About me
Education:
Institute for Translation and Interpretation, Heidelberg University
Degree in conference interpreting (Dipl.-Dolm.) for German (A), English (B) and French (C) in 2007
Complementary subject: Medicine
Various stays abroad, including
Au pair in New Jersey, USA
Internship in New York, USA
Semester abroad in Paris, France
2007-2011 freelance conference interpreter and translator based in Munich
Since 2012: freelance conference interpreter and translator based in Heidelberg
Sworn and certified interpreter for English for the courts of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Areas of expertise:
- International organizations
- Security and Defense Policy
- Medicine/Pharmacy, e.g. medical congresses, translations of medical texts
- NGOs, e.g. interpreter for the German Protestant Church Congress (DEKT)
- Environment
- Sports, e.g. press conferences, sports conventions
- Human Resources, e.g. workshops on HR management
- Culture, e.g. theater festivals, award ceremonies
References:
These are some of the personalities that I have interpreted over the years (in their roles at the time of the assignment):
Dr. Thomas de Maizière - Chief of the Chancellor's Office and Federal Minister of Special Affairs
Cem Özdemir - Co-leader of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Germany`s green party
Dr. Edmund Stoiber - Former minister president of Bavaria
Günther Oettinger - European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society
Jörg Schönbohm - Minister of the interior of Brandenburg
General Bantz J. Craddock - Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) for NATO
Susan Eisenhower - Consultant, author, and expert on international security and relations between the Russian Federation and the USA
General Vincenzo Camporini - Chief of the Defense General Staff of Italy
Admiral Michael G. Mullen - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (US Armed Forces)
Hans-Werner Kilz - Editor-in-chief of Spiegel and Süddeutsche Zeitung
Prof. Dr. Harald Lesch - Physicist and TV host
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Beck - Sociologist
Antonin Scalia - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Some of the customers I`ve worked for:
Federal Patent Court Munich
German Protestant Church Congress
DMG Mori Seiki AG
International Ski Federation (FIS)
Community of Protestant Churches in Europe (CPCE)
Ispo sports industry exhibition
George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies
Novo Nordisk (pharmaceutical company)
Roto Frank AG
Stadtjugendring Heidelberg (umbrella organization of urban youth organizations)
Theater und Orchester Heidelberg (Heidelberg theater and orchestra)