Geographer
by formation, and linguist by vocation, my endless quest for knowledge and
intercultural communication has led me to work on translation.

Living,
studying and working in several countries has given me the opportunity to not
only ‘acquire’ languages first hand, but also learn to appreciate them in their
uniqueness and become fascinated with the art of translation. A sharp sense of
grammar from early school days, and a passion for etymology, semantics and the
history and politics of language have been my most loyal companions throughout
my life.

During my
university years, translation was an essential tool for the academic tasks of
teaching, writing and the editing of a Geography journal with international
distribution. In the academic environment, everybody needed the help of a
translator, and so I became the preferred pro-bono reader and translator of
texts around...

Time and
experience would provide the self-confidence needed to establish myself as a
freelance translator and editor. And so I embraced the on-going endeavour of
constantly improving my skills through both formal tuition and personal
research and practice.

Over the
last ten years, I have delivered a substantial number of professional
translations and edited countless texts, mostly of an academic nature—books,
articles and dissertations from various scientific fields. But I have also
worked with other text forms, such as technical manuals, film scripts, and commercial
advertisements.