• Edits in English
• Translates from German to English

Area(s) of expertise

• Education and training -- I have extensive, high level international experience in this field at middle management level.
• Books on landscape and culture -- I have been involved as a translator on several book projects dealing with culture, landscape, history and geography.
• Automotive -- I have worked as a translator in the automotive field for many years.

Qualifications

• Master of Arts (distinction) Contemporary German Studies | Ealing College of Higher Education (now Thames Valley University) | 1990
• Postgraduate Certificate in Education | Oxford University | 1987
• Bachelor of Arts in German and French | Oxford University | 1982

Experience

• (Automotive) Translator/proofreader | Various agencies in Munich | 1990-Present -- Translation and proofreading of a wide variety of texts in the automotive industry, including corporate design, training, press releases.
• (Regional culture and landscapes) Translator/proofreader | Verlag Kiebitz Buch, Vilsbiburg | 2006-2008 -- Translating and proofreading of articles and captions for book projects including "Der Ammersee" and "Das Isental".
• (Education and training) Head of language department | Munich International School | 1990-2005 -- Responsible for curriculum, budget, staff selection and evaluation in the area of foreign language and mother tongue at a major IB school.

• Translates from English to German

Area(s) of expertise

• Biology & Biotech -- My job requires to read medical and scientific literature in German and English. I also gave talks in both languages at internat. scientific meetings.

Qualifications

• Doktor der Philosophie im Bereich Molekulare Biologie | National University of Singapore | 2008

Experience

• (Neurology) Head of Laboratory | Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA | 2004-2006 -- We generate genetically engineered laboratory animals for scientist all over the world. Therefore I communicate daily in different languages.

• Edits in English
• Translates from German to English

Area(s) of expertise

• Trade Law -- I was a practising attorney in the United States for many years. My areas of legal focus were commercial law, tax law and legal due diligence.
• Accounting -- Not only did I study business at University, but I also worked as an auditor and financial and transactional analyst for a big six accounting firm.

Qualifications

• Geprüfter Übersetzer (IHK) Dr. Jur. | ADÜ Nord - Assoziierte Dolmetscher und Übersetzer in Norddeutschland | 2008
• Geprüfter Übersetzer | Industrie- und Handelskammer zu Dortmund | 2008
• Doctor of Jurisprudence | West Virginia University - College of Law | 1998
• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration | University of Nevada, Reno | 1993

Experience

• (Trade Law) Translator / Interpreter / Editor / Lecturer | The Legal Translator | 2003-Present -- Translator and Interpreter for English and German
  English language editor
  Lecturer for law and economics.
• (Business Law) Commercial law lecturer at the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg | Bucerius Law School | 2004-Present -- Commercial law lecturer

• Edits in German
• Translates from English to German

Area(s) of expertise

• Cultural Studies -- I hold a PhD in English Literature and am currently working as a post-doctoral researcher in gender studies, medical history and sexual history.
• Non-Fiction -- I have published academic articles and have experience editing and proofreading scholarly work in the fields of literary history and criticism.
• Fiction -- I have researched, transcribed and edited manuscripts by modernist writer Radclyffe Hall for publication with Manchester University Press.

Qualifications

• PhD in English Literature | University of Edinburgh | 2010
• MSt in English Studies | University of Oxford | 2006
• Magistra Artium in English Philology | Universität zu Köln | 2005

Experience

• Associate Research Fellow | University of Exeter | 2010-Present (Cultural Studies)
  -- I am a university researcher working on interdisciplinary projects within the fields of cultural studies, medical history and sexual history.
• Editor | Palgrave | 2010-2011 (Non-Fiction)
  -- I have co-edited and contributed to a collected volume of scholarly essays, entitled Sex, Gender and Time in Fiction and Culture (Palgrave, 2011).
• Research Fellow | Harry Ransom Research Fellow | 2010-2010 (Fiction)
  -- I held a Harry Ransom Center Research Fellowship to research, transcribe and edit unpublished fiction by modernist writer Radclyffe Hall.

• Edits in English
• Translates from German to English

Area(s) of expertise

• Business Law -- For over 34 years I resolved complex legal disputes and problems for my company's extensive operations in the US, Europe, S. America and Middle East.

Qualifications

• juris doctor | University of California, Los Angeles | 1959

Experience

• (Business Law) Legal Counsel | Litton Industries, Inc. | 1965-2000 -- Group Counsel and Division Counsel for Fortune 500 multi-national company, with operations in the US, Europe, S. America and Middle East.

• Translates from German to English

Area(s) of expertise

• Sociology -- I taught post-doctoral students about cultural studies, history, philosophy and psychiatry at a Harvard University teaching hospital.
• Psychiatry -- I am a retired academic psychiatrist with many publications in the areas of eating disorders and psychotherapy, and mentored students for many years.

Qualifications

• Medicine | Albert Einstein College of Medicine | 1972
• Michael Rockefeller Travelling Felow | Harvard University | 1968
• Magna cum Laude, History | Harvard College | 1967

Experience

• (Psychiatry) Private Practice of Psychiatry | Private | 1986-2008 -- I maintained a successful private practice of psychotherapy, private supervision, consultation and pyschopharamcology.
• (Education and training) Assistant Professor of Psychiatry | Harvard Medical School | 1989-2008 -- I taught psychiatry residents in a highly prestigous training program and wrote peer-reviewed articles.
• (Health Sciences) Doctor | Private Practice - General Medicine | 1973-1983 -- I managed a busy private practice treating patients from birth to nursing home.

• Edits in English

Area(s) of expertise

• Biology & Biotech -- I have obtained a PhD in molecular neurosciences at UPenn, Philadelphia & worked as a postdoctoral fellow in neuroscience and oncology/cancer biology

Qualifications

• PhD in Molecular Neurosciences | University of Pennsylvania | 1996

Experience

• (Health Sciences) Editorial Project Executive | Excerpta Medica, an Elsevier business | 2008-2010 -- I edited manuscripts, meeting materials, slide sets, managed project timelines, liaised with freelancers, offshore companies and internal departments
• (Biology & Biotech) Postdoctoral Fellow | NKI - Dutch Cancer Institute | 2005-2009 -- I investigated the role of naturally occurring short interfering RNAs (microRNAs) in the metastasis of cancer cells to the lungs and other organs
• (Biology & Biotech) Postdoctoral Fellow | Netherlands Institute for Brain Research (NIBR) | 2001-2003 -- I showed that cellular quality control systems for mRNA and protein generation were impaired in brains of patients with Alzheimer's and Down syndrome
• (Biology & Biotech) PhD studies | University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA | 1990-1996 -- I examined effects of corticosterone on NMDA receptor-mediated calcium influx and synaptic transmission in glutamate receptors in hippocampal neurons

• Edits in English

Area(s) of expertise

• Linguistics -- My 18,000-word thesis on individual and societal multilingualism in Switzerland encompassed certain subject areas in the field of Sociolinguistics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Arts in Italian Studies (Honours) and Linguistics (minor) | University of Sydney | 2009

Experience

• (Journalism) Author of newspaper articles | Various different publications | 2007-Present -- Publication of articles on culture and society for various newspapers and newsletters.
• (Linguistics) Tutor for English Department Course 'Language, Texts and Time' | University of Sydney (Sydney, Australia) | 2009-2009 -- The focus was on certain linguistic theories. Editing my student's essays, I developed a keen eye for detail regarding the reading and writing process
• (Linguistics) Conference presentation | English Language Teaching (ELT) Conference of the Society of Pakistan English Language Teachers (SPELT) and the University of Sydney | 2007-2007 -- My paper was entitled "Language attitudes: intergenerational effects on language maintenance in a Greek-speaking Cypriot-Australian family".

• Edits in English
• Translates from German to English

Area(s) of expertise

• Linguistics -- Following studies of linguistics at Freiburg, I have translated and copy-edited papers for academics in the field of linguistics.
• Non-Fiction -- I have a close working relationship with Verlagshaus J.Frank Berlin, for whom I translate literary and theological texts.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Translation | Institute of Linguists | 2008
• Zentrale Oberstüfe Prüfung Deutsch | Goethe Institut Berlin | 2006
• BA Oxon (English Language & Literature) | Oxford University | 2005
• Certificate TFL | LSI Berlin | 2005

Experience

• (Non-Fiction) Copy-editor | InterpretBerlin.de | 2008-Present -- Since 2008, I have been working for Dr. Alan Nothnagle on the copy-editing of English language texts.
  Clients have included kooks.de and Die Linke.
• (Non-Fiction) Freelance translator | Solarpraxis | 2008-Present -- I have translated extensively in the areas of art, linguistics, museums and solar energy.

• Edits in English
• Translates from German to English

Area(s) of expertise

• Government Policy -- I studied Politics and History at Bonn University and specialized in geo-strategy and international relations. My thesis was on US-Russian relations.

Qualifications

• Magister Artium of Political Science, History and History of Art | Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn | 2009

Experience

• (Government Policy) Recruitment Cell at UN-Volunteers | United Nations Volunteers Special Operations | 2007-2007 -- Worked for UNV Recruitment Cell involved in contacting candidates for assignments in Peacekeeping Missions, Electoral Support and Medical Assistance
• (Journalism) Worked in the English editorial office of Deutsche Welle | Deutsche Welle | 2005-2006 -- Worked as an assistant to the news editor, updating the liveticker for DW-TV and the Frankfurt Airport
• (Journalism) Volontaire at Deutsche Welle Radio | Deutsche Welle English and Polish Office | 2003-2003 -- Worked in the polish and english editorial offices. Written several articles on various topics that were aired on DW-Radio.