Biography
Curriculum vitae
- Curriculum vitae
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Higher education
- 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
Work experience
- 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
Awards
- Awards
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- 1995 Prize of the University of Mainz for PhD thesis
- 2004 prize awarded by DaimlerChrysler for the optimization of the E-Class driver's manual in a student project conducted with five students from the degree programme in Translation/Interpreting at the University of Graz/Austria
Memberships and functions
- Memberships and functions
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- F2013-2016 President of the German Association for Applied Linguistics (Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik - GAL)
- 2016 member of LehreN
- since 2012 member of the Board of Directors of the Centre for Media and Interactivity (Zentrum für Medien und Interaktivität - ZMI) at Justus Liebig University, Giessen
- since 2011 member of the Board of Directors and Principal Investigator of the International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC) at Justus Liebig University, Giessen
- member of the European Society for Translation Studies (EST)
- member of the International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS)
- member of the European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing (EATAW)
- member of the Special Interest Group "Writing" of the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction (SIG Writing)
- member of the Gesellschaft für Schreibdidaktik und Schreibforschung
- member of Deutscher Hochschulverband (DHV)
- member of the Gießener Hochschulgesellschaft: Gesellschaft von Freunden und Förderern der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
- member of the International Advisory Board of FACHSPRACHE - International Journal of Specialized Communication
- member of the Editorial Board of the international journal TC3 Translation: Computation, Corpora, Cognition
- member of the Board of Reviewers of LSP, Professional Communication, Knowledge Management and Cognition (formerly LSP and Professional Communication)
- member of the external board of HERMES - Journal of Linguistics and Communication Studies
- member of the Editorial Board of mTm: Minor Translating Major - Major Translating Minor - Minor Translating Minor
- member of the Scientific Board of Jezikoslovlje
Before 2012- 1995-1997 member of the founding committee of the Faculty of Specialized Communication at Magdeburg University of Applied Sciences
- 1997-2003 member of the editing team of the Magazine of Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
- 1998-2003 member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Foreign Languages at Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
- 2000-2010 head / deputy head of the section Specialized Communication (Fachkommunikation) of the German Association for Applied Linguistics (Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik - GAL)
- 2001-2009 member of the Advisory Board of the international Journal LSP and Professional Communication
- 2009-2011 Editor of FACHSPRACHE - International Journal of Specialized Communication together with Jan Engberg and Nina Janich
- 1997-2012 member of the Adivisory Board of the journal technische Kommunikation
- 2011-2012 Vice-President of the German Association for Applied Linguistics (Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik - GAL)