Michael
Michaël is a Belgian native and has been living in Latin America for five years. He founded Betranslated with Karl, aiming to reach out to a broader market and to offer companies an alternative to translation agencies and loose networks of freelance translators.
Born in 1973, Mike graduated from the International School of Translators and Interpreters of Mons in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts in translation. After a few rich and varied job experiences, he relocated to the Dominican Republic to work as a Sales Assistant and as a Dutch and English to French translator at a major translation & localization company in the DR. Besides translations, Michael contributes to many aspects concerning the management of the company, such as Sales and Marketing activities, search engine promotion and project management. Mike translates from English, Dutch and Spanish to French.
He specializes in translations of texts and websites related to marketing, the Internet, software, hardware, geopolitics and telecommunication products. He is trained as a search engine promotion specialist and his creativity is behind the promotion of this website.
Born in 1973, Mike graduated from the International School of Translators and Interpreters of Mons in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts in translation. After a few rich and varied job experiences, he relocated to the Dominican Republic to work as a Sales Assistant and as a Dutch and English to French translator at a major translation & localization company in the DR. Besides translations, Michael contributes to many aspects concerning the management of the company, such as Sales and Marketing activities, search engine promotion and project management. Mike translates from English, Dutch and Spanish to French.
He specializes in translations of texts and websites related to marketing, the Internet, software, hardware, geopolitics and telecommunication products. He is trained as a search engine promotion specialist and his creativity is behind the promotion of this website.
Jean-François
Jean-François joined the BeTranslated team as a translator and manager of the French speaking part of Belgium and Luxembourg at the beginning of 2007. Born in 1973, he is a graduate of the International School of Translators and Interpreters of Mons with a BA in translation. This is where he met Michael, one of the two founders of BeTranslated. After taking over the family business and a short career as a school teacher he returned to the career he loved: translation. Jean-François translates from English, Dutch and Spanish to French. He is specialized in marketing, education, development cooperation, sports and – last but not least – the ever more popular discipline of poker. Jean-François is one of the founding members of the Belgian NGO Aconcagua, which has development projects in Argentina. He travels to Latin America from time to time for that purpose.
Jean-François manages our translation projects from his office in Liège, Belgium, and makes a special point of processing requests in record time. His responsiveness and communication skills are often praised by our Customers.
Jean-François manages our translation projects from his office in Liège, Belgium, and makes a special point of processing requests in record time. His responsiveness and communication skills are often praised by our Customers.