His salary was insufficient to live on, so Gellibrand and Elsie supplemented it by translating German works by Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prince Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen and others into English, for which they were paid 10 shillings per thousands words. In early 1894 he had taken advantage of his fluent German to qualify as a translator.
Due to insufficient income, Gellibrand and Elsie supplemented their earnings by translating German works such as those of Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prince Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, and others into English. They were paid 10 shillings per thousand words. In early 1894, he took advantage of his fluent German to become a translator.