Project Tag: Dutch

WORK WITH ME

   

Hi, I’m Mirthe—a Berlin-based writer, poet, translator and localization expert. I work with language across contexts: from brand positioning, tone of voice, multilingual campaigns and digital products to essays, interviews and editorial projects. I work in English, German and Dutch, plus French in translation.

A tribute to desert blues? A review of galactic art? Your (company) portrait in 100 words?

I’m drawn to work that requires finding the right voice, making difficult ideas lucid, translating between contexts, or asking what a piece of language is actually doing. Over the past decade, I’ve worked in arts and culture, technology, education, sustainability and other fields, moving between creative writing, research, copywriting, editing and localization.

If your vision could use an independent writer, editorial consultant or language expert:

Tell me about your project.

I work on: brand positioning & copy • web & UX writing • multilingual products & campaigns • interviews • essays, reviews & editorial • artist & curatorial statements • scripts & writing for audio • literary projects

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MALT | The New Work Order

Malt is Europe’s fastest-growing freelancing marketplace with a community of over 550,000 freelance experts and more than 70,000 companies. Since June 2021, I’ve been Malt Germany’s lead translator (EN/FR > DE/NL), responsible for product localization. I also work on translations of marketing assets including landing pages, corporate presentations, newsletters and more.

Want to take a peek inside Malt? View my professional freelancer profile — including previous clients’ opinions about my work.

For freelancers and companies, Malt is a place of opportunity. A place that gives you freedom of choice. Malt offers a state-of-the-art algorithm for perfect matching and a digital contract and payment workflow that enables safe and fair collaboration for everyone.

GIF & Illustration: © Malt

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PHYLL MAGAZINE | Courage

  

2020, spring. The world was closing in. In the midst of a numbing pandemic sprang: A need to feel and speak. A desire for radical tenderness and generous creativity. A space to share.

It was the beginning of Phyll Magazine, an independently published online magazine.

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In May 2021, we released our Issue 0 :: COURAGE. In it, FLINTA* reclaim their vulnerabilities, voices and bodies on their own terms. “Courage” gets dissected and refracted through different lenses and stories in three parts: BODY, CHOICE & MEDIUM.

I conducted interviews with activist and legal researcher Kosovare Duraku, writer and illustrator Tessel ten Zweege and internationally exhibited photographer Renate Ariadne van der Togt and wrote an aching piece of creative non-fiction: En dan eindelijk het bloed • Und dann endlich das Blut.

TW: PHYLL Magazine ISSUE 0 features text and images related to chronic illness, fertility issues, eating disorders, racism, death threats, sexual violence, abuse and nudity.

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WHO WE ARE

Phyll was founded by Verena Meyer, Sophia Volk and Mirthe van Popering: three women who united to create a place of virtual exchange. A creative space for self-expression and a safe space for people facing discrimination based on their identities.

We locate ourselves in (queer) feminism and aim to create a format that develops both the artistic and political vigor to capture intersectional nuances of feminist issues. A medium that speaks to the heart and connects; a pause and an anchor point.

Top photo: Paul Henschel | Slideshow: Verena Meyer • Renate Ariadne • Kosovare Duraku • Tessel ten Zweege

© Phyll Magazine with courtesy of the artists

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WASTELAND TO LIVING ROOM | Design

Met de toename van bevolkingen, consumentisme en globalisering, groeit ook de vraag naar grondstoffen. Metalen zijn hierbij geen uitzondering. De elektrische en duurzame toekomst die we nastreven heeft verontrustende materiële implicaties; één windturbine bevat al bijna 5 ton koper. Dit resulteert in een enorme hoeveelheid bijproducten.

Red mud bijvoorbeeld, ook bekend als bauxietresidu, is een bijproduct uit de aluminiumindustrie dat ontstaat bij de winning van aluminiumoxide uit bauxieterts. Elk deel aluminium resulteert in de bijproductie van 2,5 delen red mud—opgeteld 150 miljoen ton per jaar! Samen met wetenschappers en keramisten ontwikkelde dit team van Royal College of Art alumni methoden om red mud te gebruiken als basis voor keramiek en zelfs als glazuur.

Het team onderzocht eveneens de bruikbaarheid van slakken uit de koper- en staalindustrie voor het maken van een duurzaam alternatief voor cement. Deze cementen—“geopolymeren”—kunnen portlandcement in sterkte overtreffen bij een fractie van de CO2-voetafdruk. De thermische weerstand en het metaalgehalte van het materiaal maakt het bovendien mogelijk de stukken in enkele minuten te emailleren—een enorme energiebesparing ten opzichte van keramische glazuren.

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Translation (EN-NL) for Red Mud Project’s  project entry for the Dutch Design Week. An innovation design project by Royal College of Art designers Guillermo Whittembury, Joris Olde-Rikkert, Kevin Rouff and Luis Paco Bockelmann.

LES DEUX FRÈRES | Men’s Wear

Imagine two brothers with a passion for smart gentleman’s fashion and an excellent eye for unique, yet affordable brands… Meet Les Deux Frères. In the running to become Amsterdam’s finest, Les Deux Frères is a boutique not to miss! Upon entering the store, the bustle of the nine streets gives way to a laid-back atmosphere, where the feel of high-end fabric and the scent of new leather combine exquisitely with the coffee they’ll pour you. Add elegance and French allure and you have your recipe for sophisticated shopping right there!

www.lesdeuxfreres.nl

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Dutch and English Texts for social media, marketing and print media commissioned by Les Deux Frères.