Dutch Archives - Kristen Gehrman Language Services https://www.kristengehrman.com/category/dutch/ Literary Translation, Editing & Writing Wed, 06 Dec 2023 12:40:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://www.kristengehrman.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/logobrilalleen_transparantbackground-0_600dpi1_smaller-1-150x150.webp Dutch Archives - Kristen Gehrman Language Services https://www.kristengehrman.com/category/dutch/ 32 32 The Son and Heir featured for AmazonCrossing’s World Book Day https://www.kristengehrman.com/the-son-and-heir-featured-for-amazoncrossings-world-book-day/ Mon, 19 Apr 2021 11:21:34 +0000 https://www.kristengehrman.com/?p=2481 My English translation of Alexander Münninghoff's Libris History prize-winning memoir De stamhouder is one of ten works of translated literature that Amazon Crossing is featuring for its World Book Day campaign. This week only, Kindle users can download The Son and Heir for free. Click here for the link. Happy reading!

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]]> My English translation of Alexander Münninghoff’s Libris History prize-winning memoir De stamhouder is one of ten works of translated literature that Amazon Crossing is featuring for its World Book Day campaign. This week only, Kindle users can download The Son and Heir for free. Click here for the link. Happy reading!

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]]> The Son and Heir, now available for pre-order! https://www.kristengehrman.com/de-stamhouder-by-alexander-munninghoff-available-in-english-translation-march-20/ Sun, 09 Feb 2020 11:14:20 +0000 https://www.kristengehrman.com/?p=2426 It turns out that the word "stamhouder" isn't so easy to translate into English. A "stam" is the trunk of a tree--a family tree in this case--and a "houder" is the one who keeps it. In other words, a stamhouder is the last branch, the keeper of the family line, the inheritor of its name, history and legacy. Since we don't have a single-word equivalent in English, my translation of Alexander Münninghoff's Libris History Prize-winning memoir, De Stamhouder, is aptly titled The Son and Heir. Written by the son of a Nazi, the grandson of one of the wealthiest men in Europe, and the heir to a (very!) complicated legacy, this true story traces a multi-generational family history from Eastern to Western Europe, through the Roaring Twenties, WWII and beyond. Published by Amazon Crossing. Now available for pre-order!

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]]> It turns out that the word “stamhouder” isn’t so easy to translate into English. A “stam” is the trunk of a tree–a family tree in this case–and a “houder” is the one who keeps it. In other words, a stamhouder is the last branch, the keeper of the family line, the inheritor of its name, history and legacy. Since we don’t have a single-word equivalent in English, my translation of Alexander Münninghoff’s Libris History Prize-winning memoir, De Stamhouder, is aptly titled The Son and Heir. Written by the son of a Nazi, the grandson of one of the wealthiest men in Europe, and the heir to a (very!) complicated legacy, this true story traces a multi-generational family history from Eastern to Western Europe, through the Roaring Twenties, WWII and beyond. Published by Amazon Crossing. Now available for pre-order!

Published by Amazon Crossing, available Aug 1, 2020! Pre-order HERE.

Check out the reviews on GoodReads.

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]]> The Boy Between Worlds now available for pre-order! https://www.kristengehrman.com/the-boy-between-worlds-now-available-for-pre-order/ Thu, 04 Apr 2019 09:18:20 +0000 https://www.kristengehrman.com/?p=2379 I'm excited to announce that my English translation of the Dutch bestseller Sonny Boy by Annejet van der Zijl is now available for pre-order! The English translation, titled The Boy Between Worlds (AmazonCrossing), will be officially published in the United States on August 1, 2019.

 

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]]> I’m excited to announce that my English translation of the Dutch bestseller Sonny Boy by Annejet van der Zijl is now available for pre-order! The English translation, titled The Boy Between Worlds (AmazonCrossing), will be officially published in the United States on August 1, 2019.

place your pre-order here!

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]]> 10 Books from Holland! https://www.kristengehrman.com/10-books-from-holland/ Wed, 06 Mar 2019 16:48:51 +0000 https://www.kristengehrman.com/?p=2367 I was delighted to translate the Spring 2019 edition of 10 Books from Holland for the Dutch Foundation for Literature. It just came out and boy is it a beauty! This season's selection includes the new Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer novel Grand Hotel Europa (if you haven't read it yet, you should!), Driessen's latest collection of short stories (that one about the guy diving off his boat for a swim and suddenly realizing he's all alone and can't climb back on!?), Auke Hulst's examination of Nixon (as a person rather than as a president), a magnum opus from 1970s Curaçao, a story of a girl whose mission in life is to find other people's lost stuff, and many more. If you're attending the London Book Fair this year, you might be able to snag a copy. Otherwise, download the pdf HERE!

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]]> I was delighted to translate the Spring 2019 edition of 10 Books from Holland for the Dutch Foundation for Literature. It just came out and boy is it a beauty! This season’s selection includes the new Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer novel Grand Hotel Europa (if you haven’t read it yet, you should!), Driessen’s latest collection of short stories (that one about the guy diving off his boat for a swim and suddenly realizing he’s all alone and can’t climb back on!?), Auke Hulst’s examination of Nixon (as a person rather than as a president), a magnum opus from 1970s Curaçao, a story of a girl whose mission in life is to find other people’s lost stuff, and many more. If you’re attending the London Book Fair this year, you might be able to snag a copy. Otherwise, download the pdf HERE!

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]]> Translating and editing for karres+brands’ new book! https://www.kristengehrman.com/architecture-translation-for-karresbrands/ Mon, 26 Feb 2018 12:12:34 +0000 http://www.kristengehrman.com/?p=2318 Last year, I collaborated with karres+brands on the translation and editing of their new book. This beautiful Dutch-English bilingual edition contains fascinating images and detailed descriptions of their 2017 landscape architecture and urban planning projects. As always, it's wonderful to see the final result in print!

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]]> I’ve had the pleasure of working with karres+brands as a freelance translator and editor since 2015. This rapidly growing international firm specializes in landscape architecture and urban planning, with projects across the Netherlands and beyond. Through my work with them, I’ve learned a lot about all the creativity that goes into designing healthy living environments and modern, multifunctional public spaces — not to mention the extensive Dutch vocabulary for sustainable, socially-minded design.

Last year, I collaborated with karres+brands on the translation and editing of their new book. This beautiful Dutch-English bilingual edition contains fascinating images and detailed descriptions of their 2017 landscape architecture and urban planning projects. As always, it’s wonderful to see the final result in print!

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