CV CONFERENCE INTERPRETER
Sara Høyrup (AIIC)
sara@hoyrup.biz | +45 2747 7300
INTERPRETING LANGUAGES
A: Danish | B: English, Spanish
C: Catalan, German, Swedish, (New) Norwegian
I speak French and understand Italian.
INTERPRETING AND LANGUAGE STUDIES
Master's in international political journalism ENG, ESP, CAT, FRA (Universitat Pompeu Fabra 2018 to 2019)
European Master in Conference Interpreting DAN A, ENG B, ESP C (Copenhagen Business School 2009 to 2010)
BA & MA in ESP + ENG philology (Copenhagen University 1993 to 2002)
LANGUAGE AND TEACHING COURSES
DEU tuition (by European Parliament 2023 and 2024) | FRA for conference interpreters (by SCIC 2021)
Adult teacher training (Kursustrappen 2015 to 2016) | ESP terminology interpreters training (CIMAD 2015 to 2016)
WORK EXPERIENCE
European Institutions
2025: EU Council Minister meetings through HOP
Start 2022 to end 2025: full–time at EP
Since 2012: ACI at SCIC, EP, Court (500 days)
Political journalism & presentations
2017 to 2021: Spain correspondent for Magasinet Europa
2016 to 2023: presentations of Spanish politics at DK high schools, universities, libraries
Organizer & chef d'équipe
Since 2011: I own and run the agency Tolkene.dk | Interpreters.dk
2021 to 2022: I found, chose and ran a large team of translators and editors, proofreaders and quality controllers for the immediate literary translation DAN, SVE > ESP of 68 novels for Gyldendal
2015 to 2021: DEU—ENG—DAN teams for Femern A/S simultaneous interpretation tender
2002 to 2020: I organized study tours with consecutive interpretation BCN, SEV, CPH, OSL for local government and highschools, associations and private entities
2017: I was the organizer and chef d'équipe of double team DEU simultaneous + DAN subtitles ZDF German elections
2013 to 2016: I did consecutive interpretation DAN <> ENG at 10 weeks of building crane safety courses Copenhagen Metro Team
Other recurrent clients at my agency: Nordstream DAN > ENG, Danæg SVE > DAN, Danmission DAN > ENG, Novo Nordic DAN > ENG, Widex DAN > ESP
Consecutive 3 weeks safety course DAN <> ENG Siemens Wind Power | OSCE | DK Parliament | Danish Industry DAN <> ESP
Simultaneous Europol Eurojust DAN <> ENG | CWTs ENG ESP > DAN| North Atlantic Cooperation SVE NOR ENG > DAN | DK Royal Library ESP <> ENG
Legal 2003 to 2018: court, police, asylum interpreter and translator DK, SE, CT
Translator Since 2024: translation publisher at Refusenik | 2020: Oxfam report FRA > ENG | 2006 to 2019: newspapers Weekendavisen, Christian Daily DEU, ENG, ESP, SVE, NOR, FRA | Since 2000: literary translator DAN, ENG, ESP < CAT, FRA, NOR, NNO, SVE | 2013 DK Royal Theatre DEU | 2018 Université du Québec à Montreal FRA | Subtitles 2018 Danish Radio | 2014 science museum Experimentarium | 2005 Cineastas contra magnates
Newspaper proofreader 2007 to 2011: Weekendavisen | Publisher's reader 1997 to 2008 for 21 clients ES and still in DK
