About us

German translations
We are a team of professional translators who have joined forces 
to better serve our clients

With bases of operation in the USA and in Germany we are able 
to bridge continents, time zones, and information gaps, 
thus meeting your linguistic challenges faster

 

Marita Marcano
Diplom-Übersetzerin  Translator/Interpreter (M.A.)           President and founder of MM translations, Inc.

Professional memberships
BDÜ	Bundesverband der Übersetzer und Dolmetscher e.V. (German Translators and Interpreters Association)
ATA	American Translators Association

A native of Germany, Marita Marcano has a Master's degree (Diplom) in Applied Linguistics: Translation and Interpretation from the University of Heidelberg, Germany, one of the most renowned educational institutions for translators and interpreters in Europe. Furthermore, she is certified as a translator by the German Chamber of Commerce (IHK). Already in her childhood, growing up near the borders to Belgium, Luxemburg and the Netherlands,  she dreamed of traveling the world, learning foreign languages, and meeting people from different cultures. She started with studying Latin, followed by English, French, Spanish, and later Italian and Dutch. Early on she decided to make her passion her profession. Through her studies in Spain (Universidad de Málaga) and the United States (Bucknell University), while working in France and the Netherlands, and during extensive travels throughout Europe, North America, and Latin America she has obtained the multicultural background that is indispensable for her profession. During her 10 years as an in-house translator and interpreter for German, English, Spanish, and French at Alcatel SEL AG in Stuttgart, Germany she acquired profound technical knowledge in all areas of telecommunications, information technology, electrical engineering, and electronics. In 1996 she started her own company, MM translations, specializing also in software localization and computer hardware. In cooperation with a network of professional and highly specialized translator colleagues in Germany, the US and Spain, MM translations Inc. can also manage larger translation projects and translations from German into English, Spanish, and French.