About me

I am an English and Dutch translator. I have always loved the English language, even as a child, which is why my choice for the School for Translation and Interpreting in Maastricht was the obvious one. I graduated in 2000, specialising in the translation of legal documents, and I was sworn in at the Court of Oost-Brabant in ’s-Hertogenbosch. I have been in the Register of Sworn Interpreters and Translators since 2009 under number 515. Each registration period of 5 years, 80 Continuing Education Credits need to be obtained in order to renew this registration. I do this by attending subject-matter translation courses and translator conferences.

After my graduation, I subsequently entered the employment of a large law firm as in-house translator. I worked there for five years, gaining legal knowledge and working among lawyers and civil-law notaries.

After that period, I was employed as translator for more than nine years at a medium-sized translation agency, where I became acquainted with the commercial side of the translation business and everything that it entails. In addition to legal texts, I also translated business texts, slightly financial texts, general texts and culinary texts, both from Dutch into English and from English into Dutch. Ever since my graduation, I have attended several training courses for translators every year in order to keep my knowledge up to date and expand it.

I started offering my services as a freelance translator under the name of 040taaldiensten in 2015, and in addition to providing translations, I also give training in English fluency and legal English, and I interpret at notary appointments (execution of deed of transfer / mortgage deed) for people who are not fluent in Dutch.

Moreover, I am a member of the Netherlands Association of Interpreters and Translators (www.ngtv.nl).

Do you have a text that needs to be translated from Dutch into English or from English into Dutch? Do you need the assistance of an interpreter at the notary, or would you like to improve your English skills? Please contact me, I am happy to make a quotation for you.