Education and studies:
•Sworn interpreter and translator, Osnabrück Court, Germany (since 1989; DE/FR ).
•Studies of German and Romance Languages, Münster and Osnabrück Universities.
•Member of BDÜ and ADÜ Nord (German associations of interpreters and translators).
•Skilled clerk, Oldenburg Chamber of Lawyers.
•State certified multilingual secretary, Dortmund and Osnabrück Chambers of Commerce.
•Certified nurse assistant, Malteser-Hilfsdienst.
•Internal auditor ISO 9001/14001, Det Norke Veritas, Concada/Fresenius.
•Registered according to DIN EN 15038 (execution of translation orders).

Professionnal experience:
•For more than 30 years freelance translator (at times avocationally).
•12 years secretary/export assistant: responsible for any contact to the holding company in Paris and the international affiliates (FR, EN, ES, NL) incl. translation of technical, legal and commercial documents, conference interpreting and travels abroad.
•6 years skilled clerk in a law office, regularly contacts to foreign countries.
•7 years teaching French and German (grammar school, adult education centre).
•1 year work for a travel broker: travel agency clerk, on-site evaluation of destinations abroad, translations of contracts, travel catalogues and documents (FR, EN, ES, NL).
•Several years work as a nurse assistant in different hospitals (during my studies).