HPCA Member Profile
Ursula Vielkind
German-English Translation in Biological Sciences
| E-mail address: | uvielkind@sympatico.ca |
| Phone number: | 905-627-4377 |
| Address: | Ursula Vielkind, PhD Dundas, Ontario |
| Profile: | Dr. Ursula Vielkind offers accurate, reliable translation services in the biomedical field. Typical documents include medical reports, research papers, abstracts, textbooks, and biotechnology patents. Her clients include research scientists, clinicians, patent lawyers, translation agencies. Ursula received her PhD in biology in Germany and worked for twenty-five years in biomedical research in Germany, Canada and the United States. As a visually oriented scientist, her strength is in cell and developmental biology, neurology, and toxicology. Ursula’s mother tongue is German, while her writing experience has been predominantly in English. She got involved in scientific translation in 1993 and started working as an independent translator in 1997. In 2002, she became a Certified Translator (CTran, ATIO) for EN–GE and GE–EN, with Recognition of Specialization in Biomedical Sciences. Among her achievements are over 15 medical textbook translations from German into English. Member: American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) 1997–2005 American Translators Association (ATA) since 1998 Association of Translators and Interpreters of Ontario (ATIO) 1999–2006 Editors' Association of Canada (EAC) since 1997 |