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About

Based in Frankfurt.
At home in the world of languages.

Jacqueline Klemke is a diploma interpreter with more than 25 years of professional experience in conference interpreting and specialised translation — between German, English and French, from Frankfurt am Main for clients across Europe and worldwide.

Jacqueline Klemke, conference interpreter and specialised translator
Jacqueline Klemke · Conference interpreter

Profile

Numbers, languages & expertise.

Experience
25 years
Services
Conference interpreting (simultaneous, consecutive, escort), conference and event consulting (online, hybrid, on-site), translation, copywriting
Interpreting
English ⇄ German
Translation
English → German · French → German
Working languages
German A · English B · French C
Areas of expertise (excerpt)
Business · Finance · Automotive · Medicine · IT · Engineering · Development cooperation · Environment · Culture · Law · Pharma
Accreditations
Accredited with the European Patent Office (EPO)

Background

Education & further training.

Postgraduate

  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) – Open University Business School (OUBS), Milton Keynes, UK
  • Personal and Business Coach – SGD Darmstadt
  • Couple and Family Coach – Dr. Migge Seminare GbR

Education Germany

  • Diploma Interpreter (2001) – Institute of Translation and Interpreting, University of Heidelberg

Education abroad

  • Study abroad 1997–1998: conference interpreting, translation, economics, foreign policy – Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, CA

Engagement

Memberships & roles.

Active involvement in the leading professional associations for conference interpreters and translators.

Memberships

  • International Association of Conference Interpreters (AIIC)
  • Association of Conference Interpreters in the BDÜ (VKD im BDÜ e.V.)
  • American Translators' Association (ATA)

Roles

  • Treasurer and board member of the Germany region of AIIC
  • Treasurer and board member of the VKD in the BDÜ e.V. (2006–2018)

Relevant professional experience

  • Curator and organiser of the professional training series "VKD Business Camps – Interpreters as entrepreneurs"
  • Speaker on external accounting for interpreters and translators
  • Speaker on customer-centric selling and self-marketing

Voice samples

Hear the voice.

Two short voice samples — German and English — to give you a sense of voice, pace and diction.

German

Voice sample DE

English

Voice sample EN

Additional

Scholarships & internships.

Scholarships
Merit Scholarship, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA, USA (1997–1998)
Internships
Interpreting, translation and project management – Paris (FR), Mainz (DE), Monterey (CA, USA), 1998–2000

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