Professional profile
Activities
Copywriting
Editing
Proofreading
Transcreation
Translating
Editing
Proofreading
Transcreation
Translating
Language pairs
Dutch > English
Areas of expertise
Business and Finance
Economics
Engineering
General science
Information Technology
Economics
Engineering
General science
Information Technology
Qualifications and experience
B.Sc. in Mathematics (1984): Haverford College, Haverford, PA (US)
10 years' experience in health insurance sector (financial forecasting, data analysis, programming)
Since 2013:
- translation of technically-oriented texts (manufacturing, engineering, rail, sustainability, policy, IT, financial)
- translation, transcreation, copywriting of marketing texts (mainly NL > US EN)
- proofreading, revision, editing of whitepapers, theses, books with a detailed/technical slant
- copywriting, transcreation of marketing texts
Continuing professional development
METMs
Workshops
- Corpus creation and analysis using AntConc 4
- Macros from square one: learn to work smarter and faster with Word macros
- Audiovisual translation: a skills-based introduction to an interdiscipline
- Speaking a brand’s language: a deep dive into verbal identity
- Managing team projects
Other
SENSE workshops/webinars:
- Professional Day: Sept 2017, Sept 2019
- 2017: Mac Word
- 2018: data security, editing, Mac macros
- 2019: editing, copywriting
- 2020: blogging, tech backups, personal branding, GDPR, T&C, connectors, Word
- 2021: PDF/OCR conversion, Excel, Word styles/TOC
- 2022: proofreading/editing, website design/optimization, pricing/negotiation
- 2023: microcopy, ChatGPT
Teamwork: translation workshops Feb 2019, Oct 2019, Nov 2019, Oct 2021, April 2022, June 2022
BP: 2020 (online), 2021 (online), 2023 (Utrecht)
METM: 2021 (online), 2022 (masterclass)
AP Stylebook: 2023 (online)
ELIA: 2018 (Athens) 2021 (online), 2022 (online)
memoQ fest: 2018
SEO workshop: May 2018
WordBee workshop: June 2019
