Fully trilingual linguist, French native speaker
- freelance expert since 1979, first in Hamburg (Germany), since 1995 in France
- 20 years living experience in Germany,
- excellent knowledge of English due to long term school visits in England during childhood and frequent stays in English speaking countries,
- daily practice of French and German due to bilingual environment
- extensive daily practice of English in everyday life due to business and private contacts with English native speakers
- working in cooperation with my German husband (German physicist and researcher, University of Kiel, Flensburg and Hamburg, Germany): extensive experience with highly legal, technical, chemical and medical texts.

M.A. Germanistics University studies (main subject history, economics and politics) in Lille III/France, Hamburg, Stuttgart and Halle (Germany).
Studies of politics and law (international law, corporate law) for use in diplomacy, Paris.
D.E.A. in Germanistics (research degree in German history and politics).
Complementary studies with degrees in English studies (University of Lille/France), Slavic studies - Russian and Polish (University of Lille/France and Hamburg), and Arabic/Islamic studies (University of Hamburg/Germany, Institut Bourguiba in Tunis).
Basic knowledge of Hindi (written and oral).
High school knowledge of Latin and Ancient Greek ("baccalauréat" level).

Professional experience
- as a translator/interpreter for French, German and Arabic) in the diplomacy in Hamburg/Germany
- as a translator (for French and English) at the UNESCO Institute of Education in Hamburg/Germany
- as a translator in a major consulting engineering office in Hamburg/Germany (for French, German and English)

30 years experience as a freelance translator, first in Hamburg/Germany, then in France.

Particular fields of experience for translations:
- legal translations (patents, trademarks, copyright and intellectual property, commercial law, corporate law, competition law, real estate law),
- medical (in particular anaesthesia, surgery, cardiology, rheumatology, dentistry, endoscopy) and pharmaceutical field,
- technical translations (civil engineering, mechanics, electronics, telecommunications, physics, chemistry, science and engineering).

Translations a.o. of contracts, operating manuals, technical standards, documentation, data sheets, catalogues, medical reports and assessments, package inserts, clinical research reports.

Extensive experience in music (ancient and baroque music, instruments, contemporary music) and musicology.

Working for patent attorneys, lawyers, medical companies, chemical companies, pharmaceutical companies, engineering offices, building companies, nautical field, - mainly situated in Europe, tourism offices (translation of magazines, guides and brochures, websites - wide local experience in Languedoc Roussillon/France), musicians and composers.

Particular fields of experience for interpreting services: mechanics, metallurgy, civil engineering (a.o. international projects in Europe, infrastructures, road and tunnel construction), real estate (in particular English in Languedoc Roussillon/France), tourism (in Languedoc Roussillon/France), oenology (in Languedoc Roussillon/France).