The kind of translation I truly relish demands imagination, creativity, empathy and sensitivity to stylistic nuances. Social history, human rights, feminism, and the natural world are among my main personal interests.

I hold a BA Honours degree (First Class) in modern and medieval languages from Oxford University, an MA in linguistics from Reading University, and a BSc. Honours degree (Open, First Class) in political science, development studies and economics from the Open University. 

My translations from Swedish include works by Elisabeth Åsbrink, Elin Anna Labba, Karin Bojs, and Torill Kornfeldt.  In 2026, my translation of Elin Anna Labba's August-prizewinning The Rocks Will Echo Our Sorrow was shortlisted for the George Bernard Shaw award (UK) and received an honourable mention in the competition for the Lois Roth prize (awarded by the North American Modern Languages Association). 

In 2015 I came second (out of about 200) in Geisteswissenschaften International's competition for non-fiction translation from German, in 2018 I took part in New Books in German's scheme for emerging literary translators, and in 2024 I was the runner-up for the Goethe-Institut's Award for New Translation.

The literary platforms and journals to which I have contributed include Asymptote, Words Without Borders, the European Literature Network's Riveter magazine, Litro (UK and US), the Swedish Book Review, the Baltic Sea Library, the Short Story Project, No Man's Land, and the Cordite Poetry Review.

As a former European Union linguist, I also translate from Dutch, German, French and Spanish, and I read Danish, Norwegian and Portuguese. I am a full member of the UK Society of Authors / Translators' Association and of the Swedish Översättarcentrum.