Yiddish is my mother tongue. I was born in the United States and have lived in Israel since 1969. English, Yiddish and Hebrew have been part of my life every day for as long as I can remember, and I know both the American and the Israeli worlds that so many family letters travel between.
I began translating professionally in 1980. Over more than forty years I have translated thousands of documents on a wide range of subjects: legal and official papers, genealogical records, literary texts and poetry, and a great many family letters.
My specialty: handwriting
The work I am known for is deciphering old handwritten letters in Yiddish and Hebrew, often for families and genealogists who could not find anyone else to read them. I transcribe every word before translating, and I mark clearly anything that is uncertain.
Who I work with
I work with individual families, family historians, and institutional and government clients. For official bodies I have translated forms, regulations and data tables into clear, formal Yiddish, with careful attention to layout in multilingual documents.
How I work with you
You deal with me directly from the first email to the final file. I read your pages, quote a fixed price, keep you updated, proofread everything, and deliver on the date we agreed.