Hi. I'm an award-winning literary and academic translator working from German and Dutch into English. You can find out more about my work below.
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Awards & recognition
October 2014
Harvill Secker Young Translators Prize
Named runner up for my translation of a sample from Der Hausfreund by Julia Franck.
January 2020
GINT Competition
Awarded second prize in the Geisteswissenschaften International Non-Fiction Translation competition for my translation of a sample of Warum es kein islamisches Mittelalter gab by Thomas Bauer.
June 2020
BCLA/BCLT John Dryden Translation Competition
Longlisted for the 2019–20 edition of the prize for my translation of a sample of Foon by Marente de Moor.
September 2020
Austrian Cultural Forum London Translation Prize
Shortlisted for the professional category for my translation of a sample of Himmelwärts by Elisabeth Klar.
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In-house experience
Oct. 2012–Oct. 2014
Amazon EU, Luxembourg
Full-time in-house marketing translator for the leading global e-commerce company.
July 2020–present
German Historical Institute London
Full-time translator and editor, working on historical research spanning all periods from the medieval to the modern.
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Training and development
Spring 2013
New Books in German
Emerging Translators Programme
- Took part in a translation workshop with Shaun Whiteside and translated a sample of the novel Zuckerleben by Pyotr Magnus Nedov
May 2019
GINT Translab
Workshop in academic translation sponsored by Geisteswissenschaften International and moderated by Ruth Martin
November 2019
Cove Park Translation Week
Selected participant in week-long literary translation residency
October–December 2019
Translation Mentorship
Dutch-English literary translation mentorship with David Doherty
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Publications (fiction)
June 2019
Mother Dear by Nova Lee Maier
Translation for Amazon Crossing of Lieve Mama by bestselling Dutch author Esther Verhoef.
December 2019
On Far Malayan Shores by Tara Haigh
Translation of best-selling German title Das weiße Blut der Erde for Lake Union Publishing.
May 2020
Death on the Beach by Anna Johannsen
Translation for Thomas & Mercer of Book Two of the Island Mystery series by German author Anna Johannsen (original title: Das Mädchen am Strand).
September 2020
Something Has To Happen by Maartje Wortel
A collection of three short stories translated from Dutch as part of the VERZET project - a series of eight chapbooks showcasing new Dutch writing.
December 2020
Don't Wake Me by Martin Krüger
Translation from German of Martin Krüger's thriller Weck mich nie for Thomas & Mercer.
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Publications (non-fiction)
2018
Marco Polo Pocket Guides: Salzburg and Surroundings
Travel guide translated from German for Mairdumont Verlag.
In addition to this title, I also contributed translations to the new editions of several other guidebooks in the Marco Polo Pocket Guides series: Dubrovnik & Dalmation Coast; Munich; Vienna; Barcelona; Berlin; and Algarve (2016–2019).
2018
Zentralstelle für die Weiterbildung im Handwerk e.V. Clavis: Focus on Welcome Culture
Contributed translations to a magazine on the German labour market for a public-sector organisation advocating vocational training.
November 2020 – present
German Historical Institute London Bulletin
Translation of academic articles and book reviews from German into English for the GHIL's in-house journal.