural affairs, in particular the ideas of intellectuals such as Hayek, Popper or Mises.
- Composing, playing and improvising on the piano, playing cello.
- Biking, skiing, jogging, hiking.
