CV CONFERENCE INTERPRETER

Sara Høyrup (AIIC)
sara@hoyrup.biz | +45 2747 7300

INTERPRETING LANGUAGES

A: Danish | B: English, Spanish
C: Catalan, French, Italian | German, Swedish, (New) Norwegian

INTERPRETING AND LANGUAGE STUDIES

Master's in international political journalism ENG, ESP, CAT, FRA (Universitat Pompeu Fabra 2019)
European Master in Conference Interpreting DAN A, ENG B, ESP C (Copenhagen Business School 2010)
BA & MA in ESP + ENG philology (Copenhagen University 2000 + 2002)

LANGUAGE AND TEACHING COURSES

DEU tuition (by European Parliament 2023 + 2024) | FRA for conference interpreters (by SCIC 2021)
Adult teacher training (Kursustrappen 2016) | ESP terminology interpreters training (CIMAD 2015)

WORK EXPERIENCE

European Institutions

2025: EU Council Minister meetings through HOP during Danish Presidency
Start 2022 to end 2025: full–time at EP
Since 2012: ACI at SCIC, EP, EU Court (500 days)

Political journalism & presentations

2018 to 2023: presentations of Spanish politics at DK high schools, universities, libraries
2017 to 2021: Spain correspondent for Magasinet Europa

Organizer & chef d'équipe

Since 2011: I own and run the Danish–Spanish interpreting 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: I formed and ran DEU—ENG—DAN teams after winning the Femern A/S simultaneous interpreting 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 interpreting DAN <> ENG at 10 weeks of safety courses for riggers at 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 building crane 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 | on the team of Nordic Council since 2024

Legal 2003 to 2018: court, police, asylum interpreter and translator DK, SE, CT

Medical: congresses: clinical trial to treat fibrostenosing Chron's Disease ENG > DAN + blood donors + psychiatric patients DAN > ENG | Novo Nordic diabetes treatment DAN > ENG | Widex hearing aids DAN > ESP | criminal fraud cases: cancer researcher Milena Penkowa DAN > < ESP + medical trials DAN > < ENG | hospital visits doctor–patient DAN > < DEU + judge–assault victim ESP <> ENG

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