Beth Chapple

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

Editorial Freelancer                        January 1990 - February 1995; October 1999 - present
Copyedit, proofread (in English, German, and Spanish), and index for individuals and the following corporate clients:
Bowne Global Services, Costco Wholesale, Elanex, Inc., Interactive Composition Corp., INSO Corp., McGraw-Hill College Division, Plenum Press, Sierra Club Books, Språkservice, Stanford University Press, Yankee Books, York Production Services, Zoland Books.

Web Designer / Webmaster                                        April 1999 - present
Clients: Women in Science and Engineering, Seattle, WA; Janet Chapple for her Yellowstone Treasures Web site.

Software Editor, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, Boston, MA           February 1995 - May 1996
Worked on staff and as an off-site consultant in developing this law firm's loan document assembly system for Windows. Converted files from WordPerfect to Microsoft Word, tested and corrected the loan documents. Wrote and edited the reference manual and marketing materials.

Technical Writer & Editor, Language Engineering Corp., Belmont, MA      May 1991 - October 1992
Rewrote and edited the manuals for English-to-Japanese machine translation software. Designed and wrote tutorials. Helped to develop and test the software's user interface.

Legal Proofreader, Commerce Clearing House, Inc., San Rafael, CA     October 1989 - January 1990

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Proofreading & Copyediting Team Teacher, Discover U, Seattle          2002 - present

Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Technical Communication, U.W., Seattle       September 1997 - June 1998

Composition Evaluator, CTB/McGraw-Hill, Educ. Testing Div., Monterey, CA      February - July 1988

EDUCATION

M.S. Technical Communication, March 1999. University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Master's Project: Designed and wrote an ESL hypertext, Half Moon Café, available at www.dellby.com/lgframes.htm

B.A. German Studies, January 1988. Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Specialized in language and linguistics.

SKILLS

Microsoft Office, HTML, cross-browser proficiency, Windows & Macintosh operating systems
Working knowledge of German and Spanish; familiar with Japanese, Swedish, and Italian

HONORS

Brown University Book Award for superior English expression, 1981