NATIONALITY & MOTHER TONGUE

German

EDUCATION

MA in German and Japanese Language, Japanese History (Germanistik, Japanologie) – (University of Bochum/Germany)
Studies at the University of Coimbra/Portugal
telc Examiner (A1-C1) 
TestDaF Evaluator
Teacher of German as a Foreign Language (DaF) - (Goethe Institute/Universitiy of Munich/Germany)
Certificate English for Business, Second Level - London Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Education as Management Assistant in Wholesale and Foreign Trade with German Chamber of Commerce and Industry exam (Groß- und Außenhandelskauffrau) - IHK Dortmund/Germany
Scuba Instructor (Teaching Status PADI MSDT, Nitrox, Rebreather) 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Plus 2012 - present
Freelance teacher of German as a foreign language (DaF), exam
preparation, exam evaluator for TestDaF (German
language examination for university entrance)

2006 – present
Freelance translator, proofreader and copywriter.
Translation, post-editing and localisation of catalogues, buyer’s guides, service and instruction manuals, rebreather software and marketing texts.
Project manager and translators’ coordinator.

2001 – 2005
Marketing and export specialist for life support systems.
…and 28 years of experience as Scuba Diving Instructor in Germany, Portugal and Malta.

COMPUTER LITERACY & ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Fully equipped home office including high-speed internet connection and fully licensed software.
Technically proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point), Corel PaintShop Pro X9, Acrobat, Wordfast Pro, Audacity.

Level of fluency (from 1 basic to 5 native)

German: 5
English: 4
Portuguese: 3
French: 3
Spanish: 3
Japanese: 1

A more detailed CV is available on request.