Michelle Effer

Conference Interpreter, BA, EMCI

German — English — French

Specialised areas:

• Business: taxation/finance, digi­tal eco­no­my and admi­nis­tra­ti­on, digi­tal HR manage­ment, mar­ke­ting, real esta­te management

• Politics: for­eign & secu­ri­ty poli­cy, inter­na­tio­nal rela­ti­ons, European Union, deve­lo­p­ment policy

• Environment & ener­gy: rene­wa­ble ener­gies, ener­gy and was­te manage­ment, elec­tro-mobi­li­ty, sus­tainab­le urban development

• Education & social affairs: voca­tio­nal & ter­tia­ry education

• Technology: addi­ti­ve manu­fac­tu­ring processes

• Culture: Film fes­ti­vals, poli­ti­cal cabaret

Studied con­fe­rence inter­pre­ting at University of Lisbon (European Masters in Conference Interpreting) as well as French and Spanish (B.A.) at Freie Universität Berlin and University of Sevilla and holds Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (C2 Proficiency) from University of Cambridge.

Has been working as a free­lan­ce inter­pre­ter for English and German in Germany and inter­na­tio­nal­ly sin­ce 2014. Regular inter­pre­ting assign­ments for embas­sies, poli­ti­cal foun­da­ti­ons, asso­cia­ti­ons, and companies.

• Sworn inter­pre­ter for the Berlin courts and public nota­ries for English
• Member of Association of Professional Interpreters (ATICOM)