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.

Following is the brief profile of Vidya Pingle

Personal Details

Indian national, born July 3, 1963.

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

Profile of Expertise
 
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

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 of automating translations. Handled translations in information technology, international banking, securities trading, insurance, cargo handling, chemicals and dyes, railway ticketing and print and publishing. Also done free-lance assignments in the field of mechanical, chemical, electrical and electronics engineering.

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.

Teaching: Well established in teaching German as a Foreign Language with special emphasis on Business German. Also conducted German school for children of native speakers.

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

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.

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

MICO, Tata Infotech Limited, Tata Consultancy Services, Goethe Institut (Max Mueller Bhavan), Indo-German Chamber of Commerce, Indo-German Training Centre and several other companies like 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 on freelance assignments.

Overseas Visits

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