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 the last two years and gives you an impression of the diversity of topics that I have been dealing with.
I have not listed my assignments for leading automotive manufacturers and suppliers, in meetings of European Works Councils or Advisory Boards.

Automotive Engineering

• Automotive Suppliers' Day
• International Symposium Automotive and Engine Technology
• International Congress Automotive Wire Harness
• International Congress Advances in Automotive Electronics
• International Congress safetronic on functional safety ISO 26262

Production Technologies and Logistics

• Parts2Clean Experts' Forum
• LogiMAT Experts' Forum
• Deburring Expo Experts' Forum
• Surface Technology Experts' Forum
• Corrosion Forum
• Grinding Congress
• Automation Technology Trade Fair

Renewable Energies

• Progress in Treatment and Use of Manure and Manure Products
• Progress in Biogas
• Innovative district heating solutions
• Progress in Biomethane Mobility
• Energy Performance Contracting

IT/AI

• Baden-Württemberg Digital Summit
• Symposium "Artificial Intelligence and Society"

Dentistry and Medicine

• 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
• Symposium "Shaping the dental future"
• Frankfurt Implantology Days
• Interdisciplinary PerioPrevention Team Day
• OT World

Art

• Conference "Collecting Loss"
• Symposium "Art.Culture.Sustainability"
• Theater festival "Furore"
• New Narratives: Thinking Economics Differently
• Workshop Marcel Duchamp -- Serge Stauffer

Work experience

Seit 2002
Freelance conference interpreter

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
Mentor as part of the mentoring programme within the German Conference Interpreters' Association VKD im BDÜ e.V.