Lucy Brooks Translations About Us

Lucy Brooks is a trained linguist, and translates technical, commercial, and general documents from German, French, and Spanish, all into English

She is a member of the Institute of Linguists (now Chartered), and trained in London(Diploma for Linguists in Commerce and Industry, now the Universityof Westminster). She attended CommercialSchoolin Lübeck, Germany, and the Sorbonne in Paris. She also lived and worked in Spainfor many years.

She was one of the first members of the Institute to apply for Chartered Linguist status, granted in February 2008.

Assets: "I believe that the most important assets I bring to my work are a strong foundation in the languages in which I work, and equally, if not more important, the background knowledge I bring to my translations, my ability to “see” into the mind of the writer of the text (often not a skilled wordsmith himself) and my ability to write good, clear English.

Apart from my ability to translate accurately my customers appreciate three things, and come back year after year:

Well-honed target texts: My translations are honed into more than a mere translation - rather a piece of copy that reads as if it had been drafted in English.

My attention to deadlines: In 19 years I have never missed a deadline.

My professional attitude: I do not take on more than I can do, and do well. I do not take on texts that are outside my fields. I make extensive, yet judicious use of CAT tools and research facilities available to modern translators – Internet and on-line specialist translator resources, I keep all work utterly confidential."