About Us

Vidya Pingle has been working in the field of translation / interpretation services since 1990 & was operational in the name of Vidya Pingle . In recent restructuring excise for better customer focus indiTrans came into existence in 2003 to provide professional translation services directly to the end-customers.

Profile of Expertise
 
Teaching German and English in schools, Coaching students according to international curricula, Translation & Interpretation (German, English, Marathi), Translation Team Management, Teaching (German), Development of Instructional Resources, Quality Assurance in Translation and inherent processes, Management Development, Working with Translation Management Tools like TRADOS and TRANSIT

Summary of Responsibilities held

Teaching: Teaching German as a Foreign Language and English as first language in schools. Well established in teaching German as a Foreign Language with special emphasis on Business German. Also conducted German school for children of native speakers from class I to class VI.

Training Management: Resourcing of faculty from academic, consular and other sources for the conduct of courses in various foreign languages for company staff prior to their overseas project deputations.

Translation: Translation (between German and English) support for several overseas projects in the area of Information Technology. The support involved manual translations as well as building of terminology databases and the translation software's memory for automating translations. Handled translations in information technology, international banking, QA documentation, FMEA documentation (for fuel injection systems) securities trading, insurance, cargo handling, chemicals and dyes, railway ticketing and print and publishing. Also done free-lance assignments in the field of mechanical, automotive, chemical, electrical and electronics engineering and medicine.

Translation Management: Overseas client liaison, complete planning of work, definition of process and quality standards, identification and training of translators, resourcing of free-lance translators, and people and schedule management. Managed translation work for documentation in German, French, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, Danish and Swedish.

Development of Instructional Resources: Conceptualization, design and development of computer-based training programs and other conventional training resources.

Interpretation: Live interpretation (between German, English, Hindi, Marathi) during business meetings at the corporate and diplomatic levels.

Management Development: Conducting training programs / workshops in Office Manners and Business Etiquette, Presentation Skills, Training for Trainers, Writing Business Proposals for the software industry

Organisations worked with

Orchid International School (Nashik), Fravashi Academy (Nashik) TKS Teknosoft S.A. (Switzerland), ThyssenKrupp Elektrostahl (Essen, Germany), GFT (Germany), Uebersetzungsbuero Borgmann (Germany), Wionet (Korea), Stover (Germany), e-Emphasys (USA), MICO Bosch, vinsys (Pune) Tata Infotech Limited, Transinfopreneur (Bangalore), Tata Consultancy Services, Goethe Institut (Max Mueller Bhavan), Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany (interpreter for diplomatic assignments), Indo-German Chamber of Commerce, Indo-German Training Centre and several other companies like Capgemini Consulting, SISL, EBG India Pvt. Ltd., Sahney Kirkwood, Rishabh Instruments Pvt. Ltd., SOS Inc. (SAP), Syntel (India) Ltd., WIPRO (Hyderabad), Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development (now Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management), JDC Bytco College of Management, MET League of Colleges, Deutsche Fernschule (Frankfurt, as mentor), YCMOU (as paper setter and examiner) on freelance assignments

Education

M.Phil (German), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
M.A. (German), University of Bombay, Mumbai
B.Com, University of Bombay, Mumbai
All courses of the Max Mueller Bhavan from Basic I to Advanced and KdS, GdS and teacher training courses and examinations conducted by the Goethe Institute Munich
Also cleared the NET exam of the University Grants Commission
Passed the 5th level exam in Hindustani vocal music of the Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya (2 more levels to be completed to be a Bachelor of Music)
CELTA- Certification of the University of Cambridge
 
Overseas Visits

2009 - Scholarship of the Goethe Insititut Munich to attend a 2 week workshop on the use of Digital Media in teaching
 
2008 - Germany and Greece on exploration visits
 
2005 - 2006 Switzerland - On assignment from e-emphasys (USA) for onsite support for ERP package implementation (eXtend) on baan base
 
2004 - Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland - on scholarship first from Goethe Institut Munich for teachers of German for a seminar at Mannheim/ Dresden with participants from 16 countries for a period of four weeks followed by holiday for four weeks with family. This was followed by a personal visit in October for a period of three weeks for personal work.
 
1997 - Germany - on visit to parent company M.Girolstein Textilvertriebs GmbH where I was the India Representative
 
1996 - Germany, Switzerland - on assignment from Tata Consultancy Services to participate in CeBIT, the world's largest trade fair in information technology
 
1995 - Germany, Switzerland - on invitation from the Goethe Institut (as the first Indian) to participate in an International seminar on Teaching Business German, attended by delegates from 19 countries
 
1993 - Germany, Switzerland - on special assignment on behalf of Crawford Bailey & Co. in connection with a court case in a German court in Nurnberg
 
1991 - Germany - on two scholarships: to Bergische Universität Wuppertal awarded by the German Academic Exchange Service, Bonn; and to the Goethe Institut, Munich, for teacher's training
 
1987 - Germany - on research scholarship to the Goethe University, Frankfurt, awarded by the German Academic Exchange Service, Bonn
 
1984 - Germany, France, UK, Benelux - on scholarship awarded by the Goethe Institut, Munich

Personal Details

Indian national, born July 3, 1963; married; twin sons aged 9