Translation of einbilden

After next week, I will tutor the Mr. Zillmay from the language lab in Los Angeles, he is currently in the states. The lesson will take place in LA, but it may be held no earlier than mid-February.
I've been working on and off on the dictionary during the entire week, and I'll spend some more hours on it this coming weekend. Sometimes he would get a bit mixed up and use formal Castilian sometimes instead of informal.
Besides, what do you do for living? Where exactly do you live in Venezuela? Southern Germany is also very beautiful with the Alps. Can you understand my German? I would like to improve it.