Uwe Paals

Because of my many interests it was difficult at first to decide on a career. After I passed my university entrance exam, I began studying to become a teacher of Russian and physics at the University of Cologne. After successfully completing my basic studies and a semester in Volgograd, Russia, it became clear to me that I wanted to specialize in foreign languages. I studied English and French with an emphasis on technology in the "translating" course at the University of Applied Sciences in Cologne. To increase my knowledge of these languages, I spent a semester in Aix-en-provence, France and Limerick, Ireland. In final preparation for entering the working world, I completed a 3-month internship at a software localization company in southern Germany before finishing my degree as a translator. During that internship, I was fortunate enough to be employed in the USA as a language tester.

My previous jobs were exclusively in the entertainment software industry (Sega Deutschland and Swing! AG). My job involved