Nelly Thomas, MBA, EMWA

Contact details
+49 6184 62 507 Fax: +49 6184 62 507
Langenselbold
Hesse
63505
Germany
Professional profile
Activities
Copywriting
Editing
Interpreting
Proofreading
Training/Educating
Transcreation
Translating
Writing
Language pairs
English > English
French > English
German > English
Areas of expertise
Food and Drink
Marketing
Medicine and Health
Pharmaceuticals
Qualifications and experience

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40 years experience, medical writing, EMWA


Offer:

Translation, Interpreting, Editing/proofreading, Re-writing to meet publication guidelines, Software localization, Voiceover (dubbing), Subtitling, Training

My mother tongues:

  • English
  • German

My professional qualifications:

  • Degree Wuerzburger Dolmetscherschule
  • BA Business Management and German Literature
  • MBA International Business
  • TKT Teacher Knowledge Test Certificate, Cambridge University
  • EMWA Medical Writing Certificate

Areas of Specialization:

  • Translations into English
  • Expertise in medical English
  • Expertise in a wide range of business subjects
  • Keywords: business, finance, architecture and building, commerce, medical, nutrition, photography

 

Specializes in:

NutritionMedical (general)

Medical: Health CareMedical: Cardiology

Medical: PharmaceuticalsMedical: Instruments

Medical: Dentistry

 

 

Also works in:

ArchitectureLaw: Contract(s)

General / Conversation / Greetings / LettersFinance (general)

Cooking / CulinaryConstruction / Civil Engineering

Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVsAutomotive / Cars & Trucks

BotanyBusiness/Commerce (general)

Idioms / Maxims / SayingsMarketing / Market Research

LinguisticsEducation / Pedagogy

Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)Printing & Publishing

Tourism & Travel

 

Publications
Publications: translations, editing, and proofreading projects by Nelly Thomas
  • Kellner, Thomas, Facetten der Großstadt: Nach August Sander, Seltmann Publishers GmbH, Berlin, 2025 [English article translations: Nelly Thomas], ISBN 3949070631
  • Dr. Neumueller, Moritz, Talking about Photobooks, Photobook Week Aarhus and FW:Books, 2024. [proofreading: Nelly Thomas], ISBN 978-8797010389
  • Kellner, Thomas, Kapellenschulen - Chapel Schools: Seltmann Publishers GmbH, Berlin, 2021, [English translation: Nelly Thomas], ‎ ISBN 3949070397
  • Kellner, Thomas and Rolf Sachsse, Tango Metropolis: Seltmann Publishers GmbH; New Edition, Berlin, 2022. [essay by Rolf Sachsse translated by Nelly Thomas],  ISBN ‎394907015X
  • Kellner, Thomas, Fachwerkhäuser [Half-timbered Houses]: Seltmann Publishers GmbH, Berlin, 2021, [English translation: Nelly Thomas], ISBN 3949070109
  • Kellner, Thomas et al., All Shook Up: Seltmann Publishers GmbH, Berlin, 2020. [Essay by Freddy Langer: translated by Nelly Thomas], ISBN 978-3-946688-70-9
  • Kellner, Thomas, genius loci: From the Land of the Czars: Seltmann Publishers, Berlin, 2020, [English translation by Nelly Thomas], 978-3944721026
  • Kellner, Thomas, Houston, We’ve had a Problem! Seltmann Publishers, Berlin, 2020, [translated by Nelly Thomas], 978-3942831772
  • Dr. Mueller, Susanne, Modernes Kasachstan/Modern Kazakhstan: Cross-Culture Publishing, Frankfurt am Main. 2020, [editorial assistance: Nelly Thomas],
    ISBN 978-3-939044-47-5
  • Kellner, Thomas, Kontakt with essays by Julia Kneppe, Marianna Michalowska, Agnes Reschka, Stefanie Scheit-Koppitz: Seltmann Publishers, Berlin, 2015, [translated by Nelly Thomas], ISBN 978-3-944721-28-6
  • Kuyas, Ferit, Aurora - Guatamala City Habitat: Seltmann Publishers, Berlin and Ars Victoria Verlag, Siegen, 2013, [translated by Nelly Thomas]
  • Kellner, Thomas, FarbWelt 135-36: Seltmann Publishers, Berlin, 2010, [translated by Nelly Thomas], 978-3942831680
  • Kellner, Thomas, Dancing Walls: Die Deutsche Bibliothek/Art Galerie Siegen, Siegen, 2007, [translated by Nelly Thomas], 978-3942831215
Continuing professional development
METMs
MET workshops attended
Other

2025: MET Meeting, Barcelona, Masterclass on Project Management

2025: BP25, Krakow

2024: MET Meeting, Carcassonne

2024: Wordfast Forward, Sitges, Spain

2024: BP 24

2022: MET Meeting, San Sebastián, Spain

2022: Wordfast Forward, Montenegro

2023: Wordfast Forward, Puerto Rico

2020: BP20

2020: "Chefsache Positionierung & Akquise-Website" [Executive Positioning & Acquisition Website]. Comstratega Vienna (online)

2019: MET Meeting, Split, Croatia

2018: MET Meeting, Girona, Spain

2018: Wordfast Forward, Cascais, Portugal

2017: Class on Understanding our clients: why do antrhopologists write that way? MET Meeting Brescia, Italy

2017: Wordfast Pro 5.0, Wordfast Forward, Varna, Bulgaria

2016: Masterclass on a systematic approach to translating contracts into English, MET Meeting Tarragona, Spain

2016: Wordfast Forward, Nice, France

2015: Masterclass on AntConc: advanced concordancing and other language analysis techniques
and EMA templates and EU terminology, MET Meeting Coimbra, Portugal

2014: Masterclass on solving terminology problems more quickly with IntelliWebSearch and Anatomy, part 3: the nervous system, an overview for English language specialists, MET Meeting, San Lorenzo di el Escorial, Spain

2014: Multidisciplinary Foundation Certificate in Medial Writing by EMWA European Medical Writers Assocation

2013: Masterclass on Language, Culture and Identity, MET Meeting, Monastary of Poblet/Tarragona, Spain

2012: Masterclass on Anatomy, part 3: the nervous system, an overview for English language specialists and Craft & Critical Vision: Diving Beneath the Surface of Discourse, MET Meeting, Venice, Italy

2010: Masterclass on Anatomy, part 2: understanding the skin; Practical stats, part 1: understanding and reporting descriptive and bivariate analyses; Facilitating knowledge transfer through editing, translation, coaching, MET Meeting, Tarragona, Spain