Terence Noonan, MBA

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Terence Noonan has been a professional linguist since 2003, when he began his traineeship at a leading translation house in Cologne, Germany. An English native speaker born, raised, and educated in the United States, he translates from German and simplified Mandarin to English.

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Terence holds an International MBA degree from the top-ranked Moore School of Business with concentrations in Chinese business practices, Supply Chain Management, and Operations Management.  This program included a full year of intensive Chinese language training at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, a nine-month internship at a Chinese-owned trading company in Germany, and an exchange semester at the prestigious Tsinghua University, which is widely regarded as the number one higher education institution in China.

 

Terence also holds a Bachelor of Arts from Appalachian State University in North Carolina, USA. During this time he was able to hone his writing style while studying history, in addition to laying the foundation for his linguistic expertise as a German language student. While attending ASU, Terence also completed a study abroad year at the Pädagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe in Germany.

 

In the years between his two academic degrees, Terence began his study of the Chinese language in 2006-2007 at the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. He did this because it sounded like an amazing adventure and a great challenge for a foreign language lover.

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Terence lived and worked in the German cities of Karlsruhe, Bonn, and Cologne for a total of five years between 2000-2010, and in Beijing, China for four years between 2006-2013. 

 

He has translated for companies such as Bosch, Fraunhofer, Volkswagen, Airbus, and MTU, creating professional-quality texts for trade fair brochures, press releases, instruction manuals, and internal communications. Terence is known for being precise and perfectionistic in his work.  He aims for accurate translations of the original texts with a flowing style that's easily understood by the reader. Terence's areas of special interest and expertise include automotive and business topics.  

These days Terence is based out of sunny Querétaro, Mexico.

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