Percy Balemans graduated from the School of Translation and Interpreting in the Netherlands in 1989. After working with a translation agency as an in-house translator for a few years, she served as a technical writer and copywriter, information designer, web editor, and trainer for an information technology business. She has been a full-time freelance translator since 2007, translating form English and German into Dutch, specializing in advertising (transcreation), fashion, art and travel and tourism. Percy is a member of the Netherlands Society of Interpreters and Translators (NGTV), the American Translators Association (ATA) and the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL).