Olaf Knechten

Born and raised in Germany's Lower Rhine Region, Olaf Knechten studied Visual Arts in Cologne, Germany. In the late 1990s he moved to London, UK, where, after a PG Course in Translation at the University of Westminster, he passed his IoL Diploma in Translation. Ever since, he's been working as a translator and writer. After 20 years in London he now lives in Cologne again.

Olaf Knechten is co-author of a dictionary of German as a foreign language. He translated numerous novels - among others Marcus Sakey's Brilliance Trilogy - as well as subtitles for countless feature films (Woody Allen, John Carpenter, George Cukor, John Ford, Dennis Hopper ...) and TV shows ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "The X-Files", "Stargate SG-1" ...).