Remember, Remember the 5th of November

This is a year of professional anniversaries for me. Fifteen years ago, several colleagues specialising in art translations and I set up Barcelona Kontext, which changed my working life. And we’re still here, translating exhibition catalogues and art books.

Twenty years ago, I started sharing an office, which changed my whole life and led me to some of the most important people in my life. And I’m still here, now in el Born, happier than ever.

And thirty years ago (it’s been thirty years since so many things happened) I received my first commission. My first professional translation. That was the beginning of very many things. And it turns out that today is the 5th of November: ‘Remember, Remember the 5th of November’.

In November 1989 (ahem) I had just started translating V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd for Ediciones Zinco and I was walking on air. All of a sudden, my name was appearing in comics next to theirs! Snif. And I’m still here.