The Person Behind LETRA
Mag. Martina Roland
Professional Experience
09/2012 to present
Freelance Translator
02/2013 to present
English trainer
WIFI Upper Austria
Taught various classes, including:
- Business English (various levels)
- Apprenticeship with A-Levels – Preparation for the Austrian A-Level exam in English
- In-company-trainings
- One-on-one trainings
05/2012-07/2015
Spanish and English teacher
Institut Dr. Rampitsch
Two-year preparation courses for the Austrian A-Level exams
02/2011-12/2014
Spanish, English and German tutor
IFL-Institut für Lernhilfe
Institute for private tutoring
01/2011
Interpreter
DANAIDA - Verein für Migrantinnen
Association for female migrants
02/2006
07/2006
07/2008
Internship: Translating and foreign correspondence
Dipl.Ing. Hitzinger GmbH
Education
07-08/2015
"Legal English and Legal Writing" and "Orientation in the U.S. Legal System and Business Law"
ILI – International Law Institute, Washington, D.C.
02/2014 to present
Seminars and workshops:
- Teaching and Working with Teenagers
- General Knowledge of Psychology for Trainers in Lifelong Education and Managers
- Teaching With Technology
09/2014-05/2015
WIFI Diploma Program for Trainers in Lifelong Education (88 lessons)
Contents: Social and personal skills for trainers as well as theory and methodology of teaching
02/2012-11/2017
Master’s Program at Johannes Kepler University Linz
Law
Completion of first stage: 11/2014
Completion of various selected exams that are relevant for translating legal texts and documents
2005-2012
Master’s Program at Karl-Franzens-University Graz
Theoretical and Applied Translation Studies
Spanish and Arabic
Published Diploma Thesis: General provisions of the Austrian and Egyptian commercial laws: a concept-based, terminological comparison between German and Arabic, terminology management
2006-2010
Master’s Program at Karl-Franzens-University Graz
Theoretical and Applied Translation Studies
English
Second stage completed
2009-2010
Universidad Pontificia Comillas de Madrid
ERASMUS study exchange
2009
Summer Translation Institute at Western Michigan University
Advanced Translation Program for Arabic and English
2006-2010
Various language courses in Spain, Egypt and Syria
1997-2005
Completion of secondary education (high school)
Bundesrealgymnasium Linz, Landwiedstraße 82
Austrian A-Level exams with honors