Training courses and presentations
Selected past events
These events are in the past but have been left on the website to provide an idea of what I do.
Translating in Style: Editing and Writing English Texts
This latest addition to the popular “Translating in Style” seminar series is a two-part online webinar that will look in detail at English style and syntax ‒ vital areas for translators in an age of artificial intelligence and “natural-sounding” neural machine translation. The webinar is being hosted by the BDÜ Fachverlag on November 11 and 18, 2024.
Online, November 11, 2024
Translating in Style ‒ Proverbs, Images, and Quotations
Proverbs, images, and quotations are a shared shorthand of historical and cultural references, both conscious and unconscious. They affect the way authors think, feel, and convey their ideas, and how these are received by their readers. This Camels seminar examines common examples of these three categories in German, explaining their origins and current meanings and suggesting English-language equivalents or other ways of dealing with them.
Vienna, October 31, 2024
Translating in Style ‒ English Syntax and Structures
This in-depth Camels seminar helps to provide solutions to “translatorese” ‒ target text that reproduces the structure and other linguistic peculiarities of the source language ‒ by discussing the principles of good English style, looking in depth at English syntax and structures, and examining and offering improvements on German-sounding constructions in English.
Vienna, October 30, 2024
Pitfalls VII: Greatest Hits
In response to popular demand, this seventh incarnation of the Pitfalls series held together with Camels revisits material from seminars I‒VI. “Pitfalls VII: Greatest Hits” provides a useful core compendium of tricky terms, all of which have been updated and expanded to reflect up-to-the-minute usage. Key areas covered are business, management, and reporting, and key political and cultural developments.
Vienna, October 29, 2024
A Translators' Guide to Sustainability and Sustainability Reporting
This is a one-and-a-half day Camels seminar being held together with Christof Kocher. It combines a brief introduction to sustainability, the science and technology behind it, and the initiatives in this space, with a deep dive into European sustainability reporting. In addition, it will look at common pitfalls in both into-English and into-German translation in this area.
Frankfurt am Main, October 1, 2024
Translating in Style: Sustainability Masterclass
This masterclass is the into-English track of a two-day offering organized by the BDÜ Landesverband Baden-Württemberg (Lisa Ruth is presenting the into-German track on the following day). Attendees will analyse and discuss complex and challenging texts from different areas of sustainability reporting and communications that they have translated in advance. The individual language tracks can be booked either separately or together at a discount.
Heidelberg, September 27, 2024
Pitfalls VI: New Terms for New Times
The sixth part of the poular Pitfalls seminar series focuses on terms for today’s rapidly changing world.
Vienna, October 5, 2023
Camels seminars in Frankfurt and Vienna: Translating in Style I and II, and Pitfalls V
Two “Translating in Style” seminars will be held in Frankfurt (September 15-16) and Vienna (October 14-15).
Frankfurt / Vienna, October 15, 2021
Translating in Style:
English Writing and Editing Skills
A new full-day seminar looking at an ever more important issue: ensuring the best-quality English style when translating and editing texts.
Frankfurt, November 29, 2019
Pitfalls IV: The Compendium
The Best from Pitfalls I–III plus New Material
The fourth “Pitfalls” seminar organized by translation training specialist Camels builds on the three highly successful previous events plus additional new material to give a “best of” overview.
Frankfurt, November 28, 2019
Translating in Style: German to English Financial Reports
Hosted by the BDÜ Landesverband Baden-Württemberg, this one-day English-language event looks at register, style, and terminology questions associated with translating German financial reporting into English.
Karlsruhe, September 21, 2019
German to English Translation Pitfalls
Vienna (Financial and Business Texts - Round-up)
This consolidated one-day event examines particular bugbears that arise when translating German-to-English financial and corporate texts, drawing on highlights from the successful Pitfalls 1 and 2 seminars held by Camels in Frankfurt am Main in 2017 and 2018, as well as adding new material.
Vienna, December 1, 2018
German to English Translation Pitfalls II
(Financial and Business Texts)
Following on from the successful “Pitfalls 1” seminar in December 2017, leading translation training provider Camels has organized a second one-day seminar by Deborah Fry.
Frankfurt, June 15, 2018
Terminology Workshop –
German to English Financial Translation Pitfalls
A practical one-day seminar focusing on common pitfalls for German-to-English financial translators.
Frankfurt, December 8, 2017
Corporate Governance in Germany –
A Practical Introduction for Translators
This full-day seminar will provide a practical introduction to corporate governance as practised in Germany and related translation issues.
Frankfurt, December 7, 2017
German Corporate Governance Texts –
A Translator’s Guide
A brief introduction to translating German corporate governance texts.
Washington, D.C., October 28, 2017
Translating German Real Estate Texts
This English-language seminar is designed for German-to-English translators of real estate texts, with a particular focus on commercial real estate.
Design Offices Frankfurt Westend, Frankfurt am Main, October 5, 2016
Editing and Revising English Texts
Delivered in English, this seminar is aimed at experienced native and non-native translators, revisers and editors of English texts.
Design Offices Frankfurt Westend, Frankfurt am Main, October 4, 2016