Sibila Thompson grew up in Sydney, Australia and, as the daughter of German parents, is completely bilingual.

After completing an arts/law degree at the University of Sydney, Sibila worked in Sydney as a solicitor for several years before moving to Germany. Getting a job in her chosen career was not easy, so initially she worked as an adviser on common law for a law firm in Frankfurt. Here a portion of her time was spent translating contracts and many other kinds of documents for her clients – and so a love of translation was born.

Around this time she became state-certified as an English-German translator and, even whilst later working as in-house counsel for a large multi-national consulting practice, she continued to translate free-lance in her spare time.

After 16 years in Germany Sibila decided it was time to head back to the sunshine so, with her husband and two daughters, she moved back to Sydney where she is now concentrating on translating. When she is not working, she loves to cook, draw and paint, and go to the beach.

For more information visit her website: Umlaut Translation.