About Me


Karen Bloom (née Shapiro)
I am a British citizen, working as a freelance interpreter and translator between English and Japanese. After graduating with an MA in Interpreting and Translating Japanese and English from Bath University, UK, in August 1998, I spent 5 years working as an in-house interpreter and translator in Japan. I am now working as a freelance interpreter/translator between Japanese and English, and have my main base near Frankfurt (Germany), with a secondary base in London.

I have worked in a variety of fields to date, including the automotive industry, social and environmental issues and law. I have worked extensively in simultaneous, consecutive and liaison interpreting, including a significant amount of international video conferencing and telephone conferencing. I also have considerable experience working in the US, Asia, Africa and Europe.

I am always interested in taking on a variety of work, and believe that operating out of central Europe makes me perfectly placed for work-related travel, both domestically and internationally, as the need arises.

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