Elizabeth Naithani, Native Speaker
Elizabeth Naithani, M.A.

About Me

Nationality

US-American and Swiss

Mother tongues

English, German, Swiss-German

Further language skills

French (fluent) and Italian (basic)

Education

M.A., English Linguistics & Literature
University of Basel, Switzerland
  • Final grade: 1 (summa cum laude)
  • Focus: translation studies; media discourse; language of advertizing; intercultural communication

M.A., Contemporary History
University of Basel, Switzerland
  • Final grade: 1.5 (cum laude)
  • Focus: US economy, society and politics; oil and renewable energies; the Cold War

Semester abroad

University of California, Berkeley, USA
Focus: Public speaking; American history

Work experience abroad

Tahoe, California, USA
Ski resort, customer services (two winter seasons)

Professional development

DTT Seminar, Cologne, "Finanzberichte nach IFRS/DRS:

Eine Einführung für Übersetzer und Terminologen", Terminology of IFRS Financial Reports,

November 2009 (multi-day)

 

Cologne University of Applied Sciences, International Summer School, Banking and Finance Translation Workshop,

July 2008 (multi-day)