Latvian Translations

For those who are looking to have Latvian documents translated to English, I would like to recommend Ilze Thomas, the lady who has been translating the letters in the "Letters from Latvia" series. Not only has she translated the letters but she has also provided me with invaluable contextual backgrounds to many of them. For further enquiries please type the following address into you email client (I have posted the address as an image in order to reduce spam):


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