I am a native speaker of Bengali.

My minimum rate is 0.05 Euro per source word.

But I prefer to work at 0.10 Euro per source word.

I charge for my services at least 25 Euro per hour.

And my minimum charge per document is 10 Euro.

I have not obtained an official translator / linguist degree, but I still provide high-quality language services.

I have been working as a translator since 2004.

I provide the following services: Translation, Proofreading, Copywriting, Advertising, Consulting.

By today, I have translated about 100,000 to 500,000 words.

I use the following tools: AI Tools, Claude, CHatGPT, Gemini, NotebookLM.

I am best in the following fields: Advertising & Public Relations, Arts and Humanities, Copywriting, Folklore, Food / Nutrition, History, Literature / Poetry, Localization, Travel & Tourism, Children's Literature.

I am not a sworn translator.

I am available for work Part-time.

I can provide you with references on request.

The following keywords are related to my services: English to Bengali translation, Bengali to English translation, literary translation, children's literature, journalism translation, economics translation, social sciences translation, government and policy translation, history translation, editing, proofreading, bilingual author, South Asian literature, cultural translation, biography and memoir translation, travelogue translation

Award-winning literary translator and bilingual author with 30 years of professional experience working between English and Bengali. I have translated major works by Amitav Ghosh (The Hungry Tide), Upamanyu Chatterjee (The Revenge of the Non-Vegetarian), and Fazal Sheikh (Moksha), along with multiple children's books that bring international literature to Bengali-speaking young readers. As an author, my own book Jhupli's Honey Bee Box has been translated into nine languages and was named to the USBBY Outstanding International Books list.
I have served as Translator-in-Residence at the British Centre for Literary Translation, University of East Anglia, and as Guest Lecturer at the Department of Translation Studies, University of Calcutta. I am a Charles Wallace India Trust Fellow and a National Foundation for India Media Fellow.
Alongside translation, I bring 30+ years of editorial experience as a senior news editor (The Times of India) and earlier roles at Ei Samay, The Statesman, and Hindustan Times, giving me a sharp eye for register, tone, and accuracy in both languages. My MSc in Economics underpins subject-matter expertise in economics, public policy, and governance texts.
I specialise in literary prose, poetry, children's literature, journalism and media, economics and social sciences, and general cultural and historical texts. I am a native speaker of both English and Bengali, working in both directions (English→Bengali and Bengali→English), and I bring the same rigor to a report or news article as I do to a novel.

I live in Kolkata

700096

India

9831492498