It's that time of year again! Here are my TOP 9, featuring interpreting highlights that made this year truly memorable. I always enjoy doing this review, because with everything else happening in my professional and private life, it gives me the chance to reflect on these standout moments of 2025. My interpreting year started with a two-day assignment in the beautifully snow-covered town of Wuppertal , at a conference for painters and decorators. In January still, I had the o

Another year, another KNH youth conference! Since 2018, we‘ve been supporting the German children’s relief organisation Kindernothilfe...

It's that time of year again! 2024 is coming to a close, and that's my cue to post my BestOf, looking back on my most favourite and...

This October, my fellow interpreting colleague Andrea Wilming from Proscenium and I had the great honour and pleasure of offering our...

On 29th May, the RVR Association celebrated 25 years of Industrial Heritage Route with a kick-off event at Zollverein UNESCO World...

It’s time to say goodbye to 2023. And it’s time for my BestOf, looking back on the best and most memorable assignments of the year. In...

This September, we had the pleasure of interpreting at an international youth conference on Climate Justice organised by Kindernothilfe...

As an interpreter, I am a multi-tool, generally slipping into the role of the respective speaker. I wear their different hats, so to...

I'm trying something new this year: a virtual advent calendar on interpreting, presenting you with 24 tips, facts and anecdotes on my...

When translating written advertising, editorial or marketing content, I work not only from English, but also from French into my mother...

At the end of the year I usually like to post the most memorable and wonderful assignments of the past 12 months. But due to the...

In video conferences you will rarely get to see us do our job in the virtual sphere, but at physical events interpreting booths are...

And there it was: the first assignment at an in-person event since the pandemic started. I love those moments right before a conference...

Clients are currently booking consecutive interpreters as well – under strict hygiene conditions and only for small groups of people,...

Blogging is quite practical: anything I write down I can look up later. It helps me to keep my memories of pleasant interpreting...

Sometimes you get the opportunity to do an assignment that makes you beam with joy. Like last night, when I had the pleasure to translate...

During my studies I got to interpret countless speeches simply to practice or to prepare for exams. And I always kept score. Most...

As interpreters we will hardly be closer to anyone but our spouses or co-workers. After all, a standard interpretation booth measures...

Did you know that the German city of Essen has 376 kilometres of cycle tracks and is the third greenest city in Germany? Now, Essen has...

It’s hard to believe, but I’ve been a freelancer for 10 years now. In June 2006 I started my own business. So much has happened since. I...