Ben Kearney is a professional Dutch to English translator. After studying Dutch at the University of Iowa, Ben worked and lived in Belgium for 2 years. There he became proficient in the Flemish variant of Dutch. Originally motivated by his desire to provide non Dutch-speaking friends with English translations of certain Dutch texts, Ben began translating 10 years ago. Today his specialties include financial and marketing texts, though his translations occasionally benefit from his experience in the worlds of video production, IT and theater as well. “Experimentation yields as-yet unknowable rewards. That’s how I first started translating, and it’s why I’m excited to be able to take part in this experiment.”