Margareta Maria Bowen

Background

Bowen, Margareta Maria was born on June 28, 1928 in Baden, Austria. Daughter of Franz and Marie (Neumeyer) Brosch.

Education

Diploma translator, U. Vienna, 1950; diploma interpreter, U. Vienna, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Vienna, 1951; certified conference interpreter, translator, Georgetown University, 1957.

Career

Translator, Ministry of Interior, Vienna, 1950-1954; conference interpreter, Austria, Belgium, and United States, 1956-1968; chief interpreter, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, Vienna, 1968-1972; assistant professor, Georgetown University, Washington, 1972-1978; associate professor, Georgetown University, Washington, since 1978. Special consultant in translation, Tangiers, Morocco, 1988. Consultant to Canada Laval U., 1977, U. Ottawa, 1983, University of York, 1993, U. West Indies, 1989-1991.

Member subcommittee F15.34 of American Society for Testing and Materials on Language Interpreting.

Achievements

• Margareta Maria Bowen has been listed as a noteworthy Interpretation and translation educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association of Language Specialists (numerous committees), Association Internat.des Interpretes de Conference (statute revision committee 1967-1968, liaison with World Bank 1972-1973), European Society for Translation Studies.

Connections

Married Samuel R. Brooks, May 25, 1956 (divorced 1958). Married David Bowen, December 29, 1970 (deceased 1997).

Father:

Franz Brosch

Mother:

Marie (Neumeyer) Brosch

Spouse:

Samuel R. Brooks

Spouse:

David Bowen