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A lot can happen in five years

8/10/2017

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It's strange to think how quickly the last five years have gone past, and just how much has happened in that time! Since I graduated with a BA in French and German in 2012, I've worked as an in-house translator and proofreader in a translation agency, worked as a freelance translator, completed an MA in literary translation, co-translated a novel from German that has now been published, and worked for over a year and a half in publishing, helping to give writers from around the world a voice in English. 

I'm still translating myself in my spare time, which can be exhausting alongside a full-time job, but the reward is certainly worth the effort. My two jobs – assistant editor for fiction and literary translator – go extremely well together and I find that networking across the industry certainly benefits me in each of my roles. I've made so many fantastic friends and great contacts over the years and I am excited to see that continue.

​My slightly revamped website now also contains a gallery of my favourite fiction that I've read recently. This will often include new releases that I'm working on at Oneworld, but I'll try and mix it up a bit with English-language fiction too, or any other books that I've come across. For example, I've added Let Us Be True, the outstanding new novel from Alex Christofi, which is well worth a read. You can also watch videos from the SPOILER ALERT! series, in which Matt Gardner (@FuzzyPixels) and myself see a film every week and record our thoughts before and after.

I will try and update my blog more frequently, including reviews of books I've particularly enjoyed, thoughts about working as a translator and editor, or round-ups of translation or general book events I attend. If there's anything you want to hear more about, let me know in the comments section.

Thanks for reading!
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