Meet Karin Rijff, your professional translator Spanish, English, Dutch

Alongside my career as a translator, I have worked for many years (more than 20 years) as a BIG-registered nurse, specialising in areas including oncology, clinical research, gynaecology and acute care.

I have been very active on the board of the employee participation body at one of my former employers. Thanks to my extensive professional experience in the medical and pharmaceutical sectors and my knowledge of the relevant terminology, I have been called upon very frequently to work on medical and pharmaceutical texts ever since the start of my career as a professional translator.

From patient records to the documents required for clinical research; from package leaflets to research reports and educational materials for healthcare professionals, as an experienced medical translator I always strive to produce the perfect translation into the target language.

Over the years, driven by a personal interest in the legal system, I have undertaken extensive professional study in the field of legal translation. To this end, I have undertaken various advanced training courses in areas including notarial translation, civil law, patent law, criminal law and criminal procedure. I undertook this training both in the Netherlands (SIGV, ITV-H, KTV, OCPE) and in Spain (Universidad de Salamanca).

As a sworn translator, I keep my areas of specialisation and registration up to date and, out of both professional and personal interest, I regularly invest in educational activities for further training and professional development, both in the Netherlands and abroad.