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Member since Jan '08

Working languages:
English to French
English to Spanish
Catalan to English
Spanish to French
French to Spanish


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Miguel Garcia Lopez
Degree in International & Foreign Trade

Cataluña, Spain / Native in: French Native in French, Spanish Native in Spanish
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5
Last 12 months
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5


User message  
Reliable and specialized in : Tourism, Import-Export, Logistics, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, (Micro)biology, Forestry and Industry. ASETRAD Member
Account type  Freelancer/Company, Identity Verified Verified member
Affiliations Blue Board: Miguel Garcia Lopez / ISCA Web Edition Translation
Services  Translation, Interpreting, Editing/proofreading, Website localization, Subtitling, Transcription, Sales
Expertise
Specializes in:
Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)Tourism & Travel
Medical (general)Medical: Health Care
Medical: InstrumentsMedical: Pharmaceuticals
International Org/Dev/CoopForestry / Wood / Timber
Chemistry; Chem Sci/EngTransport / Transportation / Shipping
Rates
English to French - Rates: 0.08 - 0.10 EUR per word / 20 - 30 EUR per hour
English to Spanish - Rates: 0.08 - 0.10 EUR per word / 20 - 30 EUR per hour
Catalan to English - Rates: 0.08 - 0.10 EUR per word / 20 - 30 EUR per hour
Spanish to French - Rates: 0.08 - 0.10 EUR per word / 20 - 30 EUR per hour
French to Spanish - Rates: 0.08 - 0.10 EUR per word / 20 - 30 EUR per hour
KudoZ activity   Questions answered: 34, Questions asked: 66, PRO-level points: 52
Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 2
Translation education OTHER-EOI Barcelona
Experience Years of translation experience: 14. Registered at ProZ.com: Dec 2007. Became a member: Jan 2008.
Credentials French to Spanish (EOI Spain (Official School of Languages), verified)
Catalan to French (EOI Spain (Official School of Languages))
Spanish to French (EOI Spain (Official School of Languages), verified)
English to French (EOI Spain (Official School of Languages))
French to Catalan (EOI Spain (Official School of Languages))
Memberships ASETRAD
Software Adobe Acrobat, FrameMaker, Indesign, MetaTexis, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Pagemaker, Powerpoint, QuarkXPress, SDL TRADOS, SDLX, Wordfast
Forum posts  15 forum posts
Website, CV/Resume CV/Resume: English
Trainings Attended  Trados Inicial [download]
Professional practices Miguel Garcia Lopez endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines.
About me






Bilingual native speaker of French and Spanish. Non-native speaker of Catalan.
Born in Belgium. Lived in Belgium from 1974-1992. Living in Barcelona since 1992.

Member No. 708 of ASETRAD Asociación Española de Traductores, Correctores e Intérpretes (Spanish Association of Translators, Proofreaders and Interpreters) Asetrad Website

Education :
- Degree in International and Foreign Trade, CCIS (Barcelona)
- EOI (Official School of Languages, Spain) Diploma in French and English

- Diploma in Purchasing Operations, Institut Català de Tecnologia (Barcelona)
- Diploma in Regulations in Dangerous goods shipping and operations by air-, seafreight or truck, Barcelona Seaport
- Diploma in Customs procedures and inspections in International and Foreign Trade, Barcelona Seaport
- Diploma in Foreign Trade Incentive, Asociación Exportadores Canarios (Tenerife, Canarias)
- Course in Biodiversity “Wind Power Energy”, San Pablo-CEU University (Madrid)
- Course in Biodiversity “Geothermic, Ocean wave and Hydraulic Energies”, San Pablo-CEU University (Madrid)
- Diploma Risk management, Health and Security at work (Building industry), IEEE (Granada)
- Diploma in “Documentary Credits UCP600 new regulations” in International and Foreign Trade, CCNB (Barcelona)

14 Years of experience in translation and proofreading:
- Tourism, Hotels
- International Development, Import-Export
- Transportation, Shipping
- Medicine, Pharmaceuticals
- Healthcare, Laboratory Science
- Chemistry, (Micro)Biology
- Wood industry, Forestry
- and... less technical areas, such as Business, Sports, etc...

Languages:
- English -> French
- English -> Spanish
- French -> Spanish
- Spanish -> French
- Catalan -> French
- Catalan -> Spanish
- Catalan -> English

Professional Experience (outside realm of translations):
- 5 years in Export Sales management, Chemistry-Laboratory-Microbiology-Medical, Scharlau Chemie, manufacturer of chemicals, laboratory and microbiology products for Pharmaceuticals, laboratories, etc.
- 6 months in Purchasing management, Wood & Forestry Industry, Gabarró Hermanos, importers of timber and processed wood
- 2 years in Purchasing management, Beverages Industry, Coca-Cola Company (Equatorial Africa Division)
- 3 years in Supply Chain and Administration management, Logistics, Rouch Intermodal, rail-road transportation
- 2 years in Export Sales management, Industry, Talleres Cato, manufacturer of meat processing machines.

These are the CAT softwares I work with :
Wordfast 5.52, SDL Trados 2007 Freelance and Metatexis Lite.

Miguel Garcia Lopez
Freelance Web Editor, Translator (English-Spanish-French) and Consultant
ISCA, Web Edition Translation & Consultancy

Campoamor, 103-1-B
E-08204 Sabadell (Barcelona), Spain
Phone : +34 625216469
Fax : +34 933967481
E-mail : miguelgarcialop@yahoo.es
Skype : miguelgarcialop

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Since 1994.... These are some of my customers for translation work :

* Automobile :
- Repairing Instructions, English->French, 595 words, CBG, Sweden

* Business :
- Corporate newspaper, English->Spanish, 1056 words, Languages Translation Services, USA
- Curriculum Vitae, English->Spanish, 624 words, VerbumSoft
- Banking. English->Belgian French, 514 words, Lingo24, UK

* Chemistry/Laboratory/Microbiology :
- Catalogues regarding laboratory products and other technical issues, Scharlau Chemie, Barcelona

* Hotels/Hospitality/Tourism :
- Part-time Web editor in French (rural houses in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Belgium and Germany), www.toprural.com, Madrid
- Hotels in several european cities, English->French and Spanish, 22009 words, www.hotelschart.com, Italy

* Industry/Machinery :
- Instructions Manuals, Air compressors, English->Spanish, 47838 words, Ekomak

- Technical Specifications, Playground equipment, Spanish->French, 4041 words, Hierros Colomer
- Technical Specifications Revision. French->Spanish, 1887 words, A.M. TRANSlation Services, Austria
- Machine Technical Specifications. English->French, 1502 words, Bartsch Consult, Germany
- Machinery advertisement, French->Spanish, 7 pages, Com-Office, France

* IT :
- Technical specifications for an IT project. Catalan->English, 6784 words, Bon Traduction, USA

* Legal :
- Legal communications. Catalan->English, 2896 words, Intertranslations, Greece

* Logistics/Transportation :
- Logistics and Transportation for NGO's, English->French, 52870 words, Adelphi Translations, UK

- Feasibility study in Logistics. English->French, 8747 words, Kerry Services, UK

* Medical/Pharmaceutical :
- Herbs for Traditional Chinese Medicine, English->French, 17434 words, Your Translation Chinese Team, Hong-Kong
- Specifications for Clinical trials, English->French, 11547 words, Translations2000, USA

- PIL and SPC files, Pharmaceuticals. English ->French, 3942 words, Baltic VIP, Latvia
- Oncology study. English->Spanish and English->French, 455+371 words, Translations2000, USA
- Revision for Belgium localization, medical instruments. English->French, 2 pages, Legal Language Services ALS, USA

* Security :
- Revision for Spain localisation - Health, Security and Environment Policies, Aberdeen Languages Services, Canada

* Textile :
- Specifications on sunscreen fabrics, English->French, 591 words, Liberty Consulting, France

* Wood Industry :
- Instructions Manuals, machines for wood industry, English->French, 58499 words, Baltic VIP, Latvia.


* Others :
- Several projects, OneDocument, Spain
- Several projects, DataSource International, Hong-Kong
This user has earned KudoZ points by helping other translators with PRO-level terms. Click point total(s) to see term translations provided.

Total pts earned: 60
PRO-level pts: 52


Top languages (PRO)
English to French16
English to Spanish8
Spanish to English8
Catalan to English4
English to Catalan4
Pts in 3 more pairs >
Top general fields (PRO)
Tech/Engineering12
Bus/Financial12
Other8
Social Sciences4
Medical4
Pts in 3 more flds >
Top specific fields (PRO)
Business/Commerce (general)8
Transport / Transportation / Shipping4
Cooking / Culinary4
Law: Contract(s)4
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.4
Nuclear Eng/Sci4
IT (Information Technology)4
Pts in 5 more flds >

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This user has reported completing projects in the following job categories, language pairs, and fields.

Project History Summary
Total projects31
With client feedback9
Corroborated9
100% positive (9 entries)
positive9
neutral0
negative0

Job type
Translation27
Proofreading/editing4
Language pairs
English to French18
English to Spanish7
Catalan to English3
French1
French to Spanish1
Spanish to French1
French to English1
Specialty fields
Medical: Pharmaceuticals7
Medical: Health Care5
Mechanics / Mech Engineering5
Law (general)3
Engineering: Industrial3
Telecom(munications)3
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion3
Medical (general)2
IT (Information Technology)2
Tourism & Travel2
Transport / Transportation / Shipping2
Forestry / Wood / Timber1
Food & Dairy1
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters1
Finance (general)1
Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs1
Business/Commerce (general)1
Law: Contract(s)1
Environment & Ecology1
Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.)1
International Org/Dev/Coop1
Medical: Instruments1
Automotive / Cars & Trucks1
Engineering (general)1
Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino1
Other fields
Keywords: international trade, purchasing, dangerous goods, customs, biodiversity, wind power, geothermic, risk management, health, security, documentary credits, chemistry, laboratory, medical, pharmaceutical, health, healthcare, forestry, wood, religion, bible, christianity, spirituality, sport, fitness, bodybuilding, doping, games, video games, transport, shipping, export, import, medicine, transportation, shipping, drugs, PIL, SPC, belgium

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