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George L. Newman

Copyediting
Translation from French to English
george @ georgenewman.com · 540·752·5135

 

Areas of particular expertise/interest:
environment, natural sciences, wetlands
architecture, millwork, building construction
farming, gardening, forestry, beekeeping

Certified (French to English), American Translators Association
Graduate Certificate in Translation, George Mason University, 1992
B.A. in French, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1966

Copyeditor, The Free Lance-Star, daily newspaper in Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1999-present

Freelance translator from French to English of fiction, nonfiction, children's books, patents, regulations, corporate and personal documents, 1993-present

Office manager, custom architectural millwork and cabinetry, 1991-93

Supervisor/lead carpenter, restoration and preservation of historic buildings, commercial and residential construction and renovation, 1984-90

General contractor, residential remodeling and restoration, 1976-83

Member, Stafford County (Virginia) Wetlands Board, 1994-2008

Member, Rappahannock State Scenic River Advisory Board, 1990-1994

 

Trade book translations

Khansari, Mehdi, M.R. Moghtader, and Minouch Yavari. The Persian Garden: Echoes of Paradise. Washington: Mage, 1998.


[Cover photo of 'The Beautiful Days of My Youth'] Novac, Ana. The Beautiful Days of My Youth: My Six Months in Auschwitz and Plaszow. New York: Holt, 1997.

“Piercingly acute prose . . . [Novac] writes with merciless clarity and a shrewd, practiced eye for detail.” (Publishers Weekly Best Books of '97)

“Searing and emotionally exhausting” (VOYA)

“A brilliant, literary memoir” (School Library Journal)


The Normandy Diary of Marie-Louise Osmont: 1940-1944. New York: Random House/Discovery Channel Press, 1994.

“A record for which there is no equivalent for the battle of Normandy, and very few from the whole history of warfare” (from the introduction by military historian John Keegan)


Khansari, Mehdi, and Minouch Yavari. The Persian Bazaar: Veiled Space of Desire. Washington: Mage, 1993.

 

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