Profile
A grounded perspective on language, law and institutions
Martinien Afangbedji is a legal and institutional translator working between French and English. Based in Accra, he works with international and development institutions on documents where accuracy, consistency and judgement carry consequences.
Over nearly a decade he has worked across African legal and institutional environments, translating and revising contracts, policies, reports, agreements and other high-stakes documents.
His work sits where language, law and institutions meet, with a particular interest in how legal and institutional meaning travels across languages.
Master's degree in Translation
University of Ghana
Joint professional certification
OIF · ISIT Paris · Université Gaston Berger
Certified Translation Project Manager
Certified Machine Translation Post-Editor
Licensed Trados Studio professional
The French translation of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana
Featured workA foundational legal text rendered into French with the precision such a document demands, a touchstone for the constitutional, treaty and institutional work at the heart of my practice.
A snapshot from a few selected institutional engagements, among many across my practice, anonymised and updated automatically.