Vivien Collingwood
Dutch-to-English translation
I translate texts from Dutch into English, and pride myself on providing an accurate, high-quality and insightful service. I have translated a wide range of texts, from policy papers and annual reports to more creative literary assignments, and from short web texts to longer, book-length monographs.
Clients include Medecins Sans Frontieres, Holland Uitgeverij, Defence for Children and TiasNimbas Business School, among others.
Due to my academic background, I specialise in texts in the areas of politics, international relations, history, development studies and the social sciences.
The process
Texts to be translated can be sent in either hard of soft copy. The preferred format is a Word document as an e-mail attachment.
Translations are charged per word. The rate per word is based on a number of factors, including the total number of words and the level of difficulty of the text.
Translation is about more than changing words from one language into another; it's also about being aware of the cultural sensibilities and body of knowledge that underlie a text.
New clients are welcome to contact me for samples of my work or a short test translation.
