Native Language                       British English

 

Language Combinations            Portuguese-English and Spanish-English

 

Translation Tools Used              Trados Freelance 6.5.5

 

Recent Translation Jobs

 

·         Articles on tourism for IFEMA (Spanish-English)

·         Technical manuals for a major car manufacturer (Portuguese-English)

·         Technical book on papermaking technology (Spanish-English)

·         Film treatment for a Spanish production company (Spanish-English)

·         Business and legal contracts (both language pairs)

·         Sports articles for the FIFA website (Portuguese-English)

Education and Qualifications

Jan 2007                 Diploma in Translation, Chartered Institute of Linguists (Portuguese – English)

Jan 2004                 Diploma in Translation, Chartered Institute of Linguists (Spanish – English)

Oct 2002                      MA with Merit in English, King’s College London

June 1993                   BA with First Class Honours in Spanish with Portuguese, University College    London

Career History

Mar 2004-present         Freelance Translator

·         Translating from Spanish and Portuguese into English

·         Specializing in automotive engineering, IT, journalism, tourism, marketing and   media

·         Member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists

 Feb 2001- Oct 2005     Part-time IT Co-Coordinator, Edwards Language School

·         Designed school website

·         Designed and built student enrolment database

 Dec 1999-Sept 2001    Senior Programmer, i.teba

·         Assisted in maintaining various websites for EMAP

·         Managed database maintenance team at US Navy

·         Developed application for Greenwich Social Services

 Jul 1998-Nov 1999      Analyst Programmer, Andersen Consulting Services, Worthing

·         Worked as part of a team maintaining the customer database for Seeboard Electricity

 Jul 1996-Apr 1998      Senior Teacher and IT Co-ordinator, Edwards Language School

·         Taught English at all levels from Elementary to Proficiency

 Nov 1993-Jul 1996     English Teacher, Briam Instituto, Madrid, Spain

·         Taught English at all levels from Beginners to Advanced.