YIDDISH TRANSLATIONS
Bringing your family history alive,
one letter at a time
SERVICES
Yiddish translation
Over 20 years of studying, teaching, conducting research in, and translating Yiddish
Hungarian translation
Way too many years of being a native Hungarian speaker
Russian translation
25+ years of studying, teaching, researching, and translating to and from Russian
Hebrew translation
30+ years of studying, teaching, researching, and translating to and from Hebrew
While most requests are for Yiddish to English translation, I can translate from and to all four languages above, in any language pair combination (e.g., Hungarian to English, Russian to English, Hebrew to English, Yiddish to Hebrew, etc.).
Genealogical research services
Using online databases, archives, digitized books, newspapers, periodicals, and other resources, I can locate and obtain obtain sources about your family history and prepare a report based on my findings.
Was your family from Russia, Ukraine or Poland? Perhaps Lithuania or Hungary? Or someplace else in Yiddishland? Was your grandmother a decorated Red Army officer or was she involved in a cause célèbre in Warsaw? Where was your grandfather's Budapest villa? When was he sent to the Soviet Gulag? You'll be surprised how much one can find out from half a world and a whole century away!
I have used my expertise in history, archival research, and Jewish genealogy to unearth my own family's history. Check out my blog for some breathtaking stories about my quest!
*Full disclosure: I also have at least reading knowledge of Ukrainian, German, Arabic, Old Church Slavonic, Aramaic, and Latin. Sadly, though, none well enough to take on translation projects.
