Christiane Miller of Duxbury died on April 26 after a short illness.

Mrs. Miller grew up in Bremen, Germany. She then moved to Venezuela and began her professional career with several of the major companies there. In 1979, she moved to the United States where she established her own foreign language translation, interpretation and instruction business. She graduated from Bridgewater State University and received a master’s degree from Middlebury College.

Moving to Duxbury in 1988, she continued to build her foreign language business. Her clients included numerous organizations throughout the U.S. as well as in Europe and Africa. Ms. Miller herself was particularly skilled in simultaneous interpretation, able to interpret between German, Spanish and English. She used this ability at many international conferences, and served as an interpreter for the President of Venezuela during state visits.

For the past three years, she taught in Tanzania, Africa, where she was a visiting lecturer in Communications and African Studies. It was in Tanzania where she fell ill earlier this year.

She leaves her husband, Stephen Miller of Duxbury; her parents-in-law David and Annette Miller of Wisconsin; and sister and brother-in-law Margaret Miller and James Berg of California.

A memorial service for Mrs. Miller will be conducted on May 18 in Dernbach, Germany by the Sisters of the Arme Dienstmägde Jesu Christi.