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I've been working for over 10 years now as a subtitler for several French, German and US companies.
Sometimes French subtitles were required, sometimes German ones. Sometimes I did the spotting, sometimes I didn't. I must say I prefer concentrating on the actual translation. It's tremendously fun to imagine how best to adapt a pun, a joke or a song into another culture, another language. A lot of people complain that things are missing in subtitles. Well, there's just so much you can write, subt… Continue

I am a translator and subtitler (French-German-English). My favorite jobs require a creative mind. That's why I gladly accept to translate fiction, films, advertizement, books dealing with art, art history etc... if both parties can agree on a rate. Let's not forget, a creative translation requires skills that can't be measured by a CAT-tool or only by a word-count program and it deserves a rate that allows the translator to be creative. It's not just about accuracy. It's about submerging yourse… Continue