Further education

Further education – a basis for high quality

Background knowledge is a “must” for a good translation. Therefore, I regularly participate in trainings in different fields in order to renew my knowledge and to get new inspiration for further subjects.

Please find below a selection of the most interesting seminars, conferences and congresses in the translation, technology and legal language fields which I have attended to date:

Technology:

Basics of drilling and conveyor technology (Bohrmeisterschule Celle)
Instruction manual translation, German/French (BDÜ)
Reliable operating instruction translation (BDÜ)
Software localisation (Dr. Rieland GmbH)
Basics of technical editing (tfk)
Introduction to engineering sciences (BDÜ)

Law:

Contract translation, German/French (BDÜ)
Translating legal texts (BDÜ)
Translating deeds and certificates (BDÜ)
Summer School Legal Language (BDÜ)

Terminology:

The internet as a corpus: Efficient research on terminology beyond Google (BDÜ)
Terminology work – Basics, tools, processes (Deutscher Terminologie-Tag e.V./Deutsches Institut für Terminologie e.V.)

Symposia/conferences:

2nd International BDÜ Symposium, Berlin, 28-30 September 2012 (BDÜ)
6th Gigawind Symposium pn the occasion of the completion of the GIGAWIND alpha ventus project (Leibniz University Hanover), Hanover, 22 March 2012