About me

My name is Bruce Turner. I am an experienced, freelance editor and proofreader of English business, technical and other texts, and an experienced translator of German business, technical and other texts into English.

As an independent editor and proofreader of English texts, and as am experienced translator of German texts into English, I help individuals, companies, and organizations effectively prepare their messages, newsletters, texts, etc. in English by producing accurate, clear, and natural-sounding English texts.

I am a native English speaker, born and raised in the United States. My second language is German. I speak some French. I have both a business and technical education and experience.

In the United States, I received a BS degree in electrical engineering from Michigan Technological University and an MA degree in aerospace operations management from the University of Southern California.

Due to my work as a civilian electronic engineer with the US government, I worked in Germany where I was responsible for preparing detailed engineering plans and installing high-frequency radio communication systems for the US government in Europe. I resigned this position because I wanted to remain working in Europe.

After receiving a job offer from a company in Switzerland, I moved there. I worked for companies and organizations as a project manager, but sometimes also as an alliance manager and contract manager.

After studying for and obtaining the well-known Project Management Professional (PMP) certificate from the Project Management Institute in the United States, I worked as an independent trainer and helped many project managers to prepare for and pass the challenging examination for the PMP certificate.

I have also taught courses and given guest lectures about business, management, managing technology and innovation, and project management at several business schools, colleges, universities of applied science and universities in Switzerland.