Profile
Petra C. Rieker is the founder and owner of The Art of German Language, which was established in 2007. She is a native speaker of German and has lived in the U.S. since 2005. Her whole professional life has been devoted to the work with the German and English languages. She has 20+ years of experience as a public relations consultant to international companies, a journalist, freelance translator and German language instructor.
Affiliations:
- ATA American Translators Association
- DVTA Delaware Valley Translators Association (Board Member)
- ALTA American Literary Translators Association
- VdÜ Die Literaturübersetzer
(German Literary Translators Association) - AATG American Association of Teachers of German
- DJV Deutscher Journalisten-Verband
(German Association of Journalists)
Continuing Education:
- 2019 DVTA East Coast Interpreters and Translators Summit (Widener University, PA)
- 2020 DVTA Virtual East Coast Interpreters and Translators Summit
- 2020 ATA61 Annual Conference
- 2021 ALTA44 Virtual Conference
- 2021 ATA62 Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN
- 2022 ITA2022 Annual Conference
Conference Presentations:
- 2021 ATA62 Minneapolis, MN:
Exploring the Spectrum of Translatability: When and How to Make Interpretive Decisions - 2022 ITA2022 Virtual Conference
Exploring the Spectrum of Translatability: When and How to Make Interpretive Decisions
Recent Publications:
- “Almond Eyeless – Can Poetry Be Translated? An Interview With the Author Karen Meadows”
ATA Chronicle, July/August 2021, Vol. 50, No. 4 - “Literary Translation: Finding Focus in It’s Fuzzy Borders”
ATA Chronicle, March/April 2022, Vol. 51, No. 2
Direct Clients (Selection):
- CETRA Language Solutions
- Global Arena
- Global Lingo