Claudia S. Sierich Georgi
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Alto Hatillo · Caracas ·Venezuela

AIIC International Association of Conference Interpreters, Geneva, since 1998
AVINC Venezuelan Association of Conference Interpreters, Caracas, since 1989

German A Spanish A English C
French, Italian read, spoken

Professional experience and expertise:
19 years of professional activity. Simultaneous, consecutive and escort interpreting. Written translations. Special fields: Art, culture, politics, economy, technology and industry. Unrestricted practice in Venezuela, Central America, the Caribbean, other South American countries, Germany, and Switzerland.

Professional references and main clients assisted (among others):
Presidency of Venezuela and Germany, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Caracas and in the entire region, Bundestag in Berlin (German Parliament) and german Foreign Ministry. In general, European and Venezuelan governmental and non governmental organizations, Ministries, Venezuelan-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Goethe Institute, INVENT (cooperation for development, e.g. Amazon Basin), the private industrial and economic sector, Siemens, Empresas Polar (Polar Companies) and the Foundation of the Venezuelan Orchestra System.

Published translations and own publications: Faustmond (Faust’s Moon; novel) Francisco Herrera Luque, Starnberg, 1986. Escrito con Pluma de Loro (Written with a Parrot Feather; poems) Lieselotte Vareschi, Caracas 1994. Ballade (Ballad; poems) Leonardo Padrón, Viena 2006. Free-lancer activity with bid & co editor. Supervision of literature translations into german: Amante (Lover; poems) Rafael Cadenas and others. Article "Translation and Interpreting in Practice", magazine Encuentros (Encounters), 1994. Interview with poet Rafael Cadenas, in the section “Verbigracia” of the newspaper El Universal, April 2000.

Activities (among others): President Köhler President Uribe Meeting "Transfer of Knowledge" El Nogal Club Bogotá Mar march 07;  Academy of the National Guard, Michelena - Federal Police of Criminalistic Investigation BKA anti narcotic training, Jan 07; ICV-4 Vetiver and the People World Congress, Fundación Empresas Polar, Oct. 06; III  International Congress of Labor Law and Social Security, Caracas, Jul 06; FIA International Art Fair, 15th. Edition, Jul 06;  Norexport ISO regulations Updating, Jun 06; Hermes, (ÖKA), Germany and Austria State Reinsurers, March 06; World Social Forum, Caracas, January 06; Concert-Tour through Germany with the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra Simón Bolívar, Sept. 2005; Vicepresident German Constitutional Court on Bioethics, March 2005; President of the German Parliament Thierse, Peru Dec. 2004; Symposium Venezuela-Germany The State, Public, Private and Community Television, Nov. 2004; Symposium Max Weber, Oct. 2004; Observation of the Presidential Referendum and global security policies, European Parliament for Security and Cooperation Aug. 2004; Conferences on Beethoven; Dubbing Movie Metropolis, (National Art Gallery) Jan. 2004; Negotiation binational cultural agreement, Caracas Dec. 2003; International Week of Chemical Metrology, Nov. 2003; Sessions IOC (Olympic Committee), Switzerland, Feb. 2003, 114th session IOC Mexico City, Nov.2002 International Congress on Labor Law, May 2002. Summit on Social Debt, Caracas, Jul. 2001. Inauguration of President Toledo, Peru, June 2001. BDI (The Federation of German Industry) and President CHAVEZ, Miraflores, Feb. 2000. Development of Tourism, Cuba Jan. 2000. System for the protection of Human Rights, Geneva UN July 98. Official visit of the German President Herzog Herzog to Venezuela, May 96.

Postgraduate studies in Latin American Literature USB Caracas Venezuela

Asociación Cultural Humboldt: Member of the Board 2006/2007.
Asociación Venezolano Alemana de Socorro: Member of the Board 2007/2008.

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