User:Richard Bartholomew

Background

Until I moved to Düsseldorf in February 2007, I was employed as a software engineer specializing in scientific and engineering applications. I coded primarily in C++ and Perl under Linux. I'm now self-employed as a technical translator (German to English).

On the natural language front, I've passed the Goethe Institute's Zentrale Oberstufenprüfung documenting my proficiency at CEFR level C2. This is something which I hope and trust not too many native U.S. English speaking engineers have taken the trouble to accomplish.

I've also studied French for a couple of years, but never acquired much proficiency with it. Some day I'd like to master that language.

Objective

Babel user information

en-N	This user has a native understanding of English.

de-3	Dieser Benutzer beherrscht Deutsch auf hohem Niveau.

fr-1	Cet utilisateur dispose de connaissances de base en français.

My objective vis-à-vis Wikisource is to make German language text accessible to anglophone readers. Please also see my German and English Wikipedia user pages.