Translation is about so much more than dictionary definitions and grammar; it’s the point where culture, history and expression come together.
– Tess Whitty
Highlights
- Active in the translation field since 2004
- Full-time translator since 2009
- Active in animal rescue and rehabilitation since 2010
- MA in Translation
- Linguistic training in US and Germany
- Keen eye for detail
- Friendly, professional, and responsive
- Certified in applied animal behavior
- Well-versed in traditional and holistic veterinary medicine
- Trained in natural horsemanship
- Familiar with all current, popular equine & canine training methods
Life as a translator and animal advocate
A lifetime of living bilingually and biculturally allows me to understand your text in its cultural context. As a US native with professional experience relevant to your industry, I can sculpt a text that is linguistically accurate, grammatically correct, appropriately idiomatic, and which appeals to the US reader.
When not translating, I can be found working with a local dog rescue, providing admin support, facilitating adoptions and counseling new families on behavioral issues, or helping feral cats recover from surgery, or at the barn of a local horse rescue, training rescue horses for equine assisted therapy.
My professional memberships
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since 2015
(Board
2016-2018)
2008-2009
& since 2020
since 2018
Certificate, Applied Animal Behavior, University of Washington-Professional and Continuing Education, Seattle, WA, 2019
M.A., Translation, Kent State University–Institute for Applied Linguistics, Kent, OH, 2008
Fulbright Grant, Translation, University of Mainz – School of Applied Linguistics and Cultural Studies, Germany, 2006
B.A., German, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 2005
B.A., Research Psychology, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 2005
Other certifications
2019 MagnaCon Conference
2019 Annual CTA Conference
2018 Annual CTA Conference
2017 Annual CTA Conference
2016 Annual CTA Conference
2015 Annual CTA Conference
2007 Annual ATA Conference
CAAB Chat – Rehabilitating Horses with Aversions to Healthcare and Handling Procedures, 2018
CAAB Chat – Identifying Behavioral Indicators of Welfare Using A Converging Evidence Model of Health, Physiological, & Cognitive Data, 2018
CAAB Chat – Happiness in Dogs, 2017
CAAB Chat -The Education of Will: A Window on Comparative Trauma in People and Dogs, 2017
Natural Horsemanship Club – Butler Professional Farrier School Meeting, 2016
Natural Horsemanship Club – Merck Animal Health Equine Parasite Education Meeting, 2016
CAAB Chat – Selection and Retention of Therapy Horses, 2016
ASPCA – Patricia McConnell – Fostering Resilience at Both Ends of the Leash, 2016
Academia Webinars – Transkreation: Was ist das und wie verkaufe ich diese Leistung?, 2016
Academia Webinars – Strukturbedingte Übersetzungsprobleme Englisch-Deutsch effizient gelöst – Fokus: Attribut, 2016
Patricia McConnell – Are you thinking what I’m thinking?, 2014 – Madison, WI
ASPCA – Patricia McConnell – Canine Behavior and Acoustics, 2013