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Curriculum Vitae

Irene Vestergaard

Stadfeldtsvej 6 st. th.

DK - 8900 Randers

Statecertified translator & interpreter
German / Danish

Danish / German

Translator

English / Danish

Tel: +45 86 41 46 70

Mobil: +45 28 96 97 01

E-Mail: info@iv-translation /

Resumé:

Resumé:

I am a statecertified diplomatranslator & -interpreter in the linguistic combination German / Danish – Danish / German.

I am a translator in the linguistic combination English / Danish.

I translate texts within many fields such as – in order by chance - e.g. medicals, healthcare, law, technical, food industry (and cooking recipes), user manuals, marketing, tourism, EU etc.

Earlier I was teaching in the A-level school, which was fun, however the dynamics in business life match my personality quite well. Refer to my profile at

Work with:

- Translation of texts in specialized language (refer to resumé)

-Texts of general language

- Interpret: consecutively, simultanously and voiceover

- Proofreading

-Language auditing

-Linguistic consultation

-Write texts, e.g. brochures, flyers etc.

-Organising

- Teaching

-Use PC on a daily basis (refer also to IT)

Working experience:

1987 – 2005 ff Translation, since 1987 ongoing, fromb May 2005 translator & interpreter with diploma

Business University, Århus

2003 – 2004: Epinion A/S, Interviews

1993-1998:Lecturer at A-level-schools in Skive,

Århus and Randers (mainly German)

1992 – 1993: Teacher of Dänisch as a foreign languageat the language school in Silkeborg

1991 – 1992 Lecturer at an A-level-school in Viborg (exclusively German)

1990-1991:a) teacher of Dänisch as a foreign language at the language school in Randers

b) social education worker at an institution in Randers

Educations seminars:

2002 - 2005:Diplomatranslator & -interpreter in the linguistic combination German / Danish – Danish / German,Business University Århus

1995 – 2004:Ongoing seminars in language, communication, special needs education, Landeskunde, fundraising, organisation, labour market etc., in Denmark as well as abroad.

1994 – 1995Teacher training course:theory and praxisfrom the Ministry of Education and the A-level-school in Paderup.

1983 – 1992 M.A. German as the major (Odense University) and Danish as the minor (Århus University) (with breaks during studying).

1990:Basic seminar for teachers in Danish as a foreign language (Århus

County Authority)

Languages:

Linguistic level for
/
understanding
/
speaking
/
reading
/
writing
Danish / mother tongue / mother tongue / mother tongue / mother tongue
German / fluent / fluent / fluent / fluent
English / fluent / fluent / fluent / fluent
Swedish / high level / - / high level / -
Standard-Norwegian / high level / - / high level / -
Dutch / touristlevel / - / mid-level / -
Russisan / A-levels / A-levels / A-levels / A-levels
Latin / the big Latinum / the big Latinum / the big Latinum / the big Latinum
Persian / snooping / snooping / snooping / snooping

IT:

IT-characteristic / level
Windows XP / super
Microsoft Office 2003 / super
Internet / super
Outlook Express / super
Adobe 7.1 / experienced
Trados 7.5 / super

Volunteer experience:

2004 -:Member of the local church council in Kristrup, Randers,where I work in three boards: activity board, board for children, youngsters and family and in the PR-board

2004 -:Volunteer in the Volunterer’s House of the Danish Refugee Councilin Randers, where we assist foreigners in doing homework, understanding letters from different authorities, writing letters and job applications etc.

Früher:Was in the local council of the organisation SOSand was the vice president for this organisation on a nationwide level.

Have volunteerd as an English-teacher in Poland

Was a co-founder of the legal advicecentre for foreigners in Randers, where I was in the board.

Participated in running a spare time center for children and youngsters in Fyrreparken, Odense.

Other qualifications / personal features:

- Without a criminal record

- Profound

-Stabil

-Committed

-Driven by a natural curiosity and interest

- Dynamic

-Conscientius

-Accommodating

-Loyal

Hobbies:

-Of course most of all my 18-year-old son, Rasmus, who visits the higher commercial school and my German partner Richard, who has been studying Scandinavian languages and litteratur (focus: Danish) & European Ethnology, also a transaltor.

-I like music very much, both music from others such as singing (used to compose a bit previously). I have been singing in different choruses – am a soprano.

-I read very much – books of very different topics, both scientific litterature such as good novels. My absolute favorite authors are Isabel Allende and Thomas Mann, I also like authors like e.g. Francine Rivers.

-Good movies, film adaptions, documentaries and German news, such as broadcastings from courtrooms.

-Love to experiment in the kitchen, like to cook foreign dishes, which has resulted in a bigger collection of foreign cooking books.

-Handycrafts: knitting and sewing.

-Travelling, meeting new people, and I got the feeling, I see much more having a camera around.