Education
Institutions: University of Granada (Spain) and University of Wales Swansea (United Kingdom).
Degree: Degree Translation and Interpreting (English)
Institutions: María Bellido (language high school)
Degree: School leaving-certificate in Linguistics (English & French)
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Spanish Mother Tongue
Fluent in English, French and Modern Greek, basic knowledge of German and Turkish. Have lived in the UK, Greece and the USA.
MEMBERSHIP of Professional Bodies: PROZ - Global community of language professionals.
OTHER SKILLS: Very high computer literacy (among others: MS Office, TRADOS, MS Publisher, Internet Explorer, Adobe Acrobat, SAP translation systems)
Very good communication and organization skills, precision, concentration, professionalism, highly experienced in working in international and multicultural environments.
PRESENT POSITION: Independent Translator, Linguistic Consultant, Interpreter and Tour Leader.
YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AS TRANSLATOR: 4
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
Vast experience in linguistic services, including cooperation with domestic companies and agencies, as well as in-door translation services abroad. Solid experience as liaison (translation, interpretation, correspondence, telephone contacts, organization), between company offices and workshops and external relations (clients, suppliers, control agencies), resulting in a high level of autonomy in decision-making .
Key fields of translation expertise include technical fields (IT, localization, arquitecture, mechanical engineering, industrial, automotive, digital electronics, no-dig technologies, marble and granite products; mathematics, tourism) as well as marketing (editorials, leaflets, videogames), humanistic (essays on history of art and literature, poetry), medicine (surgery, gynecology, nutrition) and economics.
Professional Experience
September 2003 – July 2004
Granada – Spain
Carpe Diem
Teacher (English and French).
July 2005-July 2006, Academia Granada
English language teacher
September 2007- Present
English language teacher for the Spanish Government
Teaching English as a foreign language to different companies
Present
In-house translator from English to Spanish
2,500 words per day
0,08 euros per word
September 2007-Present
Really Discover
Tour leader
EXPERIENCE as a freelance translator
- Translation of documents about Economic Empirical Studies from English into Spanish for the Department of Economics of the University of Granada
- NOCOMPRENDO language services, several technical documents.
- Translation of the following web site: http://www.reallydiscover.com
-Coordinator of the University of Cambridge ESOL exams in Granada during two years.