I attended a seminar on transcreation conducted by Mr Pruiksma and was impressed with his ear for linguistic nuances and taste for making translations more experiential. Hence when he offered translation mentorship, I immediately signed up for it. The mentorship has been deeply satisfying and I have learnt so much from Thomas. He has a knack for truly hearing one and we quickly and effortlessly got into the same frequency. I found it very easy to share with him my thoughts and ideas, without the necessity for convoluted explanations, which I honestly found quite novel. Thomas is very generous, with his time, ideas, effort and understanding, all of which he offers with the utmost friendliness and endearing sincerity. At the same time, he was near perfect as a mentor- He never overwhelmed me with his own intentions or opinions. Rather, he carefully steered me towards my own goals while helping to fill in the gaps in my knowledge or skills and whenever possible, offering me pertinent and refreshing alternative perspectives. He helped me rebuild my confidence after many prior negative experiences and reignited my love for language, poetry and textual creativity. I look forward with excitement to future collaborations with Thomas.