More than 25 years of experience …
I started as a designer on a MacPlus with Pagemaker in the 1990s, I then moved on as managing editor and publisher of scientific journals and books (Opulus Press i Uppsala AB). Some of our more prominent titles were Journal of Vegetation Science (Now Wiley), Applied Vegetation Science (Now Wiley), De Vegetatie van Nederland, vols 1-5, Microclimate, vegetation and fauna (Opulus Press).
In 2005 I left the publishing world and started afresh as freelance translator. Since then I have been working full-time as translator, senior editor, reviewer and project manager. I have specialised in medical and technical content. However, I also work with legal and general content. Among my clients, to mention a few: Meta, Google, Lionbridge, Icon Clinical Research, RWS Life Science, Siemens Healthineers, GE HealthCare, Abbott Laboratories, Brainlab.

Joost van der Maarel
Translator & Senior Editor








