Articles, Reports, etc. (German => English)
GIZ
Website:
https://www.giz.de/expertise/html/4499.html
Sector Project: Employment promotion in development cooperation
Various handbooks and modules
FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR
SOFTWARE AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (ISST)
Website:http://www.isst.fraunhofer.de/en.html
Annual Report 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009
FRAUNHOFER
Heinrich Hertz Institute
(HHI)
Website:
http://www.hhi.fraunhofer.de/
Various articles, flyers, presentations
FRAUNHOFER Institute for
Production Systems and Design Technology
(IPK)
Website:
http://www.ipk.fraunhofer.de/en/homepage/
Various articles, flyers, presentations
ENERGY WATCH GROUP
Various online publications
http://www.energywatchgroup.org/
UNIVERSITY OF BERN, SWITZERLAND, Department of Islamic
Studies
Translation of numerous academic articles, lectures: German => English
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Schulze, Dr. Priska Furrer
BUNDESZENTRALE FÜR POLITISCHE BILDUNG
(THE GERMAN FEDERAL AGENCY FOR
CIVIC EDUCATION)
GERMAN
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND
RESEARCH
THE GoBi RESEARCH PROJECT
Assessing Biodiversity Governance and Management Approaches - Humboldt
University of Berlin
MISEREOR
POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE
IMPACT RESEARCH (PIK)
University
of Greifswald / INSTITUTE FOR GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY
Prof. Susanne Stoll-Kleemann / Chair of Sustainability Science and
Applied Geography
Translation and editing of numerous scientific articles
Professor Doctor Fred Scholz (Emeritus)
Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Geography
Translation and editing of numerous scientific articles
Books
BRILL ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS
Annäherung und Distanz: Schia, Azhar und die
islamische Ökumene im 20. Jahrhundert
"Islamic Ecumenism in the 20th Century: The Azhar and Shiism between
Rapprochement and Restraint"
by Dr. Rainer Brunner
Translation: German => English
Publication: summer 2005, ISBN: 9004125485
http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/9004125485/qid=1106085154/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/
102-9012828-9045728?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
Versicherungsvertragsrecht in den Arabischen Staaten
"Insurance Contact Law in the Arab States" by Dr. Kilian Rudolf Bälz
Translation: German => English
Online Editing
CHECKpoint.eLearning
Editor of English-language section
http://www.checkpoint-elearning.com/imprint/
ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT (1999-2014)
(Technical University of Berlin)
Contract
Instructor (Lehrbeauftragter)
Career Communication Skills
http://edu-net.net/comm-skills/
and
TOEFL (Certified TOEFL iBT
Test Administrator)
http://edu-net.net/toefl_ibt/
BEUTH HOCHSCHULE FÜR TECHNIK BERLIN
(2000-2014)
(University of Applied Sciences Berlin)
Contract Instructor (Lehrbeauftragter)
Business English for Engineers 1 & 2
http://www.edu-net.net/BHT/BE4E1/
http://www.edu-net.net/BHT/BE4E2/
FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOFTWARE AND SYSTEMS
ENGINEERING
http://edu-net.net/our-school/fraunhofer/index.htm
WEBSITE FOR LANGUAGE SERVICES
English / Arabic / German
www.our-school.com
ARMED FORCES HOSPITAL, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
06.81 - 08.84
Education and
Training Coordinator
Established Training Department (had been in
Human Resources). Developed, organized, and evaluated (with technical
staff) all hospital training programs - technical as well as language -
for Saudi staff (excluding physicians). Helped select and was the responsible
contact person for Saudi staff members, including physicians, sent to the USA for
training.
CONSULTANT
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, Cairo,
Egypt
10.84 - 04.85
English Language
Project Researcher
Worked extensively with U.S. Chamber of Commerce to develop
detailed, industry-specific needs analysis of English-language proficiency
levels.
TEACHER TRAINING
GERMAN FOUNDATION FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT, Bad Honnef
(Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung)
04.88 -
08.89
Teacher
Trainer: Language
Department
Trained individuals from developing countries to teach
their native languages to German technical development
experts.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION
BERLITZ
DEUTSCHLAND, Berlin - Eschborn
08.97 - 05.99
Online and In-Company Language Trainer / Business Correspondence Consultant
Business and General English. Contributed to continuously updated resource reference work on business
correspondence.
TELELANGUE,
Montpellier, France
03.96
- 05.96
In-Company Training
Business
English in corporations
YEMEN HUNT OIL CO., Training
Department, Sanaa,
Yemen
08.92 - 08.95
English Language Instructor
Responsible for
development, organization, instruction, and evaluation of programs in technical English
for the oil industry, English for management, and general English.
Supervised team of Yemeni instructors (including recruiting / interviewing
new hires). Helped select and was the
responsible contact person for Yemeni employees sent to the USA for training.
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS PROJECTS, Jeddah, Saudi
Arabia
06.91 -
08.92
Training Department
Technical English for airports,
management, maintenance
PALM SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL, Palm Springs,
CA
01.91 - 06.91
Bilingual Education
Program
General English
INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
09.89 -
12.90
English Language Center
English for the hotel industry,
general English
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CENTRE, Mulhouse, France
01.89 - 06.89
In-Company
Training
Business English in
corporations
CARL SCHURZ HAUS ,
Freiburg, Germany
06.87 - 07.88
German-American Cross-Cultural Program
Business, general, and conversational English
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY and US EMBASSY, Cairo,
Egypt
11.84 - 03.85
English as a Foreign
Language
University: English for academic purposes
Embassy:
report writing, English for management
RIYADH UNIVERSITY,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
09.79 -
05.80
Faculty of Science
Technical and academic
English
ARABIC LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION
GERMAN
DEVELOPMENT SERVICE, Berlin
(Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst)
04.86 -
05.87
Pre-Departure Training
Program
Arabic for technical development workers going to
Yemen
RIYADH UNIVERSITY,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
09.79 -
05.80
Faculty of Science
Arabic for expatriate staff
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN,
Ann Arbor, MI
09.74 - 06.75, 01 -
06.1978
Teaching Assistant in Arabic
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW
YORK AT BUFFALO
09.72 - 06.73
Teaching
Fellow in Arabic
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EXPERIENCE IN DOCUMENTATION
U.S. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
BRANCH OFFICE, Cairo, Egypt
01 -
08.85
Proofreader for Acquisitions Catalogue
Checked
acquisition cards in English, Arabic, French, and German
UNITED
NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
10.79 - 05.80
Documents Officer /
Librarian
Established in-house reference library for technical
experts and staff. Reported directly to Resident Representative.
EXPERIENCE IN
INTERPRETATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
STATE, Washington, D.C.
08.80 -
Present
Escort / Interpreter - Arabic (Freelance /
Part-time)
Accompany and interpret for official guests of
Department of State from various Arab countries.
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ACADEMIC TRAINING
PH.D. CANDIDATE,
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - Near Eastern Studies
Ann
Arbor, MI, 1975
A Sociolinguistic Inquiry in the Yemeni Tihama (Dissertation not finished)
M.A., UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN -
Education
Ann Arbor, MI,
1978
Education Planning for National Development
M.A., UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - Near
Eastern Studies
Ann Arbor, MI, 1974
Arabic
Linguistics
M.A., STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO -
Linguistics
Buffalo, NY,
1972
Sociolinguistics
B.A., STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW
YORK AT BUFFALO - Linguistics
Buffalo, NY, 1970
Theoretical Linguistics
CERTIFICATE, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
- English Language Institute
Ann Arbor, MI, 1977
Teacher Education Program in Teaching
English as a Foreign Language
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PERSONAL
INFORMATION
CITIZENSHIP
USA (Unlimited residence
/ work permit for Germany)
MARITAL
STATUS
Married (my wife is
German)
LANGUAGES
English, German, Arabic,
French
COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE
Windows, MS Office, incl. Front Page, Internet,
html
PUBLICATIONS
"A Sketch of the Arabic Dialect of the Central Yemeni Tihama"
in
Al-Arabiyya, Journal of the American Association of Teachers of
Arabic
Vol. 11, No. 1/2, 1978
"A Critical Bibliography of
Educational Films on the Middle East",
University of Michigan Center
for Middle East Studies, 1976
ACADEMIC HONORS
Fulbright-Hays Dissertation Fellow
National Defense Foreign
Language Fellow
New York State Regents' Scholar
MEMBERSHIPS
Fulbright Association (Lifetime Member)
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09.10.2020