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Member since Nov '02

Working languages:
English to Norwegian
Italian to Norwegian
Norwegian (monolingual)
Norwegian to Italian
Norwegian to English

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Hege Jakobsen Lepri
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Native in: Norwegian Native in Norwegian
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About me
With probably the best price/quality ratio in the market, I offer readable, well-researched, and style- sensitive translations in the following fields:
EU-projects, technical (mechanics, home electronics), software, tourism.
I also do legal translations It-No, especially contracts, court documents, divorce decrees etc.
I'm HST-registered in Ontario.


Translating to me represents a love for the orginal text--the original language, the original words, as well as a love for the process. Good translation requires care, attention, patience and thought, as well as dedication and time. And these qualities are, to me, symptomatic of a love of the process.
Admittedly, this love of language doesn't always give you shivers of joy while labouring with difficult texts, but it's love that keeps you going, through the night to get things right before a deadline.

I have been a cultural commuter for most of my adult life, and belive I have developed an acute cultural sensitivity that helps me understand and translate the meaning behind the words.

The love of language has also brought me to language teaching, and I teach Norwegian to small groups and to individuals.



I have grown to become reasonably bilingual Norwegian- English, however with a distinct self identity as Norwegian. Italian, acquired as an adult, is the language in which I learned to appreciate art and architecture.

My translation experience started in 1994 while finishing my Masters thesis, and has been either a side activity, or main work activity for all the years to follow. I've worked on translation projects for Telenor (No), Utviklingssenteret (No), the municipality of Prato, (It), Teatro della Limonaia (It), as well as for a vast number of agencies world-wide.
Other relevant work experiences include:
Experience as English teacher in Taiwan and Norway, project leader EU projects, translation and interpretation to/form Italian, Research fellow in sociology, and evaluator.
I participated in, and won a EU-tender for translations in genereal fields/public administration for the period June 27/2011 - June 26/2012

Since 2001 I've been self-employed, fr the most part enjoying the flexibility, as well as the opportunity it gives me to choose my own projects.
In 2004 I moved (following my husband), from Tuscany to Toronto- where I use the multicultural environment as stimulus for further linguistic growth.
For a deeper look into my fields of interest, see:
http://hegelincanada.wordpress.com/
http://norwegianlanguagelove.com
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Total pts earned: 533
PRO-level pts: 405


Top languages (PRO)
English to Norwegian156
Italian to English124
Norwegian to English93
Italian to Norwegian16
Swedish to Italian16
Top general fields (PRO)
Tech/Engineering140
Other132
Medical42
Bus/Financial35
Science20
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Top specific fields (PRO)
Mechanics / Mech Engineering28
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion19
Medical (general)12
Architecture12
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.8
Law (general)8
Government / Politics4
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Keywords: Italian to Norwegian, English to Norwegian, translation, quality translation, well-written translations, Norwegian Lessons, Norwegian Toronto, sociology, pedagogy, legal documents, education, political science, technical descriptions, tourism (w/ history- art history)




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Feb 7



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