Interpreter & Translator · Berlin

Harald
Kirschner

Conference with Competence

Professional interpreter and translator for English and Spanish. For over 20 years I have been interpreting for politics, business and media in Berlin and internationally.

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German
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English
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Spanish
20+
Years of professional experience as a freelance interpreter
3
Languages: German, English, Spanish
BDÜ
Member of the German Federal Association of Interpreters and Translators
About me

Languages are my passion

For over 20 years, I have been offering my clients linguistic expertise and first-class service as a freelance interpreter and translator. In addition to my native language German, I interpret in and from, as well as between, English and Spanish.

If other languages are required, I am happy to arrange additional colleagues. On request, I will put together a complete interpreting team for your conference and take care of all the necessary equipment.

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Simultaneous Interpreting

For conferences, congresses and large-scale events

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Consecutive Interpreting

For negotiations, meetings and delegation visits

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Live TV Interpreting

For news channels, interviews and press conferences

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Translation

Specialist translations for business, technology and law

References

A Reference for Competence

My clients come from politics, business, media and industry.

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Politics & Foundations

Friedrich Naumann Foundation, Konrad Adenauer, Friedrich Ebert, Heinrich Böll and Rosa Luxemburg foundations. Embassies (Spain, Chile, USA, Namibia and others). European Works Council meetings for IG Metall, ver.di, Bombardier, eBay. Interpreting at the German Bundestag and for international delegations.

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Media & TV

Live interpreting for ZDF, MDR, KiKA, Sat.1, n24-Welt and Deutschlandradio. Interviews with international heads of state, press conferences of NATO secretaries general and US presidents. Concert agency Marek Lieberberg.

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Business & Industry

Conferences, board meetings, negotiations, training sessions. Three years in chemical plant construction. Court hearings and notarial certifications.

Clients (Selection)

Bombardier Siemens Stadler Alstom MAN Daimler Rolls-Royce General Electric Boeing Bayer BMW Lidl & Schwarz Bristol-Myers Squibb Lockheed Martin DIHK Bundestag Welt TV ZDF
Impressions

Insights into my work

Photos from my daily work: conferences, delegation visits and industrial assignments.

Berlin Security Conference 2025

Berlin Security Conference 2025

Boris Pistorius at the 24th BSC
Rolls-Royce Factory Visit

Rolls-Royce Factory Visit

Mexican experts at Rolls-Royce, 2023
Airbus Helicopters, Ingolstadt

Airbus Helicopters, Ingolstadt

EC145 Type Rating with the Bolivian Air Force, 2014

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News

Recent Assignments

Assignments and events from recent years.

23 February 2026
Conference AI and Art(market)
18 November 2025
Boris Pistorius at the 24th Berlin Security Conference
11 March 2025
Café Kyiv opens for the third time, enormous turnout
12 September 2024
Summit of the chemical and pharmaceutical industry
11 September 2024
American senators at the Potsdam state parliament
6–8 March 2024
Lidl & Schwarz leadership meeting at the Berlin Westhafen Event Center
19 February 2024
"Café Kyiv" event at the Berlin Kino Colosseum
January 2024
Briefing on the security situation in Mexico · Training at Deutsche Bahn: Maintenance of locomotive control units
29–30 November 2023
22nd Berlin Security Conference
30 October 2023
Welt TV: Interview by Paul Ronzheimer with Israeli President Herzog
September 2023
Mexican experts learn about renewable energies · Young international politicians in Dresden · Consultation of South African politicians in the Bundestag · Supplier dialogue at BMW in Munich
September 2023
German-Chilean Raw Materials Forum at DIHK · Economic forum with the Dominican Republic · Live on Welt TV: The Rolling Stones present their new album
May–June 2023
Young MPs from Asia on a fact-finding mission · Tour for African MPs through the Sponge City Quarter · DIHK World Economic Conference · First article inspection of a traction motor for CAF at VEM Sachsenwerk Dresden
March–May 2023
26th European Police Congress · Parliamentary breakfast on digitalisation in Estonia · Spanish organic farmers meet German wholesalers · Breakfast with the King of Lesotho
January 2023
Turkish experts in the Bundestag on energy, climate change and digitalisation
2022
Africa Association breakfast at the Bundestag · Friedrich Naumann Foundation seminar · Economic committee receives African representatives · Simultaneous assignment "Lighthouse Ukraine" · Studio interview with Estonian PM Kaja Kallas on Welt · Daily interpreting standby for Ukraine coverage on Welt (n24)
2021
European Police Congress · Live interpreting on Welt: Press conferences NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg and US President Biden · Live interpreting: Arrival of Lionel Messi in Paris · KAS conference: Spread of jihadist groups in Africa · Training on wheel lathe at Stadler Rail · Online interpreting for the 3rd Ecumenical Church Congress
Contact

Let's
talk

Give me a call or send me an email. I am happy to advise you.

Harald Kirschner

Address

Harald Kirschner
Dipl. Dolmetscher u. Übersetzer
Schwalbenflug 1
D-12685 Berlin

Need an interpreter?

Conference, interview or negotiation: I will gladly prepare an individual quote for you, including a complete interpreting team and equipment if needed.

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