Profession

Freelance interpreter and translator

Language combinations

German-Japanese-German, English-Japanese-English

Interpretation

Translation

Skills

Simultaneous and consecutive interpreting for conferences, business meetings, court hearings etc.

Text processing (SDL Trados Studio, memoQ, Transit NXT, XTM, Microsoft Office, etc.)

Interpretation

Translation

Areas of most recent work

Oral proceedings at EPO, development project meetings at a pharmaceutical company / at automotive companies, interviews at Bavarian State Ministry of Economy, at Baden-Württemberg State Ministry of Environment, at Fraunhofer Institutes, at several institutes of universities, audit in a pharmaceutical company

Patent specifications, legal contracts, market research reports, web sites,
technical manuals

Since 1987

Professional experience

Interpretation and translation in the fields of engineering, construction, information and communication, chemistry, pharmacology, opto-electronics, metallurgy,
agriculture, sales and marketing, finance, law, intellectual property,
education, welfare, administration

1987

1986

Degrees

Diplomas in Translating and Interpreting (Japanese), Bavarian Ministry of Education
and Culture, Bavaria, Germany

Dipl.-Ing. (Architecture), Technical University Munich, Germany

1980-1986

1979

1975-1978

Education

Studying architecture at the Technical University Munich, Germany

Attending the preparatory program of the Univs. in Bavaria, Germany

Studying German at the Osaka University of Foreign Studies, Japan

Since 1987

Membership

BDÜ (German Interpreters' and Translators' Association)