Born in Wales and brought up in Birmingham, he completed a degree in French at the University of Wales, Cardiff, which was followed by teacher training at St Edmund Hall, Oxford.
Subsequently, he was a French teacher at Manchester Grammar School, then a lecturer at Leicester Polytechnic.
During this time, with Anthea Bell, he translated the Asterix comic books, which were written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo.
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