You Benefit From my Professional Background in the Food Industry

My Experience

• 1998 - 2024: Freelance translator (expert translator for business and management, food translator), England, now Germany
  
• Export market research: 
  1996 for a confectionery manufacturer, Northern England
  1990 - 1991 for a fish canning company (manufacturer of semi-preserves), France
  
• 1991 - 1993: Management of the sales, marketing and export department of a manufacturer of semi-finished ingredients for the confectionery industry. Products included almond pastes, processed nuts, various fillings and couverture chocolate (100 employees), Germany
  
• 1986 - 1987: Order processing and participation in consultancy services (site surveys) with a marketing and advertising agency specialising in the bakery, patisserie and hotel businesses as well as their supplier industries, Germany

My Qualifications 

• Diploma in Translation (DipTrans IoLET) French into German, QCF Level 7 (postgraduate), examination by the Institute of Linguists Educational Trust (IoLET), London 2013 (2 distinctions)
• Diploma in Public Service Interpreting (DPSI), English into German and German into English, QCF Level 6, South Tyneside College in South Shields (Tyne & Wear) / IoL London 1999, specialisation: German-English Law (distinction in all tasks)
  

• Diploma in Translation (DipTrans IoL) English into German, QCF Level 7 (postgraduate), examination by the Institute of Linguists (IoL), London 1997 (2 merits)
  
  
• Master of Business Administration (MBA), QCF Level 7, European MBA Programme, Centre for Management Development, 1997, University of Brighton, England (Grade B)

• Diploma in Biblical and Cross-Cultural Studies, All Nations Christian College (ANCC) (Bible College), Ware/Hertfordshire, England, 1995
  
  
• Cambridge English: Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) 1993, at the Christian English Language Centre (CELC), Bournemouth, England (Grade A)

• Business degree: Diplom-Betriebswirt (FH) (BA (Hons) equivalent, QCF Level 6), Pforzheim Business School, Pforzheim, Germany, 1991, faculty of International Business and Modern Languages (Grade 2.1) with integrated overseas studies at the Toulon Business School, France. Languages: English, French, Italian

• Certificat Pratique de Français Commercial et Économique for Business French, Paris Chamber of Commerce, France, 1989 (mention: très bien)
  
  
• Vocational qualification (NVQ 3 equivalent) in wholesale distribution of foodstuffs and beverages, Chamber of Commerce, Karlsruhe, Germany, 1986 (Grade 1.75)