Esther Wolfram

Education:

2007 – 2008:   MA Translation, Univerity of Salford, United Kingdom

1998 – 2003:   MSc in Landscape Planning

Technical University of Munich (Germany), Freising-Weihenstephan branch: Landscape Architecture and Planning with a specialisation on Landscape Planning; Master Thesis at the Chair of Landscape Ecology: “Prevention of Biological Invasions” (written in German), Grade 1,3; University degree: “Diplom-Ingenieur” (British Equivalent MSc or MEng), overall grade 1,5 (on a scale from 1 (best) to 4 (worst passing grade))

2002:               One semester abroad at Norges Landbrukhøgskole (Agricultural University of Norway) with the Erasmus exchange programme

1987 – 1997:   St. Josef-Gymnasium Biesdorf (Germany); Abitur (A-level), Grade 2,4 (“good”); Main Subjects: German, English, Geography and Biology

1993 – 1994:   Wilde Lake High School in Columbia, MD (USA)

Exchange student with the EF Foundation, overall grade: A

Awarded a certificate for “Excellence in English”

Practical Experience:

Since 2008:   Freelance Translator

2009:               Translator, Abbott Germany, Ludwigshafen, Germany

2008 – 2009 :  Translation Project Management Placement, Audi Akademie, Ingolstadt, Germany

2006 – 2007:   Multi-lingual Helpdesk Supervisor at BT (Maternity Cover)

2004 – 2006:   Multi-lingual Helpdesk Analyst at BT: IT-Helpdesk duties involving solving IT problems for BT employees and first line diagnosis. Languages spoken at work: English, German, Italian.

                        Occasional cover of supervisor and trainer roles

2005-2009:     Teaching German as a Sessional Tutor for the Liverpool City Council

2003:              Interviews for the Chair of Economy in Agriculture of the Technical University of Munich on behalf of the Ministry for Agriculture concerning the acceptance of Bavarian dairy products in Italy (interviews in Italian, carried out in the Marche-region, Italy)

2001:               Eight weeks of internship in an Office for Applied Nature Conservation in Munich (PAN-Partnerschaft – Planungsbüro für angewandten Naturschutz)

2001:               Six months of Assistant Research Work for a project dealing with the restoration of species-rich, semi-natural grasslands in the Northern Munich region with the chair of Vegetation Ecology of the Technical University of Munich (“Sicherung und Entwicklung der Heiden im Münchener Norden”)

2000:               Eight weeks of gardening work at “Garten- und Landschaftsbau Mesenbrink” in Trier, including earth-works, paving, planting and nursing young plants

1995 – 1997:   Cashier (weekends) at DEA petrol station in Windmühle, Germany

Further Qualifications:

• Certificate in “Teaching German as a Foreign Language” with the Goethe Institute Munich
• Certificate in Interpreting Skills, MOCN Level 1 and Level 2
• Certificate in touch-typing, grade “very good”
• Course in “Berufs- und Arbeitspädagogik” (vocation and work paedagogy, instructor qualification)
• Driving licence for the following European classes: B, C1, BE, C1E, CE, M, L

Voluntary Activities:

Since 2009:     Member of UN-Volunteers - Translation in various fields

2005 – 2008:   Volunteer at Oxfam (Book Section), Bold Street, Liverpool

2002 – 2003:   Volunteer in the sales-team of “Weltladen Freising”, a shop for products from developing countries

1998:               Participation in an International Work Camp carried out by Archelon (Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece) in Zackynthos (Greece) for the protection of sea turtles and their environment.

1998:               Leadership of an International Work Camp in Bacharach/Rhein (Germany) by the cfd – Christlicher Friedensdienst (German branch of “youth action for peace – yap”)

1997 – 1998:   Ecological Service Year at the NAJU in Mainz (Youth division of a leading German Nature Conversation Association (NABU)) including office duties, library administration and organising weekend activities for local and regional youth groups

Attended Conferences:

2003:   “Biological Invasions – Enrichment or Threat” at the “Biologische Bundesanstalt für Land- und Forstwirtschaft” (Federal Biological Institute for Agriculture and Forestry) in Braunschweig

2001:   First Mediterranean Conference on Marine Turtles, UNEP, ICRAM, IUCN/SSC, Rome, Italy

2000:   “Biologische Invasionen: Herausforderung zum Handeln? – Biological Invasions – A Challenge to Act?” Taken place at the Institute for Ecology, Technical University of Berlin in cooperation with NEOBIOTA

Language Skills:

German:          mother tongue

English:           fluent / advanced knowledge

Italian:              fluent - advanced knowledge

Norwegian:      intermediate knowledge

French:            basic knowledge

Computer Skills:

MS Windows 98 to XP; MS Office, Trados, Wordfast, Photoshop

Interests:

Literature, travelling, cooking, photography

• Across
• PASSOLO
• PowerPoint
• SDLX Translation Suite
• TRADOS