About Percy Balemans
I am a freelance translator living in the Netherlands and I am the editor of Global Voices in Dutch. On Translating is an Art I blog in Dutch and English about languages and translation.
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August 25th, 2009
Netherlands: Too young to sail the world alone at 13?
Laura Dekker from the Netherlands is 13 years-old and wants to sail around the world alone to break a world record, but the Dutch Child Welfare Council have taken legal action to stop her.
June 13th, 2009
Western Europe
The website of the Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam commemorates the 80th birthday of Anne Frank by listing activities in the Netherlands and around the world which are organised to mark the occasion.
April 4th, 2009
Netherlands: Dutch minister tweets about Afghanistan summit
During the recent Afghanistan summit in The Hague, Dutch speakers could read updates and direct responses to questions about the summit on Twitter. The updates were posted by Maxime Verhagen, the Dutch Mininster of Foreign Affairs, who hosted the summit. Mr Verhagen is an avid Twitter user.
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