Dear Sir or Madame,
I am an Italian freelance translator in possession of a Master's degree in Comparative Languages and Cultures as well as of a bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures. I have noticed your offer, which I have immediately found very interesting, since I am specialized in English and German > Italian translation and I have already worked exactly on the same task for a German translation agency. I had to look for data of firms, agencies, restaurants, bars, etc. on the Internet. Therefore, it would be a pleasure to cooperate with you. I am Italian mother tongue and I have a perfect command of my language.
As regards my professional background, I have collaborated for a year with the German translation agency Humangrid GmbH, working as a freelance translator from English and German to Italian, as well as from German to English; an experience that permitted me to broaden my translation abilities with the translation of more than 2000 texts of different categories. For this agency I have also worked for the same task you are offering.
I have also worked for the Southafrican agency Mein Schreibservice for the translation and proofreading of texts about tourism, sports, zoology and car rentals, as well as for private clients on more specialized fields (please, see the attached CV).
As far as my university career is concerned, I graduated with distinction at the University of Macerata, where I obtained my bachelor and master's degrees at the Department of Foreign Languages. During my university experience, I attended courses in Italian-English, Italian-German and Italian-French Translation including analysis and translation of various kinds of texts.
Thanks to my secondary education certificate, I have a technical proficiency in science, physics, astronomy, and information technology, as well as a good command of appropriate medical-scientific vocabulary.
Thence, I hope that from this brief summary you can have a general, but positive view of my university and professional experience, which I really hope can meet your needs and kindle your interest in a possible collaboration.
As regards the fixed price quote for the first step, I would ask you 400 $, since it is a huge amount of words to be translated. For the second step, I think I would complete the entire translation within 2 weeks and my rate per hour would be $ 20.
Please, let me know if you are interested. We can agree on price and deadlines.
For further information, please do not hesitate to take a look at the attached CV or to contact me. I will be very glad to help you.
I look forward to hearing from you soon and I take my chance to give you my greetings.
Best regards,
Tiziana Neroni