Lucy Renner Jones

2011 Resident at the Translator’s House, Looren, Switzerland

2010 Recipient of a Pro Helvetia bursary for literary translation. Participant in Böse Schafe International Translator’s Symposium at the LCB.

Since 2008 Freelance translator of literary texts from German to English in the areas of the film, art and fiction.

2005-2008 MA in Applied Linguistics from University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.

2004 Photography exhibitions at the Italian Cultural Institute, Berlin (“Radici!”) and the British Embassy, Berlin (“24 Hour City”). www.the-real-jones.com

1994-2005 Freelance photographer in Hamburg and Berlin Germany.
(publications include The Guardian, Berliner Zeitung, Max, The Independent).

1992-1994 Residence in Barcelona. Photographic assistant.

1987-1991 BA Honours in German Literature, Film and Spanish under W.G. Sebald at the University of East Anglia, UK.

Karen Witthuhn

2011 Participant on the Hiernonymus seminar at EUK Straelen and a participant on the Übersetzerwerkstatt, LCB Berlin.

Since 2000 Works as a freelance translator, mainly of theatre texts and plays, film scripts, and novels. Specializes in subtitling theatre performances.

Since 1995 Works as a director, dramaturge and production manager for German state theatre and independent theatre companies as well as the international theatre festival Theaterformen.

1991-1994 BA Honours in Drama, Theatre, Film & Television at the University of Bristol, UK.

1990-1991 Studied Modern Languages and European Studies at the University of Bath, UK.

1988-1990 Studied English and German Literature and Modern History at the Freie Universität Berlin.