Ben Morr

Deliberate transition from a management position into a part-time individual-contributor role while studying Computational Linguistics and Applied AI. • Localise, edit and proofread German-language content, including marketing, product and customer-facing assets. • Perform linguistic checks, document language and localisation issues, and recommend corrections. • Apply extensive experience in translation, MTPE, terminology, TMS workflows and multilingual quality assurance.

• Designed and implemented a standardised LQA process and the department’s first LQA training. • Evaluated MT solutions, built QA profiles and developed quality, productivity and AI-based evaluation models. • Led terminology, term-base clean-up and domain-classification projects. • Created regex-based multilingual rules, conducted linguistic analyses and improved processes. • Served as German terminology owner and memoQ administrator. • Led 3 Team Leads within a team of 31 in-house Language Specialists.

• Led the German translation team, coordinating workloads, quality, feedback and staff development. • Translated and localised content from English into German, Finnish and Swedish across marketing, UI/UX, legal, product, technical and video formats. • Edited, proofread and post-edited MT content. • Wrote German link-building articles and marketing copy. • Conducted linguistic and website QA and supported terminology, translation memories and memoQ workflows.

• Translated and localised digital content from English into German, with additional work involving Finnish and Swedish. • Edited, proofread and post-edited content across automotive, e-commerce, marketing, UI/UX, legal, product and instructional formats. • Transcreated online advertising and wrote German link-building content. • Conducted linguistic and website QA and supported terminology, translation resources and memoQ workflows.

• Managed Scandinavian group-travel and destination-management projects. • Prepared tailored proposals and travel documentation in Swedish, Finnish and English. • Coordinated international suppliers, logistics, negotiations, budgets and billing. • Applied Nordic language and cultural expertise in customer and partner communication.

• Managed corporate, MICE, group and individual travel projects for Northern European clients visiting Germany. • Developed tailored programmes and proposals in Swedish, Finnish and English. • Managed suppliers, purchasing, negotiations, logistics, budgets, travel documentation and final billing. • Coordinated clients and service providers throughout the project lifecycle, conducted site inspections and provided specialist translations.

• Translated content across Finnish, Swedish, German and English, including Finnish–German, Finnish–English, Swedish–German, Swedish–English and Finnish–Swedish projects. • Worked with subject matter spanning engineering, medicine, law, tourism, marketing and business. • Adapted terminology and style to different specialist fields, target audiences and communication purposes.

• Supported German- and English-language off-page SEO campaigns through manual link building and backlink placement. • Created and adapted concise, keyword-aligned content for placements across relevant online platforms. • Documented completed backlinks and maintained accurate project records.

• Managed smaller travel projects and supported complex corporate, MICE and leisure arrangements for Northern European clients. • Prepared tailored proposals in Swedish, Finnish and English and coordinated suppliers, bookings, logistics and travel documentation. • Supported purchasing negotiations, pricing, budget monitoring, billing and accounting checks. • Served as a multilingual point of contact for clients and partners and provided specialist translations.

• Supported the planning and delivery of group and individual travel programmes for Northern European markets. • Assisted with product research, tailor-made proposals, bookings, logistics and travel documentation. • Communicated with international clients and service providers in Swedish, Finnish and English. • Supported international sales and destination-management activities and provided specialist translations.

• Provided customer support in a fast-paced international e-commerce start-up, handling enquiries and resolving order-related issues. • Maintained a professional and service-oriented approach under high workloads and time pressure.

Research on Finnish media reporting of EU politics, coding

• Provided food and beverage service at corporate events for major clients, including financial institutions, and supported event set-up and clear-down in fast-paced team environments.

• Supported the Finnish Parliament’s Department for International Affairs as part of the Nordic Council’s Nordjobb exchange programme. • Translated expert opinions and contributed articles to the annual report of the Finnish delegation to the Council of Europe. • Assisted with general administrative tasks and preparations for visits by international parliamentary delegations.

Private tutoring in Finnish and Swedish

Coordination of truck loading and unloading, receipt of goods

• Supported the programme, secretarial, library and administrative functions of the German-American Institute. • Prepared business correspondence in German and English and assisted with research, accounting and archiving. • Contributed to general office organisation and day-to-day administrative processes.

• Linguistics, literature and cultural studies • Specialisation in Swedish, translation and cultural studies • Topic of master thesis: A scientific translation from Finland Swedish with introductory discussion of specific technical theory and comments

• Year abroad • Intensive work with learning Danish and expanding my knowledge of Swedish

• Scandinavian linguistics, literature and cultural studies • Regional studies • Ancient Nordic studies • Language studies of Swedish and Icelandic • Minor subjects: Dutch language and culture, psychoanalysis, comparative literature, German as a foreign language/second language • Titles of the theses: The orthographical, phonological and inflectional morphological adaptation of foreign words in Swedish / Wayland's story and myth: Wayland as 'sunken god'?

I.a. language studies of Lithuanian and Estonian