OUR SERVICES
INTERPRETING
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ONLINE EVENT HOSTING
We are your service provider for online events – incl. our own mini hub and skilled conference engineers
OUR LANGUAGES
German – Russian – English – French – Spanish – Polish – Ukrainian – Chinese – Arabic – Portuguese
OUR TEAM
Ask@co Sprachendienst GmbH is an association of freelance interpreters and translators based in the heart of Berlin.
Bärbel Sachse, Robin Mitchell, and Jochen Sachse make up our team. In addition, we are supported by a wide network of experienced colleagues.
Why choose ask@co?
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Outstanding quality
We collaborate exclusively with colleagues with a degree in the field, substantial job experience and great references.
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Highly skilled and fairly priced
No matter the language of your project – we will meet your request promptly. We are also well equipped to assist you with all your conference technology needs.
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You can always count on us!
Interpreting is a matter of trust. We have been on the market since 2005 and offer your company the necessary experience and competence to make communication with your foreign-language partners or customers a success.
FEEDBACK
I want to sincerely thank you and your colleagues for the fantastic work at the Nemtsov Forum! Thanks to your efforts, we were able to create an event that was lively, emotional, and truly meaningful. Everyone felt fully involved, which was exactly what we aimed for. I hope you found it interesting as well.
A huge thank you from all of us!
Maria Lipkovitch
Human Rights Project Management
...I would like to take this opportunity to once again thank you on behalf of GIZ for the excellent collaboration.
I accompanied the delegation trip and was very pleased with the interpreters you provided. Mr Ivanov, Ms Zimmermann, and Ms Zimmermann's substitute played a crucial role in facilitating the group's communication. Their cooperation was exemplary, and they showed great flexibility with minor programme changes. Thank you very much!
Best regards,
Riccarda Retsch
GIZ Ukraine
...Many thanks for the great collaboration, the top-notch equipment, and the fantastic interpretation.
Marius Jedlitschka Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
...On behalf of Peter Kleine, Lord Mayor of Weimar, I would like to thank you and everyone who was involved in the interpretation and the technology. Everything worked brilliantly and we are very pleased that we were able to hold this important and touching event so well digitally.
Warm regards
Andy Faupel
Stadtverwaltung Weimar
...It was a pleasure to work with you and your team last week. You have done a wonderful job! Thanks a lot for your professionalism, team spirit and understanding.
Best regards,
Hélène Giraud.
UN.org
...Thank you so very much for your exceptional support yesterday at our workshop! It would have been impossible without you and your team!
Thanks again and best wishes,
Laura Stenmans.
dena
...It was always comforting to know that you and your team, expert translators and interpreters, were always ready to support us in our events and translation projects – because the first step to communication is understanding. We always knew we were in the best hands with you in this regard – we didn't have to worry about the linguistic part. I would like to thank you for the appreciative, amiable collaboration, the clear communication and the willingness to always make the best of everything, even when circumstances were challenging.
Warmest regards,
Astrid Nebelung.
DRJA
...We were, once again, very satisfied with your services. It's wonderful that everything is running so smoothly. Your professional simultaneous interpretation is a real asset to our events, especially since our international discussion rounds flow so effortlessly as a result. [...]
Best wishes,
Jens Klauenberg.
Logistics Alliance Germany
It was nice to see you yesterday. Also I found your office was very comfortable, and the sound quality was excellent. [...] Thank you for giving me the opportunity to work with you this time. I hope our paths will cross again. Until then I wish you all the best.
Kind regards,
Keiko Graumann-Fujii.
Conference Interpreter
Dear Ms Sachse and the Askco team,
Thank you so very much for the link and for your excellent interpretation and technical support at our event! We were extremely pleased.
Best wishes,
Lisa Tomilets.
Center for Liberal Modernity
Dear Ms Sachse,
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your interpreters, once again, for your excellent performance at the 30th Congress of German Civil Law Notaries. Collaborating with you and your interpreters is always a joy and highly professional.
Best Wishes,
The organisational team of the Congress of German Civil Law Notaries.
...Thank you so very much, also on behalf of Ralf Fücks and Sergey Tsyplenkov, for organising such a perfect online event for us today! And a huge thank you to both interpreters for their fantastic work!
We look forward to working with you in the future!
Best regards,
Daria Malling.
Center for Liberal Modernity
...Many thanks to you and your colleagues for your excellent support at our meeting on Friday and at our discussion last Wednesday. As always, your services left nothing to be desired!
Thank you again and best wishes,
Raliya Ostendorf.
Deutsch-Russisches Rohstoff-Forum
…It really was very enjoyable! We received a lot of praise for the interpretation, both technology- and content-wise. Mr Sachse, we would also like to thank you very much for hosting the ZOOM event. It was wonderful.
Almut Wetjen.
German Eastern Business Association
...Thank you again for the opportunity to schedule test calls for all of our speakers. It was very helpful and useful for everyone. ... I am delighted that we have been able to continue the bilateral exchange in our working groups successfully via ZOOM. Thank you very much again for your comprehensive support and preparation!
Maren Schrobar.
Petersburg Dialogue
The customer was highly satisfied and everything went very well.
Thanks again for your great interpreter and the prompt service.
I am very pleased that we can always rely on your services.
Martina Reisenweber.
Messe Reisen Falk GmbH
Dear Ms Sachse,
I would like to extend a warm thank you to you and your whole team today on behalf of my client and myself for excelling at meeting our translating and interpreting requests, which are extremely challenging in terms of language, field and deadline. This applies especially to the working languages German, Russian, English, Polish and Czech, providing professional skills and expertise in the field without fail as well as your reliable services for more than eight years at this stage.
Regina Dyka, Language Service Leader.
Gazprom Germania GmbH
...The interpreters of ask@co Sprachendienst GmbH have played an essential part in the successful running of various events.
We would like to thank you whole-heartedly for your professional support from your team on behalf of the employees of DRF e.V. and would like to give a special mention to Ms. Bärbel Sachse and Mr. Alexander Korolkow.
Anna Kaiser.
Deutsch-Russisches Forum e. V.
... It is always a delight to collaborate with you. Our events wouldn’t be the same without your exceptional, professional team, during the preparation period as well as at the event…
Susanne Kafemann.
Messe-Reisen Falk GmbH.
… I would like to thank you and your team wholeheartedly for your once again excellent collaboration on behalf of myself and on behalf of the Steering Committee of the Petersburg Dialogue.
Once more, you employed highly professional interpreters in close collaboration with our organisational team, who made a major contribution through their services to the successful running of the discussions in the eight working groups …
Dr. h. c. Lothar de Maizière.
Chairman of the Steering Committee Petersburger Dialog e.V.
… the first ICCEES Regional European Congress and fascinating, inspiring and intensive congress days are behind us. With 570 participants from 36 countries in Europe, America and Asia, the feedback from the congress titled “Transcending Europe’s Borders. The EU and its Neighbours” was very big and most positive.
…I would like to thank you wholeheartedly on behalf of the German Association for East European Studies (DGO) for the reliable and exceptional language support in the implementation. As always we were extremely impressed and highly satisfied with the performance of your colleagues.
Dr. Heike Dörrenbächer.
Managing Director.
… Thank you for your service at our conference in Potsdam. I had no doubt that you would excel in this job. We always enjoy working with you and look forward to further great collaboration in the future.
Dorota Stroinska.
Friedrich-Ebert Foundation, International Dialogue/Central Eastern Europe.
... first of all, I would like to thank you for your Christmas and New Year wishes and our collaboration that has always been great, as well as your reliable high-quality services. We can’t predict with certainty, unfortunately, what the new year will have in store for us, but we are hoping for many more interesting events and your language support, of course.
Best regards and all the best for 2010,
Anke Zimdars.
German Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations
… many thanks – albeit delayed but just as heartfelt – for the great support at our congress!!! Again, collaborating with you was a lot of fun. Participant feedback was positive all around and we hope that your colleagues enjoyed it just as much …
Barbara Heeskens.
Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT
... we would like to thank all interpreters wholeheartedly, who supported us at the 4th Moscow Economic Forum (Moskauer Wirtschaftstage) in Düsseldorf.
The event’s success can be largely credited to the exceptional performance by the interpreters, who – once again – mastered even difficult topics effortlessly. We really received very positive feedback on your work from all sides.
Let me thus say “see you next time”
& send warm regards from Düsseldorf ...
Bettina Gausmann.
State Capital Düsseldorf, economic promotion
OUR INTERPRETERS IN ACTION
41st Meeting of the Berlin Eurasian Club
Brussels, 17 October 2024
German Eastern Business Association
Nemtsov Forum
Overcoming the Fear: Between Appeasement and Resistance
Berlin, 10 - 11 October 2024
Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom
InnoTrans 2024: Accompanying the Egyptian Minister of Transportation
Berlin, 26 September 2024
Commissioned by
Deutsche Bahn
Bergedorf Round Table 2024
Berlin, 24 September 2024
Körber-Stiftung
Photo copyright: Harald Kirschner
Delegation trip of US State Legislators on the topic of ‘Energy Policy in Germany’
Potsdam, 11 September 2024
State Chancellery
15th Meeting of the German-Kazakh Business Council
Berlin, 28 August 2024
German Eastern Business Association
Human Rights Conference in Memory of Yuri Schmidt
Berlin, May 2024
Awarding of the 2024 Peace Prize to Navalny
Dresden, 12 May 2024
Initiative Friedenspreis Dresden
Photo copyright: Bettina von Arps-Aubert
Deutsche Bahn Group Meeting
Berlin, April 2024
Deutsche Bahn (DB)
2nd German-Uzbek Health Forum
Berlin, 18 - 19 April 2024
DUMG Koch-Avicenna e.V.
Photo copyright: Harald Kirschner
2nd Baltic Sea Business Day
Rostock, 18 April 2024
Federal State Government of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Photo copyright: Harald Kirschner
European Police Congress 2024
Berlin, 16 - 17 April 2024
Behörden Spiegel
Photo copyright: CORRECTIV/Kolja Zinngrebe
Panel: Russia the aggressor: What is Russian civil society doing?
Berlin, 14 February 2024
CORRECTIV
Ukrainian-German Conference on Mental Health, Psychosocial Support and Rehabilitation
Berlin, February 2024
GIZ
Photo copyright: Harald Kirschner
Technology Seminar, English
Cottbus, January 2024
Deutsche Bahn (DB)
Photo copyright: Harald Kirschner
Berlin Security Conference
Berlin, 29 - 30 November 2023
Behörden Spiegel
German-Turkmen Business Forum
Berlin, 20 November 2023
German Eastern Business Association
Energy Dialogue
Germany – Central Asia
Berlin, October 2023
German Energy Agency (dena)
Energiesprong Convention
Berlin, 19 October 2023
German Energy Agency (dena)
Forum: Moving to Decmocracy
Berlin, 13 October 2023
Seminar for Track Workers from Turkey
June/July 2023
Deutsche Bahn
17th Latin America Conference of German Business
Berlin, 1 June 2023
German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK)
AHK World Conference
Berlin, 10 May 2023
German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK)
26th European Police Congress
Berlin, 3 - 4 May 2023
Behörden Spiegel
Human Rights Conference in Memory of Yu.M. Schmidt. War.
Berlin, 29 - 30 April 2023
Co-organiser Center for Liberal Modernity
AKL ’23 - International Laser Technology Congress
Aachen, 26 - 28 April 2023
Fraunhofer
7th Meeting of the German-Uzbek Business Council
Berlin, 28 February 2023
German Eastern Business Association
Event: Central Asia as a Region of Growth
Hamburg, 1 February 2023
Hamburg Chamber of Commerce
Ceremonial Handover of Office
Berlin, 20 January 2023
Bundesnotarkammer
Harmonisation of Technical Regulations
ZOOM Conference,
December 2022
German Eastern Business Association
Russia at War with Ukraine and its Own Future
Hybrid Conference,
15 December 2022
Center for Liberal Modernity
Dialogue: Humankind and War
Berlin, 13 December 2022
Women’s Initiatives for Peace
c/o OWEN e.V.
Meeting of the Board of Trustees
ZOOM Conference,
November 2022
EVZ Foundation
Academic Tour of Stakeholders from Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Berlin, November 2022
Deutsche Energie-Agentur (dena)
National Day of Mourning
Berlin, 13 November 2022
Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge