Stefan Dirr

Oberes Griesfeld 23
83646 Bad Tölz
Germany

Phone: +49 80 41/442 19 18
Mobile: +49 1 76/21 75 26 08

e-mail: info@stefan-dirr.com

Skype: stefan.dirr

Career

Education/Studies

Languages, foreign countries and different cultures have always fascinated me. This is why I opted for modern languages in high school with Latin, English and Spanish. After finishing school I knew that I wanted to continue on this way.

Hence, I enrolled with the languages English and Spanish at the Institute for Translation and Interpreting at the University of Heidelberg in the winter term of 2003/04. After two years of studies I successfully passed the intermediate exam. In order to improve my language skills and to broaden my horizon, as of the winter term of 2005/06 I accepted an Erasmus scholarship of 9 months for the University of Valencia, Spain. I continued my translation studies there with the same subjects. Because of the good reputation of the Institute for Applied Linguistics and Translatology at the University of Leipzig I did my main course there. I finished my studies successfully in March 2009.

Professional experience

During my studies I used every chance I could get in order to prepare myself as good as possible for the future work as a translator. I did traineeships at a translation agency in Stuttgart and at a big car manufacturer in Munich. Besides, I worked as a proofreader and as a teacher giving private lessons and working for institutes. As of January 2008 I began to do freelance translations. For further information please visit the respective sections Translation, Interpreting, Proofreading and Teaching.