Bernd Rest.
Translates texts from German into English, and vice versa. Fast and meticulous.
Bernd Rest BA MMus DipTrans
I was born in Salzburg, Austria, and have lived in England since 1991, where I obtained my undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Contemporary Music (CLCM) and Composition (King's College, London), and the Diploma in Translation (Chartered Institute of Linguists, London).
I have many years' experience translating texts both from English into German and German into English, on subjects as diverse as architecture, refugees and asylum, human rights, manufacture, television and film, subtitling, funding applications, music, travel, current affairs and prose. My clients are located in the UK, Germany and Austria, and I am pleased to have been working with some of them for many years.
I have strong and ongoing professional, social and linguistic ties to both the German-speaking and the English-speaking world, which not only enable me to render texts correctly on a grammatical and idiomatic level, but to select an appropriate register from the wide spectrum of available variations. It is crucially important that translations appear to have been composed in the target language, and that the source language is not inadvertently revealed by inappropriate choices of tone, style or register.
Together with my colleague Rose Brown, who holds undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in English and Media Studies (University of Sussex) and worked as a subeditor and writer for The Sunday Times Magazine for twelve years, I ensure that all texts are flawless, formatted and presented perfectly and ready to go to print / online. We can also shorten and condense your texts and create snappy headlines, captions and slogans for your publications.
Services
Translation
German to English
English to German
Text editing
Formatting,
shortening etc.
Copywriting
Texts, slogans,
captions etc.
Proof reading
Texts checked
to exacting standards
Please contact me for a quote. The cost of a translation is calculated by text length; all other services are charged at an hourly rate.
Get in touchSome of my clients
Pro Asyl |
Frankfurt | Human rights organisation |
X-Change Culture Science |
Vienna | Intercultural exchange projects |
Format Werk |
Upper Austria | Stationery producer |
Index on Censorship |
London | Campaigning organisation |
Vox Pops |
London | Subtitling |
Textbox |
Graz | PR company |
University of Vienna |
Vienna | Urban planning, architecture |
Birnberg Peirce Solicitors |
London | Human rights lawyers |
London International Players |
London | Chamber music ensemble |
Martin Amanshauser |
Berlin, Vienna | Author, journalist |
Michaela Heissenberger |
Berlin | Author |
Mischief Films |
Vienna | Film production company |
Rosa Pock |
Vienna | Author |
Split Screen |
Brighton | Film consulting and publishing |
Ulla Lenze |
Cologne | Author |
Reinhard Seiß |
Vienna | Urban planning, architecture |
Testimonials
"In my opinion, Bernd is an exceptionally conscientious
and competent translator. Any author would be lucky to have their work translated by him."
Martin Amanshauser, author
"Bernd reads text sent to him for translation very thoroughly and always asks
the right questions when the content is not entirely clear. I think that's great.
The translations are done promptly, and working with him is straightforward.
In a word, perfect.
Werner Schandor, Textbox PR agency