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Translating Scientific Integrity: The Rules of Academic Research by Kees Schuyt
This past summer, I had the pleasure of translating Tussen fout en fraude by Kees Schuyt for Leiden University Press. This book, titled Scientific Integrity: The Rules of Academic Research in English, offers an in-depth look at the latest developments in scientific ethics and academic integrity policies in the Netherlands. The entire book is available for download, click on Read More for the link.Meer lezen
The Boy Between Worlds is officially out!
My translation of Annejet van der Zijl's Sonny Boy, titled The Boy Between Worlds in English, officially came out on August 1 with Amazon Crossing. It seems that people are as fascinated and moved by this story as I was. Check out the reviews on Amazon and GoodReads!Meer lezen
10 Books from Holland!
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!Meer lezen
Dutch Architecture Translation for Frits van Dongen
This past Spring, I had the pleasure of working with Elbert Arens, essay writer for Dutch architect Frits van Dongen, on their new retrospective book Frits van Dongen: 25 years, 25 works. The beautiful, shiny red volume is published by Spain's TC Cuadernos, translated into Spanish and English. The project turned out to be a trilingual collaboration: I translated Arens's architecture essays from Dutch to English, which were then translated into Spanish. Both translations are printed side-by-side for bilingual reading and accompanied by large, colorful images.Meer lezen
Freelance Annual Report Writer for Amsterdam NGO
In the first half of 2017, I was commissioned by the Max Foundation to write their 2016 Annual Report. It was an enormous job, but the final result has been well worth the effort! Max Foundation is a wonderful Amsterdam-based NGO focused on providing clean water, sanitation and health services in South Asia and soon in Africa. You can read the Max Foundation 2016 Annual Report here!Meer lezen
Residency at the Vertalershuis Amsterdam
As a translator, you constantly have to make decisions on what to do about these little things. Do you just translate them as they are and preserve the Belgian-ness of the book? Or do you convert them into something more familiar for your target readership? If you translate "hostie" to "satellite wafer", are you then obliged to explain that it is a sort of puffy sugary disk with candy beads rattling inside? Would Americans appreciate encountering a "Rubbermaid" in a book they chose specifically for its foreign-ness?...Meer lezen
