Profile
Training
1998:
Master of Arts (Honours) in Linguistics, University of Edinburgh
1999:
Postgraduate Diploma in Conference Interpreting and Translation, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
Preferred subjects
- Business and finance
- Labour relations
- European patent law
- International youth work
- Energy
- EU affairs
- Cultural affairs (especially music)
Career
1999–2002:
In-house translator, interpreter and project manager in the Language Services department of a DAX group
Since 2002:
Freelance conference interpreter for German and English
2008-2017:
Lecturer in Conference Interpreting at Cologne University of Technology, Arts, Sciences
Since 2010:
Accredited Conference Interpreting Agent (ACI) for the European institutions
2013-2020:
Lecturer in Conference Interpreting at ZHAW University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
About me
- Rhineland resident, born on the south coast of England, raised in Bavaria
- Member of Kreuzkirche choir in Bonn
- 2015-2020: Member of the Board of the German national association of conference interpreters VKD (responsible for junior interpreters, market monitoring and remote interpreting)
- Co-leader of the Market Unit of the VKD
- Passionate about: music, cinema, wine and food, France and (the) French, the sea and the mountains
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