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In December, 2012, I finished the required coursework needed to earn my Specialized Certificate in Translation from the University of California Extension, San Diego. The Specialized Certificate program description is linked here: UC San Diego Extension's Specialized Certificate in Translation

I am a native English/Spanish speaker living in California. I provide limited freelance translation services during the school year. I am able to devote more time to translation during the summer months. Having been a teacher since 1981, I specialize in education and children's literature translation. I am a member of the American Translators Association (ATA) and the Asociación Española de Traductores, Correctores e Intérpretes (Asetrad). Please see my Resumé for more detailed background information. The following link will take you to my Translation Website: www.TheWriteTranslator.com

I have been in education since 1981 and will continue teaching in public education until I retire. Until that time, my translation business remains a part-time vocation. I am able to devote one hour each night and up to four hours Saturdays and Sundays to translation. This allows me to work on small projects and larger assignments that do not have a rushed deadline. I am able to spend more time on translations during the summer months.

My experience in education gives me the necessary background and insight to work on assignments relating to education, schools, and universities. My Reading Specialist credential and undergraduate background in literature gives me the necessary background to work with children's literature and instructional reading materials. My experience as an amateur family genealogist over the years has exposed me to different types of genealogy related documents, handwritten and in print, domestic and foreign, from birth certificates to land deeds.

My family originates from Macotera, Salamanca, Spain. I've spoken Spanish since I was a child, majored in Spanish literature in university and lived in Spain as an adult. I've also studied French language and literature as an undergraduate while attending McGill University in Montréal, Canada.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

Elementary School, Junior High, and High School - California, USA

B.A. in Spanish Literature, McGill University, Montréal, Canada

Multiple Subject California Teaching Credential, Bilingual-Cross Cultural Emphasis

M.A. in Education: Reading Option, California State University, San Bernardino

Post M.A., Reading Specialist Credential, California State University, San Bernardino

Specialized Certificate in Translation, University of California Extension, San Diego

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Various part-time translation assignments since 1976

On-going translation of Insurance brochures, email templates, and other documents for a California-based Surrogacy Insurance company, underwritten by Lloyd's of London

Developmentally Disabled Instructor at a private facility, 4 years

Community College teacher, 5 years

Public Elementary Education teacher, 13 years

Private teacher at an International School in Spain, 3 years

Private teacher at an International School in Thailand, 6 years

Total of 32 years in education