About me

    I am a freelance translator of Dutch into English. I specialise in literary and academic texts, as well as related editing and copy writing.

  

Recent translation work

• The Limits of the Market by Paul de Grauwe, OUP, 2017
• The Power of Populism. Geert Wilders and the Party for Freedom in the Netherlands by Koen Vossen, co-translated with Viven D. Glass, published by Routledge, 2016
• The Boys Are Dead by Fréderike Geerdink, co-translated with Viven D. Glass and Brendan Monaghan, published by Zed Books, 2015
• samples and rights catalogues for Dutch and Belgian publishers and literary organisations
• articles and blogs for Flemish cultural organisation Ons Erfdeel 

Qualifications

I learnt Dutch at university, gaining the Cambridge University certificate and diploma in 2002 and 2003 respectively, alongside my studies in Classics and linguistics. I subsequently spent four years living in the Netherlands, studying for my PhD in Linguistics at Utrecht University. During this time I attended literary translation courses and seminars organised by the Dutch Foundation for Literature, who added me to their list of approved translators in 2007. I am a Member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists and the Translators Association.

Contact 

anna.asbury@annaasbury.com