I am a qualified translator of many years’ experience, specialising in translations from German to English customers in German trade and industry.

I founded the firm in 1996; before that, for nearly twenty years I was Lecturer in German at the University of Nottingham, England.
I was also a visiting lecturer at the Otto von Güerecke University, Magdeburg.

J. F. Slattery, B.A., M.Phil.

Curricullum Vitae

Date of birth:
27 July 1950

Nationality:
British

1969-1975
Studied German at University College London

1971-2
Assistant Teacher, Wilhelm Gymnasium, Hamburg

1973
BA First Class London

1975-1995
Lecturer in German, University of Nottingham.

I was responsible for language teaching at all levels of the course and was also a member of the examinations board.

1985
M.Phil. Degree. Title of thesis: The Romantic Mentality of Goethe’s Wahlverwandtschaften

1992-3
Visiting lecturer, Otto von Güerecke-University, Magdeburg

My appointment was part of a programme organised by the Federal German Government to assist higher-education institutions in the former East Germany. I assisted in the development of the Department of English, founding the first courses in translation between English and German.

1995
Left the university service.

1996
Founded Slattery Translations.