Academician (RUL Slavic languages), raised bilingual in NL, lived in Prague for 5 years, 25 years of experience as an interpreter-translator.

In 1986, as a first-year student of Slavic Language and Literature, I interpreted for the first time within the framework of the city link between Den Briel and Havlíčkův Brod. In military service I was repeatedly used as an interpreter during meetings between high-ranking officers and during my stay in the Czech Republic between 1994 and 1998 I was active as an interpreter almost daily, especially in my capacity as a representative of a Dutch travel agency in Prague for the Dutch embassy and for the Prague police. After my return to the Netherlands I interpreted intensively for many years, especially for the IND. In recent years I have been interpreting for the Justice Department, notaries, private individuals and various (government) agencies such as the UWV and the Child Care and Protection Board.

I was born in Prague. When I was 2 years old, my parents settled in Holland as Czech emigrants. I was raised bilingual here - we spoke Czech at home and I was a member of the "Czechoslovak Scouts in Exile." After studying Slavic Language and Literature in Leiden and special military service, I worked in Prague for 5 years for a Dutch travel agency the Dutch embassy and as a freelance interpreter-translator. Since the beginning of the new millennium I have been working fully as a freelance interpreter-translator in the Netherlands.

- Doctoral degree in Slavic Language and Literature (University of Leiden) -1992 - Sworn in by the District Court in The Hague as a translator for the Czech and Russian languages - 1994 - Diploma in State Examination in Czech (in Prague) - 1997 - Registered in the Register of Sworn Interpreters and Translators as an interpreter-translator in Czech and translator in Russian - 2009