Vita

WORK EXPERIENCE

Sept. 2010 – current    Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, Lecturer in the International Technical Communications Department

          2018 – current:   Project lead in the “DokU-Lab“ research project funded by the state Schleswig-Holstein within the initiative “Innovative Hochschule”.

April 2007 – August 2010      Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, guest     lecturer in the International Technical   Communications Department

June 2007 – August 2009     Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, scientific assistant in the project “Arbeitsprozesse der Technikkommunikation“ (Working Processes in Technical Communicaton)

Dec. 2005 – Sep. 2010          Freelance translator, technical writer,   consultant

Nov. 1995 – Nov. 2005           Lionbridge Deutschland GmbH (formerly International Communications), from translator via project lead and pre-sales employee to business unit manager with a focus on SAP and SAP customers

Sep. 1993 – Oct. 1995             Freelance translator, interpreter

EDUCATION

April 2022        PhD, title of dissertation: Kommunikative Bedingungen maschineller Übersetzbarkeit (Communicative Conditions for Machine Translatability)

Aug. 2016 – Nov. 2021       Doctoral studies at University of Hildesheim, supervisor Prof. Klaus Schubert

Sep. 1989 – July 1994         Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, title of diploma thesis: Untersuchung deutscher und englischer Termini aus dem Bereich Beleuchtungstechnik und Lichtdesign als Vorarbeit zur Erstellung eines Wörterbuchs (scientific study regarding the usage of German and English terms in the field of lighting technology and lighting design as preparatory lexicon work)

Sep. 1991 – March 1992        Liverpool Polytechnic, study abroad

April 1992 – July 1992           „1st Applied Translations“, London, international internship

Feb. 1986 – July 1988           Kreishandwerkerschaft (association of crafts people) Warendorf, apprenticeship as car mechanic

January 1985                         Johann-Conrad-Schlaun-Gymnasium, Münster, general higher education entrance qualification               

LANGUAGES:     GERMAN, native    ENGLISH, fluent    FRENCH, conversational    SPANISH, basic

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