About

Finance has been a passion of mine for a while. I've been studying it and reading around it in my own time, and somewhere along the way I kept running into the same thing. The moment you step outside of a guided explanation, everything turns into jargon. Terms get used like they're common knowledge when most people have never had a reason to learn them.

That's what MoneyTranslator is here for. If you've ever read something financial and felt like you missed a meeting where everyone else got the memo, this site is for you.

MoneyTranslator covers the terms that come up most in everyday personal finance across six areas:

• Borrowing — loans, overdrafts, APR, credit cards
• Saving — ISAs, AER, compound interest, emergency funds
• Mortgages — LTV, fixed rates, how mortgages actually work
• Credit — credit scores, what affects them and how to improve them
• Budgeting — net income, direct debits, standing orders, making a plan
• Economics — inflation, interest rates, depreciation

Each term gets a plain English explanation, a real world example, and the most common mistake people make with it.

Got a term you'd like to see covered, or spotted something that needs correcting? Contact details coming soon.