A linguist by training, Doris Ecker is a full-time translator and writer based in Vancouver. After an eclectic career as a copy editor and linguistic adviser, senior researcher in machine translation, and bookbinder/conservator, she completed her Diploma in Translation at the British Institute of Linguists and started her own translation business. Ecker has worked as a translator mainly in the fields of travel, advertising, art and media for over thirteen years and has published travel articles in various English-language magazines. She is a member of the American Translators Association, the Northern Californian Translators Association, and the British Columbia Association of Travel Writers.