Helena Lautner I was born in the former Soviet Union and have lived in Bavaria, Germany, since 1978. In 1984 I studied at the Munich Institute of Languages and Interpreting and graduated in 1987. In 2012 I obtained the degree of a Bachelor of Arts in Translation. I have been working as a freelance translator and interpreter since 1987 and have been a partner in Lautner, Rieger, Schmidt GbR since 1993. Since 2000 I have been teaching at the Munich Institute of Languages and Interpreting. Conference interpreter and translator, state accredited, sworn and officially recognised, English, German and Russian. Membership of Organisations AIIC (Association Internationale des Interprètes de Conférence / International Association of Conference Interpreters) VbDÜ (Verein öffentlich bestellter und beeidigter Dolmetscher und Übersetzer Bayern e.V. / Association of Sworn Interpreters and Translators in Bavaria) VKD (Verband der Konferenzdolmetscher im BDÜ / Association of Conference Interpreters)