Curriculum Vitae Kerstin Fest

After completing my A-level equivalent in Rheda, Germany, I spent one year in Paris, working and studying French at the Sorbonne University. On my return to Germany, I began my studies in English, French and Spanish at the Academy for Business and Administration in Lippstadt, Germany. The course consisted of translation, business studies, administration, civilisation and conversation in all three languages. As part of the course, I also studied at the Paris Chamber of Commerce and at the University of Westminster in London.

On graduating in 1994, I moved to London where I began my career, working first in a translation agency and later as a recruitment consultant for international and multilingual personnel. In total I spent 5 years in the UK. I left London for family reasons and moved to Italy. For more or less nine months of the year, my family life takes me all over the world, enabling me to actively maintain my language skills and my knowledge of the various cultures associated with these languages - indispensable knowledge for any professional translator.

Kerstin Fest