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I love helping creative businesses and academics find the right words to reach the right people. I like asking questions. My aim is to ensure clear and correct style in my mother tongue. Attractive prose is important to me. As is striving to make life better. I am a member of Catalan professional translation association APTIC and a Qualified Member of the UK professional translator's association: ITI. I am also a certified Proz.com translator in all my language combinations and a member of the UK based Emerging Translators Network for literary translators. I endorse the ITI Code of Ethics and strive to be a sustainable business. I work pro bono for Translators without Borders.

I am a English & German native speaker with a great passion for language. Since 2014 I have been working as English to German freelance translator. In addition to that I have also gained valuable in-house experience by working at established and well-known translation agencies occupying roles as translation checker and proof-reader as well as project manager and translator.

I am bilingual (RUS-ENG) and have a great love for languages that has led me to learn 5 other languages. I have lived in France, the US, the UK and now Austria. I strive for perfection in everything I do. I dedicate myself to all projects I receive by thoroughly researching and creating glossaries and style guides. I pay close attention to terminology, consistency, and style. I have experience in various fields and can provide references from many clients with whom we have established a stable cooperation. I can assure you that the translation will be delivered on time and in the best possible quality. My professional reputation is my guarantee to you that I will do everything according to the highest standards.

I am a passionate linguist with many years of experience in translation and interpretation. I hold an M.Phil in French from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, with a specialization in Translation & Interpretation, and also a C1 from Alliance française of Madras. I work predominantly between English and French. I translate mainly literary, general, administrative texts as well as scientific articles and reviews. Winner of translation grant from Centre national du livre, Paris.

I've been in translations/linguistics since 1997, millions of words, vast experience, a great lot of fields, I've worked for Google, Airbnb, governments (local and states), just name it. I'm fond of languages. I can speak English (of course), French, Russian, some German, Norwegian, Chinese and even Ukrainian. I've studied Icelandic and am familiar with Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Faroese. Localization/CAT tools: starting from routine tasks such as bilingual files prep and post-processing and ending with deployment of custom-tailored translation memory servers using SVN or GIT technologies. Briefly, I love everything related to languages.

I am an industrious, self-driven, disciplined, dynamic, organized individual with excellent interpersonal skills. I am an enthusiast of languages and cultures and I therefore yearn to expand my knowledge and thus improve on my competency in this sector. When it comes to translation services, I put an emphasis on quality and I am thus keen to provide accurate error-free translations. I put my best foot forward in everything I put my mind and heart to do.

I offer over a decade of experience specializing in Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Italian to English translation, localization, subtitling, and interpretation. Prior work includes translating for Google, The New York Times, A-list celebrities, Fendi, EU-funded research projects, National Geographic docuseries, UNICEF videos, Dario Gioè's Journey to the Center of a Millennial, and localizing marketing materials and websites for international hotel chains. Finally, I've interpreted for the United States Anti-Doping Agency, immigration attorneys, asylum seekers, market researchers, and medical patients.

Studied translation at alliance francaise and vocational education committee colleges: qualified as commercial translator ( french ) and irish association of translators ( german ) Have worked for New Books in German, xplanation.com, globalvoices, stealth translations. Book excerpts of biographies ( H Nitsch, F Sedlacek, R Schneider, L Wittgenstein, Stanislaw Lem ). Some samples available on Proz.com site, look under my name or username calgarie.

I am a practicing lawyer with both a civil law and common law degree.

MA, English Literature and Linguistics, Translation Professional, TEFL Certified English teacher. 2014- 2019 Acquiring a vast expertise for the last 5 years in various fields. Responsible for handling and translating all kind of documents such as; international development reports, technical and website materials, feasibility and business case studies, medical material and more. Having a special educational preparation and extensive experience in writing articles, essays, literary comments, political researches and technical reports. Moreover, I have worked extensively in the field of subtitling movies, documentaries, TV series, programs ... etc from and into English. What is so important for enhancing one’s expertise is the contact and interaction with so many different fields, through which to gain hands-on experience. Inter-personal skills and ability to work in a multi-cultural environment with sensitivity and respect to diversity.

Native English speaker with 10 years of experience translating into English (5 as a full-time translator), an Undergraduate degree in French and Portuguese from the University of Leeds and a Masters in Translation. I also have 9 years of experience teaching English as a second language and have worked as a copywriter for 1 year in-house, and 4 years as a freelancer.

Database developer and IT project manager turned video specialist and technical translator