The Japanese saying "Shikata ga nai" is one of her mottos.

She loves Japan, and likes Asia in general a tad too much.

She despises narrow minded people.

She believes we are here to learn.

She has been accused of being too meticulous, and a Jack-in-office! Although she herself might say she's just into order, and is naturally curious!

She fears arrogance and ignorance, and hopes to die as wise as master Yoda.

Charnette is a globetrotter, who loves languages, photography and learning new stuff. She is a firm believer you can never escape your destiny, but still believes you - yourself - have to make your destiny come true. Contradictions is her middlename.

Charnette's translating experience was quite slim as she started out on the freelance path, but due to hard work it's growing in a steady pace. She has an incredible will power, and her goal is to include other languages on her repertoar; namely Japanese as well as Thai.

Free time is something Charnette periodically doesn't have enough of (who does?), but when she does you seldom see her without her camera or her computer - those are her two favourite things. She is also an animal lover, and with big, dreamy eyes she is hoping to one day open up a shelter for the needy, furry things in her new home country Thailand.

Blogging here

On this website you'll find the professional blog of Tan Translations. This blog is mainly about life starting out as a newbie translator/writer without the highest degree in translation, or creative writing, and no experience to speak of. At all.

You know this is what you're supposed to do, but how are you going to convince the clients? How are you going to get those well paid projects without any references? The answer is: be willing to work very hard, crawl in the gutter for quite some time, and you'll get there.

Other topics on Tan Translations' blog "Life At Work":

• the translation/writing business
• starting your own company in Sweden
• languages & writing in general