About me

Charlotte Kauczor:

Degree in translation from the University of Heidelberg (1989) after studying in Heidelberg and Paris
Four years’ experience as a salaried translator with an American healthcare company (diagnostics division)
More than 20 years of experience as a freelance medical translator
Certified Medical Writer (University of Applied Sciences, Bremen, Germany)
Many years of cooperation with medical doctors specialized in various fields
Extensive personal medical library
Extensive personal medical terminology database
Sworn translator
Member of the German Association of Interpreters and Translators (BDÜ e.V.)
Involvement in medical translation continuing education programmes both as a participant and as a lecturer

I am constantly handling new topics on account of the various clients of the international agencies I occasionally work with.

10/1998: German to English medical translation: Regulatory aspects. Training session organised by the Faculty of Applied Linguistics, Cultural Studies and Translation at the University of Mainz (Germersheim)
05/2009: Translator training session organised by the BDÜ and Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG on the subject of endoscopy; instructor of the translation workshop on sialendoscopy (Italian to German), Tuttlingen
04/2012: “Terminology processes and terminology tools” symposium organised by the Deutscher Terminologie-Tag e.V., Heidelberg
03/2014: “Web-based terminology system” and “Terminology extraction“ tutorials as part of the Deutscher Terminologie-Tag e.V. symposium, Mannheim
03/2014: BDÜ training session: Medical devices – orthopaedic surgery: instruments, implants and their application, Speyer
04/2015: BDÜ training session: Living medical technology: Cardiology, Speyer
03/2016: “Terminology and culture” symposium organised by the Deutscher Terminologie-Tag e.V., Mannheim
04/2016: Webinar: introduction to journalistic writing: press Releases
03/2017: BDÜ training session: Medical statistics; Speyer