To me, translation means freedom. The freedom to choose your clients, your projects and the days or times you work. And above all the freedom to finally be able to combine, in a profession that pays well, a range of slightly odd skills – being fussy about grammar and spelling, enjoying research, knowing about a wide variety of obscure subjects, being perfectly happy working alone for hours or weeks at a time, loving to write... To me, being a translator is the best thing in the world!