Jai van Essen
Jai van Essen

Jai
van Essen

Jai van Essen is a sworn Dutch-English and English-Dutch translator. He studied English Language and Literature at the University of Amsterdam, and in 2015 he completed the Legal Translation in Criminal Cases program at the SIGV Association of Court Interpreters and Translators. This same year, he was sworn in by the Court of Amsterdam and added to the Dutch Register of Sworn Translators, and has been working as a freelance translator ever since.

Jai van Essen is a sworn Dutch-English and English-Dutch translator. He studied English Language and Literature at the University of Amsterdam, and in 2015 he completed the Legal Translation in Criminal Cases program at the SIGV Association of Court Interpreters and Translators. This same year, he was sworn in by the Court of Amsterdam and added to the Dutch Register of Sworn Translators, and has been working as a freelance translator ever since.

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