1964:

Birth, speechless

1974:

Euphoria with the discovery:
there isn’t just 1 language

1979:

Final realization: no other language than
German can be my mother language

1983:

Examination at the inlingua School of Languages, Freiburg / Germany

1984 -
2004:

In-house translator for the language pairs English-German, German-English
in a German company producing medical equipment

since Oct 2004:

Freelance Translator for the language pairs English-German, German-English