Highlights

• Never missed a deadline.
• I grasp the meaning.
• 24/7 available.

Education

1970-1974 Münchner Schule. Germany.
1975-1978 Harrison Public. New York.
1978-1980 British Institute. Madrid, Spain.
1980-1982 Boston College High. Boston.
1982-1983 San Ignacio de Loyola. Barcelona, Spain.
1984-1989 4 years of Law School at Barcelona U.

Professional Experience

1985-1997 - TMB Secretarial Services. Madrid, Spain. Tech./ Legal translations, simultaneous, voiceover.

1992-1993 - COOB92, Olympic Games, Barcelona.
Village/ Athlete Coordinator, Committee Coordination.

1993-1996 - VW-Audi. Marketing Department.
Inaugural presentation of Seat’s plant in Martorell, Barcelona. Liaison between Legal Dep. and Marketing Dep.

1996-2000 - Vicens Matas Law Firm, Barcelona.
Legal Translations in International Dep.

2000-2006 - Pérez Portabella-Maristany Law Firm, Barcelona. International Dep. Simultaneous translations.

· Part time job at the Maltese Honorary Consulate in Barcelona as a legal interpreter and liaison.

· Various translations for the American Consul in Barcelona, including visa and passport translations, court assistance and public relations for British detainees.

· Various business trips to Boston (MA), including brochure translation for the Brookline Country Club (TCC), along as liaison assistance and interpretation during the 1999 Ryder Cup Competition.

. Simultaneous interpreter during the fall of 1992 in Bad Godesberg (Bonn), Germany, during third annual bilateral meetings between the Spanish Foreign Ministry and German Institutions.

· Various business trips to Budapest, Hungary, in liaison with the Spanish Embassy in Budapest, Hungary, including passport and visa translations.

· Recent projects:

. Escalator RAM plan
· Several operation manuals (palletiser, loadmaster...)
· Website localization.
. Simultaneous interpreter for the WHAD Group in Barcelona.
· Assistance for asylum seekers at Barcelona Airport. (ongoing).
· Orange Proposal of Services.
· Casino website localization.
. Weekly Poker Newsletters.
. Invitation to invest.
. Energy Bars.
. Ultraman & Furnace Creek Rules.
. Proofreading of an online poker web site.
. Translation of 7 MSDS.
· Auctioners web site.
· Law Firm web site.
· Instruction manual for TV media player.
· License and installer agreement.
· Alarm system installation guide.
· Pan/Tilt IP Surveillance Camera user’s guide.· RAM Plan for an escalator.
. Technical description of an escalator.
. Civil Engineering Glossary
. Threadneedle Investment Company Prospectus.
· Burson-Marsteller Market Research Consultants, Quota research (consumer habit survey).
· Online videopoker playing instructions.
. Collaboration in 'ProZ' localization.
· Basic doctrines of Miguel Servet. (PhD Thesis)
· Registration as a Professional Geo-information Science Practitioner.
· HDD installation instruction manual.

Translator's Corner History & Ratings

Detailed Ratings

Languages Spoken

• Catalan
• German
• English
• Spanish

Sworn Status

• Translator is not Sworn

Services Offered

• English to Catalan Translation
• English to Spanish Translation

Translation Specialties

• Computer Hardware
• Information Technology
• Software Localization
• Website Localization
• Education
• Automotive Engineering
• General Engineering
• Corporate Law
• Legal Documents
• Patents, Trademarks & Copyrights
• Lawsuits
• Court Hearings & Trials
• Psychology
• Toxicology
• Behavioral Science
• Political Science
• Electronics
• Military & Weapons
• Multimedia
• Printing & Publishing
• Shipping & Maritime
• Telecommunications

Software I have

• Adobe Acrobat
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• TRADOS
• Web Editing (Frontpage, Dreamweaver, etc)
• Wordfast