Lomanstraat 87 - 1075 PX Amsterdam - The Netherlands

677, M. 6 - T. Joho - A. Mueang - Nakhon Ratchasima 30310 - Thailand

Personal details

Dutch (The Netherlands) is my mother tongue. I pretend to be fluent in English, proficient in German and French, and I have developed advanced reading skills in Afrikaans, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Spanish, Lao and Thai. Besides, I have profound knowledge of the specific vocabulary and syntax used in Flemish (Dutch Belgium / Belgian Dutch).

Pairs (language combinations)

Although my mother tongue is Dutch, I have more experience in translating into English. I personally do more than fifteen language combinations of which eleven on a daily or at least weekly basis:

Dutch to English

English to Dutch

Flemish to English

Norwegian to English

Norwegian to Dutch

Danish to English

Danish to Dutch 

German to English

German to Dutch

Swedish to English

Swedish to Dutch

Although I am not a certified translator, agencies I work for appreciate and certify - and embassies legalise - my translations. 

References are available upon request.

Fields of translation expertise

Law - Finance - Business - User Manuals - Civil Registry and Education (Life Event Certificates and Diplomas) - Medical (general) - Sales & Marketing - Employment & Pensions - Web content - General....and more

Background

My flair for languages seems rooted in my family, with four other (semi-)professional translators and two literary writers. I am a (yet) unpublished writer of both poetry and prose.

Work experience (selected)

In 2003, I started a new career as a professional, full‑time, freelance, multilingual translator. I work for a dozen translation offices in Asia, as well as for about fifteen in Europe, North-America and South-Africa.

Prior work experience includes positions in The Netherlands, South America, Africa and Asia, in sales, finance, administration, management and language education at SME’s as well as for the local government. Besides, I have been a self-employed part-time art dealer for ten years.

Education

University: Economics at the VU (Amsterdam) – not graduated

High school: VWO (secondary education leading to A-levels), graduated in 1980

Language courses : Spanish, Thai

Skills

Highly skilled and experienced internet researcher.

Advanced MS Word skills, intermediate MS Excel skills.

Hardware

> 2007 PC (Intel Core Duo2Duo 2GHz) + spare

> Scanner

> Laser printer

> UPS

> Reliable 6 MB DSL-connection

> 2007 Toshiba laptop with 3.5G mobile internet + spare

Software, CAT & Translation Memory

> XP Media Center ’04, Windows 7

> MS Office 2003, 2007

> Adobe Acrobat

> Firefox 5, etc.

I use one CAT tool, a productivity and accuracy enhancing tool, personally developed and integrated in Office 2003. As for Translation Memory, I rely on my head in combination with comprehensive glossaries for eight languages, which I have been compiling since 2003. Yet, I am considering to start using Wordfast.

Additional information

Working hours: Mostly eight days a week from ± 3 am – 3 pm gmt. I can be flexible, because I work at home, an office that never closes.

General availability: several hours per day, depending on ongoing commitments.

Estimated average response time to an email: during working hours less than 10 minutes.

Free disposable daily output: up to 2000 words.

• Adobe Acrobat
• Adobe Photoshop
• A productivity and accuracy enhancing tool, personally developed and integrated in MS Word and Excel.