I have been providing language services to international development organisations, NGOs and charities since 2006, both directly and through specialist agencies.
Effective communications in this sector need:
- a detailed understanding of the particular development context concerned
- well-honed research skills
- skilful handling of extensive reference materials, often from multiple sources
- excellent terminology management for consistency across documents
- the ability to write clearly and accurately for readers who are often not native speakers of the target language.
'International development' is a broad field, with complex interactions between seemingly isolated issues. My particular areas of interest and expertise lie in:
- sustainable development
- infrastructure projects
- water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)
- environmental issue, particularly climate change adaptation and mitigation
- public health and disease control, including HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis
- sexual and reproductive health
- gender, equality and human rights, particularly women's and children's rights
- humanitarian relief.
The types of document I translate and edit in these fields are:
- reports
- press releases
- funding applications
- website copy
- journal articles.
Click on the links to see some examples of my recent projects and published work.
