Interpreting is
life-long learning

Languages

Diploma in conference interpreting for German (A) and Englisch (B), i.e. I interpret from German into English and vice versa.

Certificate (SDI) as speech-to-text interpreter, i.e. I create live captions / subtitles in German and English.

Specialisation

This is only a small selection of the assignments of recent years and gives you an impression of the diversity of topics that I have been dealing with.
I have not listed the many internal events of leading automotive manufacturers and suppliers, townhalls, European Works Council or Supervisory Board meetings.

Automotive and Mechanical Engineering

• dritev congress on drivetrain technology
• International symposium Automotive and Engine Technology
• International congress on grinding technology
• chassis.tech plus chassis symposium
• International congress Automotive Wire Harness
• Expert forum Parts2Clean on parts cleaning
• Expert forum LogiMAT on intralogistics and process management
• Expert forum DeburringExpo on deburring technology
• Expert fourm SurfaceTechnology on surface treatment technology

Renewable Energies and Energy Supply

• Monthly management meetings of a major energy utility
• Progress in Biomethane Mobility
• Progress in Treatment and Use of Manure and Manure Products
• Progress in Biogas
• Innovative district heating solutions
• Energy Performance Contracting

Construction and Architecture

• Tunnel construction seminar
• University buildings for a new cooperative culture
• New European Bauhaus on the Danube
• Colloquium on the architectural competition "Postareal Böblingen"

IT/AI and Software Development

• prostep ivip symposium
• startup BW Summit
• User conferences of various software manufacturers
• Baden-Württemberg Digital Summit
• Symposium "Artificial Intelligence and Society"

Dentistry and Medicine

• Sales and management meetings of a medical engineering company
• OTWorld - world congress rehabilitation and orthotics
• Interdisciplinary congress: The Mouth-Body Connection & aMMP-8
• Annual meetings of the German Society for Dental Implantology (DGZI)
• Annual meetings of the German Society for Endodontics and Traumatology (DG Endo and DGET)
• Annual meetings of the International Society of Metal Free Implantology (ISMI)
• Annual meetings of the German Society for Laser Dentistry (DGL)
• Advanced training courses in metal-free implantology and biological dentistry

Art and Literature

• Lecture performance during the Stuttgarter Kulturfestival
• Reading and interview with Elif Shafak
• Congress "Raumwelten" - Platform for Szenography, Architecture and Media
• Conference "Collecting Loss"
• Symposium "Art.Culture.Sustainability"
• Theater festival "Furore"
• Workshop Marcel Duchamp -- Serge Stauffer

Fashion

• Collection presentation of a producer for outdoor and mountain sports equipment
• Anniversary event of a sports apparel manufacturer
• Collection presentation of a menswear manufacturer

Speech-to-Text

I created live captions in German or English at the following events:

Politics

• Plenary sessions and committee meetings of the German Bundestag
• Plenary sessions of the parliament of Baden-Württemberg
• Pleanry sessions of the parliament of Northrhine-Westphalia
• Plenary sessions of the parliament of Berlin
• Press conferences of the Bavarian State government
• SPD party convention

Medicine

• Information event for cancer patients of the National Center for Tumor Diseases
• Sars-CoV2-Research@Charité

Art and Culture

• Various events and readings during the lit.COLOGNE festival
• Reading "Wer bist Du? Mein Leben mit Friedrich"

Work experience

Since 2002
Freelance conference interpreter

Since 2002
Freelance speech-to-text interpreter and live captioner

2003-2004
Translator and interpreter in Product Data Management project of Porsche AG

Education and training

2020-2021
Speech-to-text interpretation course at SDI Munich

1996-2002
School of Translation and Interpreting, Heidelberg University
Major: Conference Interpreting for English and Spanish (German: mother tongue), Minor: Law

1999-2000
Stay abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Los Angeles, USA

1998-1999
Universidad de Salamanca, Facultad de Traducción y Documentación, Salamanca, Spain

Participation in the following training courses:

Technology

• Automotive engineering
• Automotive control engineering
• Basics in electrical engineering
• Technology weekend renewable energies

Medicine

• Lectures Anatomy I -- VIII
• Medicine for translators: Musculoskeletal system / inflammatory medicine

Interpreting

• Coaching English
• English Pronunciation Enhancement
• Phonation
• Information and knowledge management for conference interpreters
• Contract law for conference interpreters
• Stress and Resource Management for Conference Interpreters

Commitment

2014-2017
Officer responsible for professional training of the German Conference Interpreters' Association VKD im BDÜ e.V.

2015-2018
Controller of the German region of the International Association of Conference Interpreters AIIC

2009-2010 and 2023-2024
Mentor as part of the mentoring programme within the German Conference Interpreters' Association VKD im BDÜ e.V.