Karin Walker
A quarter century and more than 1700 days of work in the booth have given me a robust body of professional experience that extends from the European institutions to the private market. As a musician, my ear is attuned to what speakers don’t say, too – allowing me to bridge the gap when words do occasionally fail.
Growing up with two languages and two cultures prepared the ground for me to become what I am today – an arbiter of tone and culture as well as language.
My preferred areas of work are European patent law, economics and finance, and youth work. However, armed with professional research skills I love to engage with new and challenging subject areas, too. After all, in conference interpreting as well as in music, you can never tell what is around the corner.
E-Mail: walker@konferenzdolmetscher-nrw.de
Karin Walker – Essentials
- Postgraduate degree in Conference Interpreting from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh (1999)
- Freelance conference interpreter (languages: English and German) since 2002
- Accredited to work for the European Union institutions since 2010
- Conference interpreting trainer (German → English) at Cologne (2008-2018) and Zurich Universities of Applied Sciences (2013-2024)