ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi nˈaɪn ʃiː bɪɡˈæn tə ɹˈaɪt pˈoʊɪtɹi, ænd wʌz ɔːlɹˌɛdi ɐ skˈɪld tɹænslˈeɪɾɚ, bˌiːɪŋ ˈeɪbəl tə tɹænslˈeɪt bᵻtwˌiːn fɹˈɛntʃ, ɹoʊmˈeɪniən, jˈɪdɪʃ ænd hɜː nˈeɪɾɪv dʒˈɜːmən.
In 1939 she began to write poetry, and was already a skilled translator, being able to translate between French, Romanian, Yiddish and her native German.