Joerg G. Schmidt

Personal details:

Name:                         Joerg Gunnar Schmidt

Sex:                              Male

Date of Birth:              April 5th, 1968

Place of Birth:            Hamburg/ Germany

Secondary education:

1986 to 1988              "Emil- von-Behring Gymnasium" (German Grammar School);

Advanced Placement Courses/Honours Classes: Latin and English;

German University Entrance Qualification ("Abitur", overall exam pass with distinction);

        1985 One-year stay in Blenheim/New Zealand as a Rotary Exchange

        Student; NZ University Entrance Qualification

1979 to 1984              "Emil-von-Behring-Gymnasium", D-22927 Grosshansdorf

University:

1994                              1^st State Examination Pass ("1. Juristisches Staatsexamen")

1989 to 1994               Major in law at the University of Constance ("Universität Konstanz");

                                       various certificates in English, French and Spanish

Practical legal training:

1997                             2^nd State Exam Pass (Bar Exam - "Zweites Juristisches Staatsexamen")

1995 to 1997              Postgraduate Internship ("Rechtsrefendariat") with the law courts and local authorities of Constance (“Konstanz”)

Work experience and further qualifications:

Nov. 2011                    Sworn Interpreter & Translator for the English Language (Hamburg Ministry of the Interior) following

                                      successful completion of the accelerated training course “Working as an interpreter and translator for

                                      authorities and law courts”, University of Hamburg

April 2009                   "Certified Translator English-German" (Dortmund Chamber of Industry and Commerce;

                                      overall exam pass with distinction)

2000 to 2011               Legal practice as a self-employed lawyer specialised in civil law matters

                                       (including commercial law and inheritance law);

                                      Extensive work experience as a freelance translator. Numerous minor & major projects in the fields of

                                      law, business, finance, taxes, insurance and advertising

1998 to 1999               Employment in a Hamburg- based law office specialised in civil law matters (tort law and damages, contract law,

                                       rental law, insurance law and company law); mid-1998  completion of my first freelance translation project

• Adobe Acrobat
• Idiom WorldServer
• PASSOLO
• PowerPoint
• SDLX Translation Suite
• TRADOS
• Microsoft Office 2007(Word, Excel, etc.), HT Track Copier, Catscradle (HTML editor), Anycount