Freelance for 22 years, sworn official translator and interpreter for 20 years

Translation degree from the University of Heidelberg

English and German studies at the University of Heidelberg

Post-graduate studies and diploma as conference interpreter from the Polytechnic of Central London (now University of Westminster)

Examination and appointment by the Hamburg Ministry of the Interior as official interpreter and translator in French for courts and authorities of Hamburg

Examiner on translators’/interpreters’ examination board for the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce; also on the examination board of the Hamburg Ministry of the Interior

Studies and periods of residence in France, Belgium, Spain, England, Latin America, USA and Canada

Lecturer/teacher at University of Hamburg, training legal interpreters and at Hamburg’s Europa College, training conference interpreters for the European Commission

• AIIC (International Association of Conference Interpreters) www.aiic.de, www.aiic.net
• VKD Verband der Konferenzdolmetscher e.V. in the BDÜ (German Conference Interpreters Association) www.vkd.bdue.de
• ADÜ Nord (Association of Interpreters and Translators in Northern Germany) www.adue-nord.de
• International Association Language and Business www.ialb.net
• VDÜ (Association of German-speaking translators of literary and scientific works) www.literaturuebersetzer.de

Regular participation in continuing training seminars to upgrade skills, including: „Speaking training for television interpreters“, „Terminology management for conference interpreters“