selected translations
From 2002 through 2019 I worked as a freelance translator and technical writer. Here, some samples of my work for you to read.
articles
Journalists again sound the alarm about Free Press Unlimited by Maite Vermeulen (translated from the Dutch original here)
How Free Press Unlimited silenced its own journalists by Maite Vermeulen (translated from the Dutch original here)
Why electric cars are always green (and how they could get greener) by Thalia Verkade (translated and adapted from the Dutch original here)
Bermuda? Guess again. Turns out Holland is the tax haven of choice for US companies by Jesse Frederik (translated and adapted from the Dutch original here)
This is what it was like to give a TED talk by Rutger Bregman (Dutch original here)
The Dutch Donald Trump wasn’t stopped, he was copied by Rutger Bregman (The Guardian reprinted a modified version)
How billions vanish into the black hole that is the security industry by Dimitri Tokmetzis and Maaike Goslinga (Dutch original here)
To understand the magnitude of what’s going on in South Korea, watch this short film by Jos De Putter (Dutch original here)
Eight years and 6,500 Obama photos later: How our view of the President has been meticulously crafted by Sterre Sprengers
Meet the greatest anti-poverty crusader you’ve never heard of by Sanne Blauw and Maite Vermeulen (Dutch original here)
A tree walks into a courtroom by Lynn Berger (Dutch original here)
This is the Berlin Wall of our time by Maite Vermeulen (Dutch original here)
After Brussels everything’s been said (except what almost everyone thinks) by Rob Wijnberg (Dutch original here)
How do you tell stories from a country that doesn’t want them told? by Lennart Hofman (Dutch original here)
Meet the most persecuted people in the world by Lennart Hofman (Dutch original here)
This is what goes wrong inside your head every day by Thalia Verkade (Dutch original here)
non-fiction books
ASML's Architects: The story of the engineers who shaped the world's most powerful chip machines
The Road to Integration: A Guide to Applying the ISA-95 Standard in Manufacturing
Defusing Destructive Relationships: How to recognize psychopathy and contain its damage (forthcoming; see Dutch original here)
novels
Planet Paradroid: A psychedelic dark comedy about friendship, love, and the meaning of death (forthcoming; read a longer excerpt here and see the Dutch original here)
The Eagleton Seal (forthcoming; see Dutch original here)