Since 1997, Thea Dohler has been sharing her business and marketing expertise with freelance interpreters and translators in seminars and consulting sessions (Triacom Market + Strategy).
She runs a twice-monthly marketing hotline for members of the North German translators’ association, ADÜ Nord.
Thea was project manager and co-author of a study on the earnings of freelance interpreters and translators (2006).
Thea’s organizational skills are greatly appreciated in the industry; many remember the conferences she helped organize, ADÜ-Nord-Tage (2002, 2005, 2007, 2011), and the translation memory conference and trade show, TM-Tage 2003.
Text reviews
Translations
Project management
Languages
English, Swedish to German (native language)
Education
Ph.D. in education, University of Hamburg (»cum laude«)
M.A. in education, State Pedagogical Institute, Moscow (»with honors«)
B.A. equiv. in business administration, School of Economy, Hamburg (»very good«)
Diploma in Translation 100/2913/8, Institute of Linguists, London
Quality management certificate – DIN EN ISO 900x,
Rat & Plan, Hamburg
Teaching certificate for the Russian language, State Pedagogical Institute, Moscow
Swedish, Folkuniversitetet Stockholm and UISS Uppsala (CEF Level C1)
Regular study visits and conference attendance (»Summer Office«) in the U.S.,
Australia, Great Britain, and Sweden
Experience
Sales promotion, ADIA Interim GmbH, Hamburg
Materials management, E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH, GSM network. Hamburg
Accounting and HR development, Phoenix AG, Hamburg
Managing Director, GTM Consulting GmbH, Lüneburg
Publications
Moralerziehung im institutionellen Kontext (Peter Lang Verlag, 1994)
Kundenbroschüre: Verstehen und verstanden werden (2001)
Auskommen mit dem Einkommen? (Results of the ADÜ Nord income survey, with Helke
Heino, 2006)
Articles and papers published at regular intervals (1999–date)
Memberships
American Translators Association (ATA)
with German Language Division (GLD)
Marketing-Club Lüneburger Heide e.V. (MCLH)