Robert has been a translator since childhood. He started translating for extra money while in high school, and continued to do so throughout college and graduate school. These days, his clients include banks, corporations, non-profits, consulates, as well as private individuals, and he has been able to expand and set up his own boutique Translation Agency called Lugano Translations, run entirely with Freelancers. His education and background was in finance and fiscal policy, and his translation agency specializes in financial and legal translations. His expertise is in Entrepreneurship and Freelancing, from both the perspective of the "hirer" as well as the "hiree". Robert also has a passion for languages, both for work and just for pleasure.