Selected projects (arranged by client)
TRANSLATIONS:
Amsterdam University Press
A Real Van Gogh: How the Art World Struggles with Truth, by Henk Tromp, 2010.
Anne Frank Stichting, Amsterdam
Anne Frank House: A Museum with a Story, by Janrense Boonstra and Marie-José Rijnders, 1992.
A Telling Silence, ed. Karen Polak and Judith Schuyf (Dutch title: Een stilte die spreekt). With Lorraine Miller, 2000.
For the Racism and Extremism Monitor (Dutch title: Monitor Racisme & Extremisme):
Monitor reports: Racism and Extremism Monitor, seventh report (Dutch title: Monitor Racisme & Extremisme, zevende rapportage), edited by Jaap van Donselaar and Peter R. Rodrigues, 2006; Racism and Extremism Monitor, eighth report, edited by Jaap van Donselaar and Peter R. Rodrigues (2007); Racism and Extremism Monitor, ninth report, edited by Jaap van Donselaar and Peter R. Rodrigues, 2011.
Monitor cahiers: The extreme right: entry and exit (Dutch title: In en uit extreemrechts), by Ineke van der Valk and Willem Wagenaar, 2010.
Who Was Who In and Around the Secret Annexe? (Dutch title: Wie was wie in en om het Achterhuis?), by Aukje Vergeest, 2013.
ArtEZ Press
The Power of Fashion: About Design and Meaning, edited by Jan Brand and José Teunissen, 2006.
Fashion and Accessories, edited by Jan Brand and José Teunissen, 2007.
Fashion and Imagination: About Clothes and Art, edited by Jan Brand and José Teunissen, 2009.
The New Man, published by d'jonge Hond & ArtEZ Press, 2010.
Oilily, by Jos Arts, 2010.
Colour, edited by Jan Brand and Anne van der Zwaag, 2010.
Farmers, the work of photographer Louise te Poele, 2010.
Askant (for Textware Tekstproducties, Utrecht)
Two Centuries of Solidarity (Dutch title: Twee eeuwen solidariteit: De Nederlandse, Belgische en Duitse ziekenfondsen tijdens de negentiende en twintigste eeuw), by Karel Veraghtert & Brigitte Widdershoven, translated with Yvette Mead, 2007
Baker Books, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Jesus, the Son of God, by Jakob van Bruggen (Dutch title: Het evangelie van Gods zoon: Persoon en leer van Jezus volgens de vier evangeliën, published by J.H. Kok BV, Kampen, 1996), 1999.
Christ on Earth, by Jakob van Bruggen (Dutch title: Christus op aarde: Zijn levensbeschrijving door leerlingen en tijdgenoten, published by J.H. Kok BV, Kampen, 1987), 1998.
La Biennale di Venezia 2011, Dutch Pavilion
Opera Aperta / Loose Work; Reader: texts by Guus Beumer and Willem Schinkel (Marres Books)
Bijbels Museum Amsterdam (exhibition texts)
Biblical fragrances, 2001.
Anabaptists in Amsterdam / Doperdom in Amsterdam, 2001.
Senses and statues / Zinnebeelden, 2003.
Women of the Bible / Bijbelse Vrouwen, 2003.
Della Robbia, 2003.
Rembrandt’s biblical etchings / Rembrandt en de bijbel: Alle etsen, 2006.
Kees de Kort, 2007.
Inside Out: Young People and Religion / Binnenstebuiten: jongeren en religie, 2008.
Torah: The five books of Moses / Tora, de vijf boeken van Mozes, Ruud Bartlema, 2008.
The Lost Temple: Jacob Jehuda Leon (1602-1675) and his model of the Temple of Solomon / De Verdwenen Tempel: Jacob Jehuda Leon (1602-1675) en zijn model van de Tempel van Salomo, 2008.
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Han Nefkens: 10 Years of Patronage, by Han Nefkens, 2011.
Canongate Books, Edinburgh
The King (Dutch title: De Koning), by Kader Abdolah, projected publication 2013.
Doubleday
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, text translated by Susan Massotty, poetry by Nancy Forest-Flier, 1995
Professor Toine van den Hoogen, Radboud University, Nijmegen
Serious frivolity (Dutch title: Ernstige lichtzinnigheid: Een theologisch essay over hedendaagse cultuur als idioom van taal van God, published by Gooi & Sticht, Baarn, 1998).
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague
Dutch Decorated Bookbinding in the Eighteenth Century, by Dr. Jan Storm van Leeuwen, published Hes & De Graaf Publishers BV, 2006.
Koninklijke Instituut voor de Tropen (Royal Tropical Institute), Amsterdam
Arte: Dutch Caribbean Art, by Adi Martis and Jennifer Smit (Dutch title: Arte. Beeldende kunst van de Nederlandse Antillen en Aruba), 2002.
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterloo
The Paintings of Vincent van Gogh in the Collection of the Kröller-Müller Museum, edited by Toos van Kooten and Mieke Rijnders. With Rachel Esner and Diane Webb, 2003.
The Drawings of Vincent van Gogh in the Collection of the Kröller-Müller Museum, by Teio Meedendorp, 2007.
Divisionism from Seurat to Mondriaan, by Liesbeth Heenk (Dutch title: Divisionisme van Seurat tot Mondriaan), 2013.
Lannoo, Belgium
Mothers and Daughters, the work of photographer Anne-Catherine Chevalier, 2011.
Lemniscaat BV, Rotterdam
A Taste of Rotterdam, edited by Szabinka Dudevszky and Arie Kievit, 2001.
The God of Grandma Forever, by Margriet Hogeweg (Dutch title: De God van oma Vanouds). Published in the US by Front Street, Asheville, North Carolina, 2001.
Jellybeans, by Sylvia van Ommen (Dutch title: Drop). Published in the US by Roaring Brook Press, Brookfield, Connecticut, 2002.
Small Change: How Fifty Dollars can Change the World, by Jurriaan Kamp (former chief economics editor of theNRC Handelsblad), 2003.
Because People Matter: Building an Economy that Works for Everyone, by Jurriaan Kamp (former chief economics editor of the NRC Handelsblad), published in the US by Paraview Publishing, New York (an imprint of Paraview and Simon & Schuster), 2003.
Creepy Crawlies, by Hans Post and Irene Goede (Dutch title: Kriebelpoten). Published in the US by Front Street, Asheville, North Carolina, 2005.
From Head to Tail, by Hans Post (Dutch title: Van kop tot staart). To be published in the US by Front Street, Asheville, North Carolina.
Sheep and Goat, by Marleen Westera (Dutch title: Schaap en Geit). Published in the US in 2006 by Front Street, Asheville, North Carolina. Sheep and Goat was given a star by Kirkus Reviews, which is assigned to books of unusual merit. From the Kirkus review: "...this comforting tale of a developing friendship is replete with gentle humor and filled with subtle philosophy. Simple, evocative drawings perfectly complement the story's warmth and generous spirit. A great choice for young readers and an excellent read aloud." Sheep and Goat was also chosen as a premier selection by the Junior Library Guild (U.S.) for their Fall 2006 program.
Piggy, by Mireille Geus (Dutch title: Big). Published in the US in October, 2008, by Front Street, Asheville, North Caroling. From a review from "Teens Read Too" on the Amazon site: "The story is short but moves quickly. Originally written in Dutch, the story has been translated into English without losing the momentum and flow of the story. It is easy to see why this story received the Golden Slate Pencil, the most prestigious award in children's literature in the Netherlands."
Departure Time, by Truus Matti (Dutch title: Vertrektijd). Published in the US in 2009 by Namelos. In 2011Departure Time was named a Mildred L. Batchelder Honor Book by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association. "The Batchelder Award is a citation awarded to an American publisher for a children's book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a language other than English in a country other than the United States, and subsequently translated into English and published in the United States." Each year there is one Batchelder Award winner and two Honor Books.Departure Time was also one of 40 international books listed by the United States Board on Books for Young People for its 2011 Honor List.
Metamorfoze (National Programme for the Preservation of Paper Heritage, a collaborative effort of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek - National Library of the Netherlands - and the Nationaal Archief - National Archives of the Netherlands)
Archives Damage Atlas, edited by Erik van der Doe, 2010.
NAi Uitgevers, Rotterdam
Armando: Shaping Memory, by Ernst van Alphen (Dutch title: Armando, Vormen van herinnering), 2000.
Houses in Transformation: Interventions in European Gentrification, 2008.
Robert van 't Hoff: Architect of a New Society, Dolf Broekhuizen (ed.), Evert van Straaten, Herman van Bergeijk, 2010.
Stichting Ons Erfdeel, Rekkem, Belgium.
Since 1995 I have been on the team of freelance translators for The Low Countries, a yearbook of arts and society in Flanders and the Netherlands, published with the support of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science in The Hague and the Flemish Ministry of Culture in Brussels.
Uitgeverij Terra Lannoo BV
The World's Finest Railway Journeys (Dutch title: De mooiste treinreizen) by Hans Bouman and Henk Bouwman, 2007.
Het Verzetsmuseum, Amsterdam
The Dutch Resistance Museum (Dutch title: Het Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam), museum catalogue, 2000.
Koenraad De Wolf
Dissident for Life: Alexander Ogorodnikov and the Struggle for Religious Freedom in Russia, (Dutch original,Dissident voor het leven: Aleksandr Ogorodnikov en de strijd voor religieuze vrijheid in Rusland, published by Lannoo in 2009), 2013.
SELECTED EDITED WORDS:
ArtEZ Press
The Power of Fashion: About Design and Meaning, edited by Jan Brand and José Teunissen, 2006.
Fashion & Accessories, edited by Jan Brand and José Teunissen, 2007.
Global Fashion, Local Traditions, edited by Jan Brand and José Teunissen, 2005.
Draping, edited by Jan Brand and José Teunissen, 2008.
Koninklijke Instituut voor de Tropen (Royal Tropical Institute), Amsterdam
Batik - Drawn in Wax, Itie van Hout, ed., 2001.
Study on Gender, Leprosy and Leprosy Control (4 books), by Corlien Varkevisser, 2001.
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text as of 24 March 2013
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