Qualification Background
Between 2002 and 2006 I completed a Bachelor of Commerce and Arts at University of Western Australia and at the Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (Vienna). This provided me with majors in German, Investment Finance and Management. From 2007 – 2009 I went on to complete a Diploma and Advanced Diploma of Financial Services while working as a financial planner. I have also recently completed my Certificate in Translation and am now looking to complete my Diploma in Translation.
English Background
English is my native language, having spent the majority of my life in Australia. This is where I completed all levels of education. I divided my time between the UK and Australia between 2008 and 2010, at which point I moved to England. I lived in England for about two and a half years (working as a full time translator) before returning to live in Australia in September of 2012.
German Background
As the first of the family to be born and raised in a non-German speaking country, I was raised bilingual (English and Swiss-German). With my relatives all living in Switzerland, I have spent a large amount of time both living in, and visiting Switzerland, Austria and Germany.
During high school and university I completed a number of different German (and French) courses and certificates, eventually majoring in German (which included a number of translation units) along with Management and Investment Finance at the University of Western Australia. In 05/06 I lived in Vienna (Austria) for a year while continuing my studies and also completing an Intensive German Language Program.
After returning from Austria I again moved back to Australia to work as a financial planner for 3 years before eventually moving to the UK to start my career as a translator at the beginning of 2010.
Experience
I have been a full-time freelance translator since the beginning of 2010. Prior to this I worked as a financial planner for three years. For more information on the types of documents I have translated so far please see the services section. I obtained my NAATI qualification in June 2014 and was also a member of the ITI North-East Group while living in England.