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Michael Mangelsdorf

Translations & Programming

Overview

  • Full-time freelancer for 20 years

Skills

  • Embedded and systems programming in C (various assemblers and emulators related to a self-designed CPU, built using 74HC CMOS chips).
  • Developing web-application backends and APIs using NodeJS/Express and SQL/Postgres (SCIL, TileTalk app backend).
  • Creating maintainable website front-ends using HTML, CSS and modern JavaScript (SCIL - Scene Inference Lab). (The website you are reading is a local NodeJS/Postgres website.)
  • Mobile app development for Android (TileTalk app) using Jetpack/Compose.
  • Common Unix administration skills and fluency with tools such as Git (maintaining an on-premises internet-facing linux server and domain infrastructure "ok-schalter.de" since 2006).
  • I speak English, French, German and Spanish.

Experience

  • My project managers have expressed their gratitude to me for being consistently friendly, competent and responsive.

Employment

  • Formerly employee at an automotive consulting company.
  • I worked on the main customer database for an international automobile manufacturer using Ascential DataStage (now part of IBM InfoSphere).
  • I developed internal automation tools using Delphi, and had to be proficient writing complex yet efficient SQL queries on large datasets for marketing data analysis and maintenance.
  • On-premises technical support for electronic car auctions. Customer first!

Education

  • Bachelor of Science in Maths (Open University, 2015)
  • Years spent in intercultural settings, living and working abroad in France, the US, England, and Japan.
  • Undergrad studies of physics and technical translation after obtaining my German "Abitur" and 15 months of mandatory military service.
  • CELTA certified English language teacher with work experience in Kyoto.
  • Senior year of high-school in Fairport (upstate New York).

Testimonials


  • Ich bedanke mich für die sehr angenehme Zusammenarbeit [...]
  • Thank you for your efficiency. Always appreciated.
  • Very thorough, as always [...]
  • Herzlichen Dank für die schnelle Bearbeitung, die Übersetzung ist wirklich sehr gut geworden!
  • Vielen Dank für die gute Zusammenarbeit. Wir werden uns gerne wieder an Sie wenden.

2025
Impressum gemäß §18 MStV:
Michael Mangelsdorf
Hödlerstr. 25, 79183 Waldkirch, Germany
Tel. +49 7681 493 4704
USt-Id: DE251003900