- Graduation at Heidelberg University; degree: Diplom-Übersetzer for English and Portuguese
  - Several stays abroad (Ireland, the United States, Portugal and Brasil)
  - Since 1990 free-lance translator/interpreter for various clients in the economic, legal and medical sector
  - Since 1990 sworn translator/interpreter for various courts (Local and Regional Court of Hildesheim, other local     courts, Higher Social Court of Celle)
  - Since 2004 language teaching with different priorities (management, terminology for technical staff)