Hello…

…and welcome to my website. My name is Tony Parr. I’m a professional, self-employed translator, editor and writer specialising in corporate communications. For further information, please click on one of the above tabs. Here’s what I do:

Translation

• Dutch-English and French-English translation (specialising in business-related material, i.e. finance, marketing, PR, tax and accountancy, as well as EU and development cooperation).
• Sworn, i.e. certified, Dutch-English and French-English translations of certificates, diplomas, letters, testimonials, contracts – anything, in fact.

Editing and writing

• Language editing: polishing up your English to eliminate any linguistic errors and Dutchisms.
• Editing for clarity: improving the readability of your English-language texts. This involves adjusting both form and content, for example by chopping and changing, and adding, omitting and moving text.
• Adapting speeches, press releases, marketing brochures, staff magazines etc. you’ve written for a Dutch audience so that they can be read, understood and enjoyed by an English-speaking audience.

Audits and consultancy

• Language audits: is your organisation’s use of English up to scratch? Is your language policy working (if you have one)?
• Consultancy: assessing the quality of translations, whether internally or externally produced. Are your translation service-providers delivering value for money?

Voice-overs

• Voice-overs for films and video presentations.

Workshops and courses

• Workshops for secondary school students preparing for Cambridge ESOL exams, such as the Certificate of Proficiency in Use of English (CPE).
• Conferences, courses and workshops and other professional development activities for translators (a Teamwork activity together with my business partner, Marcel Lemmens).
• English writing courses for native speakers of Dutch.

Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you’re interested in any of these services. I look forward to hearing from you.