"For over thirty years I’ve worked as a freelance German-English industrial translator, and I also enjoy teaching the language to learners at all levels. My native language is American English; I learned German in school from the ground up, so I know where the sticking points of grammar and pronunciation lie when learning it as a foreign language.

In the course of studying for my bachelor’s degree in German (with minors in Classical Languages and Linguistics), and master’s degree in German translation and interpretation from the Monterey (now Middlebury) Institute of International Studies, I also spent one year each as a student at the University of Tübingen and the School of Translation and Interpretation of the University of Heidelberg. After completing graduate school I returned to Germany, working as a professional translator in Munich for seven years before returning to the U.S." less...