Translator and editor, working in English and Afrikaans. Since my
first freelancing project in 2007, I’ve worked in various fields, from fiction and
school books to technical and medical translations. 

Like all freelancers, I've had to diversify, but fiction
and poetry are my first loves. This is probably the case because I'm insatiably
curious and fascinated by how we become what we become and the interaction of
that process with the language we use. Or, simply put, our stories and how we
tell them.

A South African farm girl from the Free State with a Sesotho name,
'Puleng', which means 'rain'. Reluctant townie turned city girl and international
resident. Lapsed musician. Occasional psychologist. Cookbook compiler.

In July 2022, I was one of a select group of ten
participants for the multilingual poetry strand of the University of East
Anglia's Summer School for Literary Translations and Creative Writing. There were ten strands of ten participants each, selected from
more than 200 applications worldwide. Besides the multilingual poetry and prose
strands, there were language-specific groups, a group for training workshop
leaders, and another for the Creative Writing Master's Students of the
University of East Anglia. 

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