Hi, I’m Skye.

I’m a writer, translator and communications specialist here to help you meet your English needs. I am passionate about helping organizations showcase their media at the quality they deserve.

I offer writing and communications services in the form of original stories, editing and reviewing documents for English fluidity, translations from several languages into English, and social or digital media audits.

Below is a collection of my previous work on stories and translations.

Areas of Expertise

English Grammar Review & Editing

Original Story Writing (arts, culture, development & wellness-focused)

Translation in the following languages:

  • Dutch to English

  • German to English

  • Spanish to English

  • French to English

Drafting Marketing Copy in English

Social Media/Digital Media Audits

Recent Original Stories

Recent Translations

Enschede through Chanella’s eyes: “A little rebellious”

Enschede through Ana’s eyes: “A place full of surprises”

David finds the sound of caregiving and home health care

Fadia channels her experiences of loss and war through her work: “We must accept death”

Kruidkoek: “Secretly, we believe Japan is a fitting place for our music”

Jorrick’s biggest dream has come true: making a living through music

Simon de Wilde: “I felt straight away that this course was right for me”

ArtEZ Preparatory Courses: Arnhem, Zwolle, Enschede

Room for change: from Social Work to Interior Architecture

Music up on the silver screen: Sophie Rothbarth

“The Honours Lab helped me find my purpose as an artist in society”: Burja Podlesnik

The sustainable potential of salty seagrass

Mylène & Rosanne: two musical stars on becoming music theatre makers

“Labels kill your creativity”: Elsa Steixner

Studying Music Therapy as an international student: “Do it, be bold!”

From the Academy of Pop Music to Pinkpop

Rula Barghouthi, music therapy pioneer

Finding inner peace in a hectic world thanks to interior architecture

Ouwe Kusserd and Music Therapy student Christian Maliy spread the love

Welcome to Pleasure Island

WinterLab, a week full of wonder

How do people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing experience music?

“I stay true to myself and think my students should too”: Alfredo Doornkamp

“During the course, I discovered that above all, I am a visual artist”

Carlyn creates illustrations to get you thinking

Kunstbende as a springboard for ArtEZ

From young Kunstbende talent to professional illustrator

Take a peek inside a judge’s robe

PAMM Productions: Spreading your wings with a safe place to land

Please note: as I am a freelance employee in more of a contributing role, my client ArtEZ had final control over the published product(s) listed above. As such, many of the published articles are not my original writing, but a mix of heavily edited group contributions based on original writing in the document I offered my client. If you would like to see the original document(s), please do not hesitate to request them from the contact page.

I believe all writing assignments are unique and have their own specific context. I find effective writing and translation to be a bit like doing detective work: reading between the lines of what a language implies or what an interviewee says. I always consider all linguistic possibilities to ensure maximum fluidity before making final decisions.

As part of my writing process, I never submit an assignment until I have taken a break and come back to it with fresh eyes. Inevitably, I always find a better translation and/or overall fluidity for the assignment this way. This “marinating time” is already calculated into my turnaround time estimates, and I aim to have documents ready within 48 hours.*

I also do not hesitate to do my own thorough research on the topic(s) and contact my clients in advance to ensure I understand all possible implied context of the original language before submitting my final work.

*for longer documents, this estimate may vary

My Philosophy