My work is mainly tech/business/legal, but I'm also interested in translating writing in non-standard and/or historical dialects of smaller languages, and I particularly enjoy stuff like diaries and song lyrics.

Career
Entrepreneurial creative with high-level UK, European, US experience in financial services (Dresdner Bank), IT (software startups and midcaps), energy/power, entertainment (Warner). Also speech-/copywriting for multinationals, politicians. Successful part-time musician and performer. Currently propietor of walking/hiking business FollowTheBaldie.com.

Education
MSc in Educational and Training Systems Design (cum laude)(Twente University)
MA in Area Studies (School of Oriental and African Studies, London)
Bachelor of Music (Hons)(Manchester University)

Translation
Diploma in Translation (Dutch-English) (Institute of Linguists, 1994, merit)

Apart from the languages listed, I also have good German, reasonable facility in Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Portuguese, and Italian, and scraps of Arabic, Welsh, and Shona.