Curriculum vitae

1984-1989 programme in Applied Linguistics/Translation Studies(English, French, Engineering) at the Department of Applied Linguistics and Cultural Studies (F.A.S.K.) of the University of Mainz in Germersheim; Degree: "Diplom-Übersetzerin" (MA in Translation Studies)
1991-1994 PhD programme (English, French, Applied Linguistics) at the F.A.S.K.; Degree: Dr. phil.
2002 habilitation for Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies (English/German) at the Faculty of Philology of the University of Leipzig

1989/1990 teachware developer (technical communicator) at IFAO Informationssysteme GmbH, Karlsruhe
1989-1991 terminographer contributing to the Fachwörterbuch der Kfz-Technik (Schmitt et al.)
1990-1994 research assistant and lecturer at the Department of English and American Studies of the F.A.S.K.
1994-1996 research assistant at the Department of Linguistics and Cultural Studies at the F.A.S.K., there conducted the model project Intercultural Technical Writing funded by Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Education and Research
in addition since 1990 free-lance work as technical communicator, specialized translator, trainer and consultant in the areas of translation, technical and intercultural communication
1997-2003 Professor for Technical Documentation and Communication at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
summer semester 2002 sabbatical for work in the DaimerChrysler project DAiSY (Daimler Automotive Information SYstem)
2003-2010 Professor for Translation Studies at the Department of Theoretical and Applied Translation Studies (ITAT) of the University of Graz/Austria
2003-2005 deputy head of ITAT
2005-2007 head of ITAT
11/2007 visiting professor at the Copenhagen Business School (CBS)
since 2010 Professor for Applied Linguistics at the Department of English and Director of the Centre for Competence Development (ZfbK) of Justus Liebig University, Giessen/Germany