Philippa
Hurd
Translator
Übersetzerin
Traductrice
About Philippa Hurd
I’m a translator and transcreator from German and French into English (my mother tongue). I translate scholarly works and all kinds of non-fiction, specializing in art, architecture, philosophy, economics, politics, social sciences and travel. I also transcreate sales and marketing material, which involves combining translation with copywriting and localization.
For over 25 years I worked in social sciences and arts publishing, commissioning, editing and sometimes translating books, often in collaboration with museums, galleries, arts organizations and international businesses. In 2011, I became a full-time, freelance translator.
I have a Diploma in Translation from the Chartered Institute of Linguists, an M.A. from Cambridge University in Modern Languages (French and German), and a Ph.D. from Cambridge University in architectural theory (Signs and Practices: The Work of Karl Friedrich Schinkel as an Architecture for the Nineteenth Century).
Books and Multimedia Guides
A Year in the French Style by Vincent Farelly & Jean-Baptiste Martin, Flammarion
Equality in an Unequal World, edited by Corinne M. Flick, Convoco ! Editions
Lady Sapiens: Breaking Stereotypes about Prehistoric Women by
How Much Freedom Must We Forgo To Be Free? ed. Corinne M. Flick (Convoco Editions)
Simon Hantaï: The Centenary Exhibition, ed. Anne Baldessari (Gallimard)
New Global Alliances, ed. Corinne M. Flick (Convoco Editions)
The Morozov Collection, ed. Anne Baldessari (Fondation Louis Vuitton/Gallimard)
Georges Braque: Inventor of Cubism ed. Susanne Gaensheimer and Susanne Meyer-Büser (Prestel)
The Standing of Europe in the New Imperial World Order edited by Corinne Michaela Flick (Convoco! Editions)
An Illustrated History of Equestrian Sports, ed. by Marie de Pellegar, Benoît Capdebarthes (Flammarion)
Le Monde Nouveau de Charlotte Perriand (Gallimard/Fondation Louis Vuitton)
Of Lions and Lambs by Benita Suchodrev (Kehrer Verlag)
Les Ateliers des Capucins (bilingual edition) by Jean-François Mollière & Jean-François Pousse (Flammarion)
The Multiple Futures of Capitalism edited by Corinne Michaela Flick (Convoco! Editions)
Color and Light: The Neo-Impressionist Henri-Edmond Cross, edited by Frederic Franc et al. (Prestel)
Graphic Design Play Book: The Exploration of Visual Thinking by Sophie Cure and Aurélien Farina (Laurence King)
The Rural, edited by Myvillages (Whitechapel/MIT Press)
Florence and its Painters: From Giotto to Leonardo da Vinci, edited by Andreas Schumacher (Hirmer)
Altered States of Consciousness by Marc Wittmann (MIT Press)
Congo Tales, edited by Stefanie Plattner (Prestel)
Maison: Parisian Chic at Home by Ines de la Fressange and Marin Montagut (Flammarion)
The Field Guide to Men’s Style by Ines de la Fressange with Sophie Gachet (Flammarion)
Shanzai: Deconstruction in Chinese by Byung-Chul Han (MIT Press)
Praised and Ridiculed: French Painting 1820–1880 (exh. cat.) (Hirmer)
Authority in Transformation edited by Corinne Michaela Flick (Convoco! Editions)
Work edited by Friederike Sigler (Whitechapel/MIT Press)
Power and its Paradoxes edited by Corinne Michaela Flick (Convoco! Editions)
Animals edited by Filipa Ramos (Whitechapel/MIT Press)
The Magazine edited by Gwen Allen (Whitechapel/MIT Press)
Louis Vuitton City Guides (Louis Vuitton Malletier)
Alp by Olaf Unverzart (Prestel)
Artists and Architecture: Variable Dimensions (exh. cat.) (Pavillon de l’Arsenal)
Paris: City of Light by Christopher Thomas (Prestel)
Materiality edited by Petra Lange-Berndt (Whitechapel/MIT Press)
House of Thurn und Taxis by Todd Eberle et al. (Rizzoli)
Edinburgh by Floc’h (Louis Vuitton Malletier)
To Do or Not To Do edited by Corinne Michaela Flick (Convoco! Editions)
The MINI Story (exh. cat.) (Hirmer)
Dealing with Downturns edited by Corinne Michaela Flick (Convoco! Editions)
Kirchner: Peter Schlemihl’s Wondrous Story (exh. cat.) (Prestel)
The Killer Detail: Defining Moments in Fashion by François Armanet and Élisabeth Quin (Flammarion)
Sylvette, Sylvette, Sylvette: Picasso and the Model (exh. cat.) (Prestel)
Collective Lawbreaking: A Threat to Liberty edited by Corinne Michaela Flick (Convoco! Editions)
The Paintings that Revolutionized Art by Claudia Stäuble and Julie Kiefer (Prestel)
Raphael: Drawings (exh. cat.) (Hirmer)
Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay edited by Corinne Michaela Flick (Convoco! Editions)
Olympics Past and Present (exh. cat.) (Prestel)
Who Owns the World’s Knowledge? edited by Corinne Michaela Flick (Convoco! Editions)
The Impossible Museum by Céline Delavaux (Prestel)
Architecture: The Groundbreaking Moments by Isabel Kuhl (Prestel)
George Stubbs: 1724–1806, Science into Art (exh. cat.) (Prestel)
