lingua-eu

Your Language Service for Industrial Relations

Wir sprechen europäisch - We speak European - Nous parlons européen - Parliamo europeo - Hablamos europeo - Mówimy po europejsku

about us

Jacques Bister
  • Graduate interpreter for French, graduate translator for Italian, very good knowledge of English
  • Numerous interpreting assignments particularly with trade unions; coordination of interpreting services
  • Former trade union secretary of the IGBCE (Mining, Chemical and Energy Industrial Union)
  • In-house adviser to the group works council and the European Works Council of Linde AG
  • Expertise in project management (consulting services for trade union members on the Hartz IV unemployment scheme, EWC project in cooperation with five countries...)
  • Doctoral candidate; doctorate on EWC and eastward enlargement;
  • Principal author of the German/French glossary "Wortschatz für die Gewerkschaftsarbeit" on trade union terminology; several years of experience in international educational activities;
  • Several years of work as an external expert to the European Trade Union Institute in Brussels.
Nicole Besler
  • Graduate translator for French and Italian; very good knowledge of English;
  • Trade union secretary of the IGBCE (responsible for legal advice concerning labour and social law, corporate assistance, project work and youth);
  • Several years of experience in youth work and in international educational activities;
  • Work placement with the French trade union CGT-FO and the Italian trade union CGIL;
  • Participation in the compilation of the the German/French glossary "Wortschatz für die Gewerkschaftsarbeit" on trade union terminology;
  • Creative design