Learned Words | Kymberly Fergusson
About
Welcome to Learned Words! I’m Kymberly Fergusson, a weaver, artist, writer, translator and language teacher, based in Leipzig, Germany.
You are never to old to learn, and nothing is too hard to learn – you just need the right tools, encouragement, and motivation.
While my background is in IT, education, and languages, I am most passionate about learning and helping others learn effectively.
Let’s work together
In today’s world, it’s hard to find a real person that will write, edit or translate your content.
I’m open to plagiarism-averse clients who don’t want their content to be recorded by or generated by AI algorithms, but want to work with a real person.
I don’t use AI tools so your content will not end up in any third-party’s data set.
I will also check every single reference - if you have used AI to write parts of your thesis or article, note that these tools fabricate their references, and this could fail your thesis.
Please contact me to discuss your requirements!
- Writing: course content, articles, books, especially IT, technical and medical documents.
- Editing: web content, business documents, policies, theses, books, articles for publication.
- Translation from German to English: especially technical, IT and medical texts.
- Language coaching (English): an archive of self-study and taching material, puzzles, writing and conversation prompts. One-time purchase through Patreon.
More information about my services
Weaving tutorials and behind-the-scenes process
In the LearnedWords Patreon, I share monthly creative project and garden updates, intensive how-to articles for various weaving, spinning and art skills, discounts for my Ko-fi shop (below), podcasts on various rambling topics, video tours of sketchbooks, recipes and more.
Original art and handwoven items for sale
A variety of handwoven cup mats, bookmarks, key fobs, lanyards, scarves, tea towels and more are sporadically added to my ko-fi shop. All items are handwoven, and commissions for inkle bands and scarves are welcome!
Original watercolour, ink and acrylic cards and paintings are also available to purchase and on commission if you have a specific vision.
Who am I?
I’ve always loved words, devouring books when I was younger. My first languages other than English were all programming.
I found it much more fun to teach than to actually program, and side-stepped from my computer science degree into lecturing, and then into technical writing and English teaching.
It wasn’t until my tweens when the real language bug bit me, beginning with one of the ‘hardest’ – Japanese. After teaching myself Japanese for a few years, I lived in Japan and taught English.
Yup, I was there in Fukushima during the 2011 earthquake …
Once I had moved to Germany to be with my partner, I shifted to German, made more urgent by medical conditions requiring intensive and long treatments. These days I write documentation, edit, tutor, and translate from German to English, specialising in medical, manufacturing, legal and technical content.
Hand waving and a dictionary are the best tools
When I first travelled overseas, I spoke no languages other than English. The world is more open and accessible when you can speak more than just one though - job opportunities, deeper friendships, and travel with fewer problems.
I’m a novice weaver, spinner and artist, selling products and commissions in my shop on Ko-fi.
You may find me lurking in music/art streams in Discord or on Twitch as Seirff, or posting on Mastodon.
I also publish a slow vlog on YouTube occasionally.
Affiliate links
Occasionally I will endorse products, books or services which I personally use and love on this site, for which I may receive a small commission.
If you enjoy the content, find it helpful and would like to support me and this site, please tip me a Ko-fi!