Otto Zellmann, CHI™, CMI-Spanish
CERTIFIED HEALTHCARE INTERPRETER™ (CCHI),
Certified Medical Interpreter - Spanish (NBCMI)
AccuLingua Certified Instructor (ACI),
State Certified Foreign Language Correspondent.
Active ICE Security Clearance

Spanish – German – English Interpreter and Translator specialized in Educational, Legal, Medical, and Technical settings.

EXPERIENCE AS LEGAL INTERPRETER/TRANSLATOR IN NORTH CAROLINA
Provided Interpretation and Translation Services for Limited English Proficiency clients during Administrative Hearings, Workers' Compensation, Personal Injury Cases and Family Law, as well as Depositions, Arraignments, Child Support Hearings, Traffic Court and Witness Testimony. Law Enforcement and DSS Interpreter for civil and criminal investigations. Interpreted for Social Security Disability (SSD) hearings and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) hearings at the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR) in Charlotte, North Carolina.

BIOGRAPHY
Born in Argentina and raised in Germany, I was brought up in a multi-cultural and multi-lingual environment. My mother was a German-Spanish Interpreter and Translator for the Automotive Industry where I assisted her and began learning my trade. I hold a degree in Horticultural Gardening from Germany. I was a Staff Sergeant and Interpreter (German-English-Spanish) for military officers and NATO personnel in the German Army in Germany, Spain and Canada from 1984-1992. After an honorable discharge from the Army I became a State Certified Foreign Language Correspondent in Economics (German-English-Spanish) from the Private Berufsfachschule für Fremdsprachenberufe Bamberg der Euro-Sprachschule, Germany. I then studied to become a Technical Translator and Interpreter (German-English-Spanish) from the Institut für Fremdsprachen und Auslandskunde an der Universität in Erlangen, Germany. Upon completion of my studies in 1995, I worked as a Technical Translator and Interpreter for the Robert Bosch Corp. in Germany, Spain and USA for the Quality Assurance Department. I moved to the US in 2000 and joined one of the now largest Language Service Providers of the Southeast in April 2001, where I started out as an independent contract interpreter, staff interpreter/translator, Lead Interpreter and then Interpreter Manager for spoken languages. Part of my responsibilities were identifying new languages, recruiting, training and maintaining the skill levels of staff interpreters as well as independent contractors all over the US. I have been part of numerous translation projects as translator and proof reader. I have extensive knowledge to share about how to best meet the linguistic demands of clients and providers and how to succeed as an interpreter in the language industry. Besides my responsibilities as a Manager, I have been interpreting an average of 500 billable hours a year mainly in the medical and legal field and can count on years of experience of training countless linguists in many different languages to prepare them for the challenges of an interpreter’s life.

TRANSLATION OF THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS FOR AUTOMOTIVE: PPAP, PSW, 8D-Report, PQP, QOS, APQP, PSO, QSP, FMEA, Warranty Claims, Quality Assurance Manuals, Operator Instructions, Process Flow Diagrams, Ordering Prescriptions, Process Control Plans, Maintenance Plans, GLS, GLS-Q, NFA (Plant Norm Alcala), Corrective Measurement Catalogue, MFG, QB-Reports, Audit Reports, CHRYSLER Standard, NISSAN Inspection reports, Inspection Standards, TMUK Standards, AQF PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN, FORD Engineering Specifications, CNG-Engineering Specifications, GM-Engineering Specifications.

ESCORT INTERPRETER during fact finding missions for Quality Assurance departments at clients and suppliers and for customer visits of several companies in Europe, Mexico and the US. Escort Interpreter for focus group from Germany during the Equipment Validation Research Event at John Deere, USA.
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