My name is Michael Tampier and for years and years I offer a wide range of translation-related services, including original translation, editing and proofing, back-translation and back-editing, and translation verification. My experience is somewhat unique in that I am active in both the literary and technical translation worlds, including the middle ground of non-fiction literature. I have translated everything from kids’ comics, sci-fi, and serious adult fiction to a cookbook, and environmental monitoring manuals.
Most of all, I never missed a deadline.

Like all literary translators, I’m ultimately self-taught. This just isn’t something that is or really can be taught in a classroom. Years of experience translating and editing are where it happens.

I believe I offer a relatively unique product–real German and English. The very, very worst thing in my mind about translated literature is how often it sounds translated. Open most translations to any random page and nine times out of ten you can find something that isn’t quite German or English. Sometimes it’s quaint, but usually it’s just irritating.