Most unusual translation jobs #1

Two months ago, a Dutchman contacted me by e-mail to ask me whether I’d be interested in working with him on the lyrics of a song he’d written for an obscure Dutch female singer.
He’d learnt French at school, some 40 years ago, by reading Balzac and Zola; now he was trying to write a love [...]

Working part-time as a freelance translator #1

This article is the first in a series on “Working part-time as a freelance translator”, in which I’ll share my experience of moving from an 8-hour working day to a 4-hour one.

For the past few weeks, I’ve been undergoing the experience of working part-time. Before discussing the benefits of this decision and the strategies I’ve implemented [...]