Gijs Van Breugel

Question and Answer

• What is your name?
  • Gijs VAN BREUGEL
• Where do you live?
  • Romilly sur Andelle FRANCE
• What made you decide to become a translator or interpreter?
  • Moving to France ...
• List one strength that you think sets you apart from your colleagues.
  • Comparative Legal knowledge between the french and dutch legal system.
• Name the one thing that you most enjoy in your translating or interpreting career.
  • People !
• We all have worked on those not-so-perfect assignments. Write about one such assignment that was not ideal and what you learned from it.
  • Medical ... too much detail....
• If you could go back in time to when you were just starting out as a translator or interpreter, what advice would you give to your younger self?
  • More acquisition.
• Name one resource – such as a phone app, CAT tool, website, and so forth – that you find especially helpful in your translating or interpreting work.
  • Cafetran
• What's the best book you've read this year?
  • Caesar's Women - Collen McCullough.