KATJA FISCHER MCILDPSI

134 George Street

Bedford MK40 3SH

Tel + Fax: 01234 304 102

Mobile: 07742980304

Email:

PERSONAL INFORMATION

  • Nationality: Austrian
  • Date of Birth: 25th June 1970
  • National Register Number NRPSI 12729
  • IOL Membership status: MCIL
  • up to date CRB enhanced disclosure

WORKING LANGUAGES & SERVICES

Englishperfect

Spanishperfect

Germanmother tongue

Consecutive & ad hoc interpreting (German, Spanish and English)

Translation (from English and Spanish into German)

Proofreading (from English and Spanish into German)

DTP German and English texts

OTHER LANGUAGES

Italiangood oral command

Frenchgood oral command

AREA OF EXPERTISE

NHS, Medical Reports, General Medicine, Mental Health, Counselling

Tourism, Hotel brochures, Image brochures, Tour programs – in depth knowledge of Latin

America (all aspects including political, social etc.), many years experience within the tourist trade (airlines, tour operators, hotels, incoming agencies etc.), Marketing (general),

Public Sector (incl. Police, Courts, Social Services), Trade Union movement across Europe, European Works Councils, European Union, NGOs, General political texts / newspaper articles

Film & Literature (area of interest: crime, thriller, history etc.), Food & Beverage

EDUCATION

2008/2009Certificate in Counselling Skills CPCAB, BedfordCollege / United Kingdom

2008Introductory Course to Counselling CPCAB, BedfordCollege / United Kingdom

2005/2006Diploma ofTranslation at CityUniversityLondon / United Kingdom

2003/2004DPSI Health in Spanish at De Montfort University Bedford / United Kingdom

1989/1991Degree in Tourism at StyrianTourismCollege Bad Gleichenberg / Austria

1988/1989Diploma Estudios Hispanicos at University of Salamanca / Spain

FURTHER LINGUIST EDUCATION

2004TEFL/TESOL course

1999/2000Amira Language School Brussels / Belgium (French course)

1994 Universitá per Stranieri Perugia / Italy (Italian course)

1991DILIT Language School Rome/ Italy (Italian course)

HARDWARE & SOFTWARE & LITERATURE

PC, CD-Rom, DVD, Digital Camera, Broadband, Fax, Scanner, Copier

Windows XP, Office Package, Publisher 2003, Flash, Paint Shop Pro, MS Works, Skype, Adobe Acrobat, Wordfast

Extensive literature resources including dictionaries and glossaries (General, Technical, Medicine, Social Sciences, Marketing etc.)