Rabbi Yehuda Oratz, Founder of Oratz.net
Rabbi Yehuda Oratz's Biography

The Oratz Network is an online directory for language professionals. Yehuda Oratz and Richard created the Oratz langugage network.

Yehuda was born in 1954 and he spent his childhood in Algeria where his father worked for the military as a translator. His mother Leah was a housewife. Leah Oratz spoke fluent German, Italian and French. She mastered seven languages. When Yehuda Oratz was four, he used to talk to his parents and stepbrother Richard Oratz using four languages. You could say it was a multi-lingual family.

Oratz Family

In 1960, the Ortaz family moved to France, where Yehuda Oratz went to school. His teachers were surprised that he enjoyed literature. When time came to enter college, Yehuda Oratz hesitated about his future. He had difficulty choosing between an engineer and a translator. Finally, he decided in favor of becoming a translator.

Yehuda Oratz's background helped him greatly become an expert linguist. He was a member of the Language Club. He would spend all his time on studies, discussing and participating in various University events. When Rabbi Yehuda Oratz started college that's when he laid the foundation for the Oratz Network.

In 1974 Yehuda Oratz established his first translation agency. It's matchless success surprised not only the founder's friends and relatives, but also Rabbi Oratz himself. Actually, in five months it became the leading translation agency in Illinois. The Oratz agency also served international companies, competing with worldly-recognized translators. This way Yehuda Oratz established a reputation both as a talented businessman and as a creative translator. Yehuda invested every dollar in the development of the company. Unfortunately, when his mother fell ill and treatment expenses came to six-figure numbers, Yehuda Oratz had to sell his business.

The London period was marked by numerous important events in Oratz's life. He has known unspeakable success in business, gained wide experience both as a translator and interpretor, developed several lucrative projects, and finally, got married and became a father.

At first, Rabbi Oratz managed the directory by himself. As time went on he needed help and his elder brother Richard joined the Oratz Network. Richard specialized in advertising and public relations.

The two brothers worked hard to improve their brainchild and to make it truly helpful to language pros, regardless of their country, experience and revenue. Yehuda Oratz started by giving weekly recommendations, but later he made sure that an online library was a more efficient way to teach.  He dreamed of a universal structure which included all aspects of translator's life, like studying, practicing, choosing clients, sharing knowledge with colleagues etc. Thus, such famous Oratz.net options as Oratz Library and Oratz Training appeared. Concentrated on proper motivation, They also created the Contests section where each Oratz.net member could take part and use his/her skills and abilities to earn.

Today the founder of the best online directory for translators Oratz.net, Rabbi Yehuda Oratz, along with his brother Richard, is one of the richest men in Europe. Yehuda Ortaz continues to improve the Oratz Network and develops several other projects at the same time.