Michelle Bailat-Jones

Michelle Bailat-Jones – Translator

French to English literary translation of novels, short stories, comics/graphic novels, as well as serious non-fiction and academic writing.

Overview

I am an experienced and polyvalent literary translator with over fifteen years of experience. I have completed book-length projects for publishers in the US (Ginkgo, Princeton Architectural Press), the UK (Bloomsbury), Australia (Skomlin), and Switzerland (Helvetiq), and have also worked for a variety of indie authors. I'm an avid reader and also the author of two novels, and I bring the same passion for words and writing to my translation projects. I love working on books that involve research of any kind, or art and history. I love adventure stories, the ocean, a good language challenge, and getting to travel to new places in other people's writing. I was born in Japan, raised in the United States, and I'm now based in French-speaking Switzerland.
Services
Non-Fiction
Art Biographies & Memoirs History
Fiction
Classics Comics & Graphic Novels Contemporary Fiction Literary Fiction Thriller & Suspense
Languages
French to English
Certifications
  • MFA

Work experience

Self-employed

Dec, 2005 — Present
Since starting out as a literary translator, I have had ten full-length translations published (non-fiction, fiction, art books, and graphic novels) as well as numerous short story translations published in a variety of literary journals in both the US and the UK.

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