Gun Leeberg

In business since 1981.
Translating from Greek, English and French to Danish.

Gun Leeberg, a sole proprietorship, specializes in Danish translation for the European Union and has broad experience in translating for a range of different fields.

Core Values

Thoroughness and precision. Respect for the source text's content and tone as reflected by the Danish translation's accurateness and readability.

Technology

SDL Trados Studio ensures a consistent and professional result.


CV

1980: Degree in Modern Greek from University of Copenhagen.

Translation

1981 - 2012: Freelance contract with the European Parliament: Translations from Greek into Danish. From 1983 also translations from English and French into Danish. From 1997, I continued translating the Parliament's texts as a subcontractor of the company "Lionbridge" (from 2009 the company "Oversætterhuset").

1993 - 2003: Freelance framework contract with the European Commission. Translations from Greek, Danish, and French into Danish.

2005 - 2010: As a subcontractor of the company Lionbridge (from May 2006 the company Scandinavian Translators, from 2008 the company CLS), I participated in the translation of the ECB Monthly Bulletin and the ECB Annual Report.

1999 - : Successive framework contracts with the European Central bank ( ECB), the Language Services Division and the Legal Division. The work (translation, revision, proofreading, and terminology work) is carried out from home or on the ECB premises in Frankfurt am Main, replacing the Danish in-house translator and lawyer-linguist.

2001 - : Successive framework contracts with the Court of Justice of the European Union: Translations of legal texts (opinions, national courts' requests for preliminary rulings, and judgments) from English, Greek, and French into Danish.

2007 - : Successive framework contracts with the European Investment Bank: Translations from English and French into Danish (e.g. Activity Report, press releases, info material, surveys, legal acts), as well as revision and proofreading of other translators’ translations.

Employment

November 2011 - June 2012: Employee of The European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main (short term contract) as a senior translator with sole responsibility for the translation into Danish of the non-legal texts.

October 2021 - October 2022: Employee of The European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main (short term contract) as a principal translator with sole responsibility for the translation into Danish of the non-legal texts.

Translator of books

"Kära fröken Lagerlöf" (Jan Verner-Carlsson), Editio, 2000, from Swedish into Danish

"Effective Group Work with Young People" (Jane Westergaard), Schultz 2012, from English into Danish

"Motivational Career Counselling and Coaching" (Steve Sheward & Rhena Branch), Schultz 2013, from English into Danish


Network

If my order book is full, I have a network of qualified colleagues to whom I can refer you.


Contact

Gun Leeberg
Dr. Glavens Vej 13
3720 Aakirkeby

T: +45 30 13 62 74
E: gun@leeberg.dk

In business since 1981
Translating from Greek, English and French to Danish