Maria Hessel

Court-certified translator and interpreter. Registered at the Cour d'appel de Bordeaux since 2017. Translation of legal and administrative documents. Consecutive interpretation in legal hearings, proceedings and interrogations. Sworn translation of birth certificates, tax returns, educational records and other personal documents.

Independent French to Danish translator. Providing translation, editing, proofreading, cultural adaptation and related services. Translation of corporate communications materials: websites, blog posts, newsletters and other internal and external documents. Specific fields of interest : Communication, Publishing, Art & culture.

Worked at the Culture Secteur at the division for Diversity of Cultural Expressions. Responsable for the data on literary translation in Scandinavian countries at the Index Translationum. Participated in the organisation of international conferences on literary translation to examine the role of translation in enhancing literacy and cross-cultural understanding.