Marjo 🥉

My strengths as an interpreter

Over 30 years of interpreting and translation experience with and for notaries, courts, police, asylum services, businesses, and private individuals.

About my interpreting experience

From 1982 to 1986, I lived in Madrid, where I worked as an interpreter and translator in addition to my regular job. Upon my return to the Netherlands, I worked as a department secretary until 1991, regularly acting as an interpreter. During this time, I completed a training course in interpreting and translation. I have been registered with the Chamber of Commerce as an interpreter and translator since 1995.

About me (place of birth, native language, other details)

I am from 's-Hertogenbosch, my native language is Dutch, and I lived in Madrid, Spain, from 1982 to 1986.

Credentials

******* Catholic College of Higher Education, Spanish Studies, Bachelor's degree ******* 3 COCTV Spanish Interpreting and Translation Program ******* 9 Training as a Court Interpreter at the Foundation Institute of Court Interpreters and Translators (SIGV) ******* 04 Legal Translator in Criminal Cases at the Foundation Institute of Court Interpreters and Translators (SIGV); 2006 Intensive Spanish refresher course at the Malaca Instituto in Malaga; 2007 Course in Spanish law at the University of Salamanca; 2014 Course in Spanish law for court interpreters and legal translators at the University of Salamanca; ; 2017 Course on the Colombian legal system in criminal cases and course on Medellín street slang at the Bilivarian University of Medellín, Colombia. In addition, I have always kept up to date with developments in notarial practice, laws, and regulations in the field of criminal and civil law; From 2010 to 2021, I was affiliated with the NGTV Helpdesk for Starters, where I organized the Starters Days until 2015 and answered questions from novice interpreters and translators until 2021. In 2011, I was an internship supervisor at LOI.