Professional training and career experience
1978 "Abitur" (university entrance qualification) at Werner-von-Siemens grammar school, Bad Harzburg
1978 - 1982 Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Languages department Field of study: Translating, majoring in Technology
1982 Degree: "Diplomübersetzerin für Englisch und Französisch"
(Graduate translator for English and French)
1983 - 1986 After a period spent abroad, full-time employment contract with a translation agency
Since 1986 Freelance translator
Since 1991 Regular attendance at advanced training courses and seminars (once or twice a year) dealing with linguistic, specialist and technical subjects
09/1993-10/2015 Generally sworn translator and interpreter for English and French for Braunschweig Regional Court
2007 - 2009 Editor of TransRelations, the newsletter for members of the Bremen and Lower Saxony branch of the Federal Association of Interpreters and Translators
Since 27.10.2015 Authorised translator for English and French for Hanover Regional Court