Meet the team
Taalbureau IJ’s in-house team translates from English, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish into Dutch. You can also rely on us for translations into these languages and from German, French and other European languages. Our well-established group of freelance translators – mostly native speakers – enable us to meet all your needs.
In addition to translation assignments, we correct and edit texts for a broad range of companies and organisations, both in print and online.
Ernie Ramaker
Ernie Ramaker studied the Norwegian language and literature, and served as editor of the Norwegian-Dutch dictionary published by Boekwerk. He translates Scandinavian languages, coordinates the history magazine Historia and the Wars & Battles series. He also works for several other clients.
Renske Wiltink
Renske Wiltink studied the Danish language and literature. She translates English and Scandinavian languages and coordinates the popular international scientific magazine Science Illustrated, Scandinavian Living, Historical Highlights and Body and mind magazines. She also translates Danish works of fiction and non-fiction into Dutch.
Marilena van der Pol
Marilena van der Pol studied linguistics and translation and works as a Danish and English translator. She coordinates the translations for the magazine Mindfulness and translates numerous web articles, mainly for magazines including Historia and Science Illustrated. Marilena fills in for her colleague Rebecca when she is not at the office.
Rebecca Lelivelt
Rebecca Lelivelt studied the Danish language and literature and for many years handled press & PR in the Netherlands for organisations and companies in the Danish travel industry. Since 2021, she has been supporting the Taalbureau IJ team as translator/corrector and office manager.
If you would like to have a magazine, website or text translated or proofread, please feel free to contact us or read a selection of our customer reviews to gain an impression of what we have to offer.