Working languages:
English to Greek
Greek to English
Greek (monolingual)
Vasilia Tombrou
30 years in translating literature

Athens, Greece
Local time: 18:08 EEST (GMT+3)

Native in: Greek Native in Greek
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Specializes in:
Poetry & LiteratureCinema, Film, TV, Drama
SlangNutrition
Art, Arts & Crafts, PaintingGeneral / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Computers (general)Computers: Software
Printing & PublishingComputers: Systems, Networks

Rates
Greek to English - Standard rate: 0.15 EUR per word / 25 EUR per hour / 10.00 EUR per audio/video minute

All accepted currencies Euro (eur)
Payment methods accepted PayPal
Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 3
English to Greek: "Vernon God Little" by DBC Pierre
General field: Art/Literary
Detailed field: Poetry & Literature
Source text - English
It's hot as hell in Martirio, but the papers on the porch are icy with the news. Don't even try to guess who stood all Tuesday night in the road. Clue: snotty ole Mrs Lechuga. Hard to tell if she quivered, or if moths and porchlight through the willows ruffled her skin like funeral satin in a gale. Either way, dawn showed a puddle between her feet. It tells you normal times just ran howling from town. Probably forever. God knows I tried my best to learn the ways of this world, even had inklings we could be glorious; but after all that's happened, the inkles ain't easy anymore. I mean - what kind of fucken life is this?		Translation - Greek
Στο Μαρτίριο ψήνεται ο τόπος από τη ζέστη, μα οι εφημερίδες στη βεράντα έχουν παγερά νέα. Μην μπείτε στον κόπο να μαντέψετε ποιος στεκόταν στο δρόμο όλο το βράδυ της Τρίτης. Θα σας το πω εγώ: η ψηλομύτα κυρα-Λετσούγκα. Πού να καταλάβεις αν έτρεμε ή αν οι νυχτοπεταλούδες και το φως της βεράντας ανάμεσα από τις ιτιές έκαναν το δέρμα της να ανατριχιάζει σαν σατέν φέρετρου σε θύελλα. Όπως και να 'χει, η αυγή αποκάλυψε μια λιμνούλα ανάμεσα στα πόδια της. Σημάδι ότι οι φυσιολογικές εποχές το έσκασαν με ουρλιαχτά απ' την πόλη. Πιθανόν για πάντα. Και τι δεν έκανα για να μάθω πώς λειτουργεί αυτός ο κόσμος, είχα μάλιστα και υπόνοιες ότι θα μπορούσαμε να διαπρέψουμε, αλλά έπειτα από όλα όσα έγιναν, οι υπόνοιες δεν είναι πια ευχάριστες. Θέλω να πω, τι σόι κωλοζωή είναι αυτη;
English to Greek: "Exquisite Corpse" by Poppy Z. Brite
General field: Art/Literary
Detailed field: Poetry & Literature
Source text - English
The only constant thread running through my prison notebooks was a pervasive loneliness with no discernible beginning and no conceivable end. But a corpse could never walk away.

I came to understand that these memories were my salvation. I no longer wanted to know why I had done such things if it meant I wouldn't want to do them anymore. I put my notebooks aside forever. I was different, and that was all. I had always known I was different; I could not trudge through life contentedly chewing whatever cud I found in my mouth, as those around me seemed to do. My boys were only another thing that set me apart from the rest.		Translation - Greek
Η μόνιμη αίσθηση που σαν κλωστή ξετυλιγόταν στα τετράδια της φυλακής μου ήταν μια διάχυτη μοναξιά, με δυσδιάκριτη αρχή και ασύλληπτο τέλος. Όμως ένα πτώμα δε σ’ αφήνει ποτέ μόνο.

Σιγά σιγά κατάλαβα πως αυτές οι αναμνήσεις ήταν η σωτηρία μου. Δεν ήθελα πλέον να μάθω γιατί τα έκανα όλα αυτά, αν αυτό σήμαινε πως δε θα είχα πια την επιθυμία να τα ξανακάνω. Παράτησα τα τετράδια μου οριστικά. Ήμουν διαφορετικός κι αυτό ήταν όλο. Πάντα ήξερα πως ήμουν διαφορετικός• δεν μπορούσα να σέρνομαι μέσα στη ζωή και να την αναμασώ, όπως έδειχναν να κάνουν όλοι γύρω μου. Τα αγόρια μου ήταν μόνο ένα από τα πράγματα που με διαφοροποιούσαν από τους υπόλοιπους.
English to Greek: "The Twelfth Dialogue" by Tom Petsinis
General field: Art/Literary
Detailed field: Poetry & Literature
Source text - English
The honeymoon lasted nearly two years, and then, almost overnight, the country's economic climate changed: the air became heavy with recession, while the more gloomy forecasters were warning of depression. Suddenly second-hand bookshops were springing up everywhere, proliferating like mushrooms in damp conditions. Two others opened on the same street, not more than a few hundred metres from her. Takings declined, falling to a level where she barely made a wage. Investigating the larger of the two shops, she was disgusted by what she found. The bearded, dishevelled proprietor had no feeling for what he sold, or he would not have housed books in such a dismal place. The fellow had no doubt taken advantage of a cheap lease (the only things flourishing in the city were the FOR SALE and FOR LEASE boards on once-thriving premises, with an obvious sale in every lease), knocked together some rough shelving, and taped a sign on the window announcing BOOKS BY THE KILO. Her disgust turned to anger. Books were not cabbages: they were not meant to be bought, consumed and discarded.		Translation - Greek
Ο μήνας του μέλιτος διάρκεσε κοντά δυο χρόνια κι έπειτα, σχεδόν από τη μια μέρα στην άλλη, το οικονομικό κλίμα της χώρας άλλαξε: η ατμόσφαιρα έγινε βαριά από την ύφεση, ενώ οι πιο απαισιόδοξες προγνώσεις προειδοποιούσαν για κρίση. Ξαφνικά άρχισαν να ξεφυτρώνουν παντού παλαιοβιβλιοπωλεία, πολλαπλασιάζονταν σαν μανιτάρια σε συνθήκες υγρασίας. Άλλα δύο άνοιξαν στον ίδιο δρόμο, μόλις μερικές εκατοντάδες μέτρα μακριά της. Τα κέρδη πήραν την κατιούσα, έφτασαν σε ένα επίπεδο όπου μετά βίας έβγαζε ένα μισθό. Όταν πήγε να διερευνήσει το ένα από τα δυο μαγαζιά, αυτό που ανακάλυψε της έφερε αγανάκτηση. Ο μουσάτος, ατημέλητος ιδιοκτήτης δεν αγαπούσε αυτό που πουλούσε, διαφορετικά δε θα είχε στεγάσει βιβλία σε ένα τόσο θλιβερό χώρο. Ο τύπος είχε επωφεληθεί χωρίς αμφιβολία από το φτηνό ενοίκιο (τα μόνα πράγματα που ανθούσαν στην πόλη ήταν οι ταμπέλες ΠΩΛΕΙΤΑΙ και ΕΝΟΙΚΙΑΖΕΤΑΙ σε κτίρια επιχειρήσεων που κάποτε άκμαζαν, και κάθε ενοικιαστήριο εξυπονοούσε ένα πωλητήριο), είχε τοποθετήσει βιαστικά μερικά κακοφτιαγμένα ράφια και είχε κολλήσει μια επιγραφή στη βιτρίνα που ανήγγελλε ΒΙΒΛΙΑ ΜΕ ΤΟ ΚΙΛΟ. Η αγανάκτησή της μετατράπηκε σε θυμό. Τα βιβλία δεν ήταν λάχανα: δεν είχαν γραφτεί για να τα αγοράσουν, να τα καταναλώσουν και να τα πετάξουν.

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Bio


Personal Profile and Work Experience

Translator with 30 years of work experience (1989-2019), specializing in translating works of
fiction from English to Greek. Have worked for several Greek publishing houses
such as Livanis, Oxy, Aiolos, Ellinika Grammata, Bell.

 

Indicative
Titles

Blacklands by Belinda Bauer for Bell Publications (2010)

Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre, awarded the Man
Booker Prize for Fiction (2003), for Ellinika Grammata Publications (2004)

Ghostwritten
by David Mitchell for Ellinika Grammata
Publications (2003)

The
Twelfth Dialogue by Tom Petsinis for Oxy
Publications (2001)

The
King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers for Aiolos
Publications (2000)

Exquisite
Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite for Oxy Publications
(1999)

Blood Music by Greg Bear for Oxy Publications (1999)

Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite for Livanis Publications (1998)

 

My work
experience also includes translating articles for health and popular science magazines,
subtitling, translating scientific papers from Greek to English, proofreading
of both fictional and scientific works in both Greek and English, giving private
English lessons.

 

Education

Graduated
Secondary Education with honours and was admitted under scholarship to the
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Geology.

Currently attending
a 2 year course on Graphic Design at the AKMI Institute of Vocational Training.

 

Languages

Greek: native
language

English: fluent
in reading, writing and speaking. Proficiency of Cambridge (C2)

German: Mittelstufe
of Goethe Institut (B2)

 

Personal Skills

Good at
organization and communication, cooperative, responsible. Experienced working to
tight deadlines. Analytical thinking. Problem solving.

 

Technical Skills

Experienced in
MS Office, Photoshop and Internet research. Quick learner in
new software and systems. Adept at researching technical issues and solving
them.

Keywords: Greek, fiction, literature, cinema, children's literature, popular culture, computers, graphic arts


Profile last updated
Dec 15, 2023



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