Description

A native English speaker and a linguist by both passion and trade, I offer expert language services that draw on over 20 years of professional experience and a lifetime of creative skill and attention to detail.

Marrying language pairs in translation and transcreation to create the perfect target text match for client copy that mirrors the essence of the original while asserting its own dynamic value.

Scrutinising the ins and outs of source and target copy to ensure the target has all its facts right and is headed in the right direction for a partnership that successfully overcomes all language and cultural quirks and divides.

Facilitating business affairs, tantalising travellers and foodies and helping IT and software companies get a leg up internationally…

A world without professional linguists would be a very small and boring place indeed!

Team up with me to broaden your horizons, opportunities and reach at home and abroad with English-language content that attracts and connects English speakers with you and your business.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Native or bilingual
French
Fluent
German
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Remote only

Primarily works remotely

Terroirs in Translation
Translator & Proofreader
January 2025 - Today (1 year and 5 months)
Carlisle, United Kingdom
French to English translation and transcreation for the wine and wine tourism industries

Proofreading, editing and localisation of English-language texts for the wine and wine tourism industries
Translation French-English Wine Tourism Oenotourism Wine Proofreading/Editing
Rachel Zayer - Wordsmith
Translator of Children's Books
January 2022 - Today (4 years and 5 months)
Carlisle, United Kingdom
Translation into English of four children's books by German author Ralf Leuther:

The Little Wizard Wobbletooth and the Lost Crown
The Little Wizard Wobbletooth and the Missing Centimetre
The Little Wizard Wobbletooth and the Disappearing Wand
The Little Wizard Wobbletooth and the Ice Princess
Translation German English Children's Literature Literary translation Transcreation Creative
Rachel Zayer - Wordsmith
French & German to English Translator | Transcreator | Editor
September 2008 - Today (17 years and 9 months)
Carlisle, United Kingdom
Highly experienced translator and transcreator of French and German to English, specialised in advertising and marketing, travel and tourism, gastronomy and lifestyle.

Co-founder of collaboration "Terroirs in Translation", specialising in wine translation for terroirs and tourism.

Crafting elegant, culturally fluent translations that bring stories of place, taste, and experience to life – engaging and inspiring audiences.
Translation German English Translation French-English Transcreation Tourism Marketing

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MSc Translation & Technology
Heriot-Watt University
2000
French > English translation: practical classes German > English translation: practical classes Theory of translation classes Translation technology modules MSc dissertation: “The Translation of Non-Standard Speech in the Subtitles to the French Film Les Visiteurs”
BA (Hons) French & German (Language & Linguistics)
University of York
1999
Four-year course with third year abroad French language & linguistics modules German language & linguistics modules English linguistics modules (specialism: Language acquisition and learning) Winter Semester at university in Lille, France Summer Semester at university in Tübingen, Germany

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MSc Translation & Technology
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
2000

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Rachel Z.

French & German > English Translator | Editor

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