Rachel Ward

Contact details
WYMONDHAM
NR18 0FY
United Kingdom
Professional profile
Activities
Editing
Proofreading
Translating
Language pairs
German > English
Areas of expertise
Literature and Philosophy
Social Sciences
Tourism
Qualifications and experience

2003 – present: Freelance translator of literary and creative writing from German and French to English in a variety of genres.

 

2012 – present                 Qualified Member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting

2003 – present                 Member of the Translators’ Association (Society of Authors)

2001 – 2002                       MA in Literary Translation, University of East Anglia, Norwich

1996 – 2000                       BA (2:1) in Modern Languages, UEA, Norwich

Publications

(2023), Anywhere, Dunbridge Academy 1 by Sarah Sprinz, Quercus

(2023) Woodwalkers, Holly’s Secret by Katja Brandis, illus. Claudia Carls, Arctis Books, New York

(2023) Woodwalkers, A Dangerous Friendship by Katja Brandis, illus. Claudia Carls, Arctis Books, New York

(2023) Woodwalkers, Carag’s Transformation by Katja Brandis, illus. Claudia Carls, Arctis Books, New York

(2023) The Acapulco by Simone Buchholz, Orenda Books, London

(2022) Tasting Sunlight by Ewald Arenz, Orenda Books, London

(2022) River Clyde by Simone Buchholz, Orenda Books, London

(2021) Memento Monstrum by Jochen Til, illus. Wiebke Rauers, Arctis Books, New York

(2021) The Edelweiss Pirates by Dirk Reinhardt, Pushkin Children’s Books, London

(2021) Hotel Cartagena by Simone Buchholz, Orenda Books, London

(2020) Welcome to Wine by Madelyne Meyer, The Experiment LLC, New York

(2020) Wartime Relations: Intimacy, Violence, and Prostitution in Occupied Poland, 1939-1945 by Maren Roeger, OUP, Oxford

(2020): The Train Mouse by Uwe Timm, illus. Axel Scheffler, Andersen Press, London

(2020): Mexico Street by Simone Buchholz, Orenda Books, London

(2019): Zippel, the Little Keyhole Ghost by Alex Rühle, illus. Axel Scheffler, Andersen Press, London

(2019): The Ambivalence of Good by Jan Eckel, OUP, Oxford

(2019): Beton Rouge by Simone Buchholz, Orenda Books, London

(2018) Blue Night by Simone Buchholz, Orenda Books, London

Continuing professional development
METMs
Workshops