--- title: "Jetzt Übersetzt—DE ↔ EN specialist translation since 2008" description: "Bilingual from birth. Specialist DE↔EN translations—annual reports, sustainability, automotive, mechanical engineering, marketing. 7,000+ jobs delivered." url: "https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/en/" language: en-US alternates: de-DE: "https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/" en-US: "https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/en/" x-default: "https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/" image: "https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/assets/images/og-image.en.png" organization: name: Jetzt Übersetzt telephone: "+49 157 9259 6395" email: "alexander@jetzt-uebersetzt.de" address: "523 Jackson Street, Unit #210, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101, US" --- DE ↔ EN # Born bilingual. Translating since 2008. Specialist DE ↔ EN translations—everything from annual reports to marketing copy. Currently translating documents in Germany for clients like you in Columbus and all of the US. 🇺🇸 [Request a Quote](https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/en/contact) [Services & Pricing →](https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/en/services) - Translating since 2008 - 7,000+ jobs delivered - Reply usually within 4 hours Current capacity: Delivery within 24 hours possible Live from my calendar, refreshed every 30 minutes. Mostly on my desk - Annual reports - Sustainability reports - Automotive - Mechanical engineering - Defense - Marketing - Consumer goods Why me ## A specialist desk, not a translation factory. Solo practice—the person quoting your job is the person translating it. - ### Native in both directions German father, American mother. Both languages native from birth, neither learned in school. - ### Annual reports are home turf IFRS, HGB, US-GAAP (financials); GRI, CSRD, ESRS, SASB, TCFD (sustainability). Internalized, not researched. - ### Confidentiality by default Files sit on Hetzner servers in Falkenstein, accessed through a dedicated German IP. NDAs are signed without negotiation. - ### Machine translation, used honestly I’ve used MT since 2019 and pass the savings on to clients (MTPE: 60% rate). Nothing leaves my laptop unchecked. ![Alexander Kirsch-Clayton—German ↔ English specialist translator](https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/assets/images/alexander.jpg?v=1776599608) Who’s translating ## Just me, myself, and I. Full-time translator since January 2008—7,000+ assignments delivered, mostly under NDA for DAX, TecDAX, and MDAX-adjacent companies through their LSPs and direct in-house teams. German father, American mother; both languages from birth; specialist by choice, not generalist. Currently living the digital nomad life rotating between Berlin, Florida, and Southeast Asia—but the work routes through a dedicated, always-on German IP and stays on German servers. Where my laptop happens to sit in any given week has no bearing on where your data sits. Jetzt Übersetzt LLC is the Minnesota legal home for the practice. The freelance career predates the LLC by fourteen years; the entity just gives the operation a clean US footprint for invoicing and taxes. [Download full CV (PDF)](https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/cv.pdf) ### Core specialties - Annual reports - Sustainability - Automotive - Mechanical engineering - Defense - Marketing & consumer goods ### Daily toolkit - [Trados Studio ↗](https://www.trados.com/product/studio/) - [Across Translator Edition ↗](https://www.across.net/en/service-portfolio/products/across-translator-edition/) - [Word ↗](https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/word) - [PowerPoint ↗](https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/powerpoint) - [Excel ↗](https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/excel) **Active since** 2008 **Jobs completed** 7000 + **Home base DE** Berlin 🇩🇪 **Home base US** Florida 🇺🇸 **Data / servers** Falkenstein 🇩🇪 **Currently in** Germany 🇩🇪 Confidentiality ## Your data stays in the EU—under the GDPR’s strict privacy standards. I work as a digital nomad—but where I’m physically located doesn’t matter for your documents. Files are stored in Germany and processed within the EU only; the data chain never leaves European jurisdiction. - ### Always-on German IP Permanent connection through a dedicated NordVPN exit in Germany. I don’t work without it—no matter which continent I’m currently on. - ### German-jurisdiction storage only All client files are stored exclusively at Hetzner in Falkenstein, under German law. No US cloud, no third countries. - ### Contract-tier AI only Where AI assistance is used—DeepL Pro for machine translation, Claude Max for research and drafting—it’s exclusively under paid-tier data-handling contracts: no storage, no training on inputs. Free/consumer tools (ChatGPT free, DeepL web, Google Translate) never receive client content. - ### Encrypted working environment All working files on encrypted volumes. NDAs are honored without gaps across the rotating-residence workflow. Most booked ## Three ways to work with me. Most incoming work splits three ways: specialist translation from scratch, MTPE on contract-tier engines, and editing of text already drafted in English. Quick overview below; the full catalog is on the Services page. Standard job ### Specialist Translation German ↔ English Your text, translated idiomatically. Reads like a native English speaker wrote it, not like translated German. - Native English—no Denglish, no German sentence structures bleeding through - Terminology matched to your existing style guide or established industry standards - Includes proofreading and a final quality pass $0.95 per standard line (55 chars) Large volumes ### Machine Translation Post-Editing Machine-translated text, fully post-edited by me. Faster and cheaper than a from-scratch translation—with identical final quality. - Full post-editing: no MT artifacts, no terminology drift - 60% of the standard line rate - Prerequisite: solid MT quality in the source (DeepL Pro, Claude, or similar) $0.57 per line (60% of standard rate) English originals ### English Editing Your English text—written by another translator, by you, or by a machine—reviewed and brought up to idiomatic quality. - Grammar, style, register, and terminology corrections - Idiomatic check: does it read like a native speaker wrote it? - Consistency check across longer documents $49 per hour [See All Services →](https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/en/services) How it works ## From inquiry to finished file in four steps. Transparent flat rates, fixed quotes, no hourly guessing games. 1. 01 ### Send the files Email the source document, target language, and deadline—Trados packages, IDML, Word, Excel, PDF, or whatever you have. 2. 02 ### Quote within 24 hours You get a firm line count, flat-rate price, and delivery date—usually well before the 24-hour cap. 3. 03 ### Translation Work begins on confirmation. Two passes—translation first, then a separate consistency-and-style review—both done by the same person who quoted you, no project-management handoff. 4. 04 ### Delivery On the agreed date, in the format you sent—no surprise scope creep, no surprise invoice. Track-changes deliverable on request. ## Project on your desk? Short description, attach the files – and you will have a quote in your inbox within 24 hours. [Request a Quote](https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/en/contact) [Or Email Directly →](mailto:alexander@jetzt-uebersetzt.de)