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Member since Dec '09

Working languages:
English to Catalan
Italian to Catalan
Spanish to Catalan
Catalan to Spanish
English to Spanish

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Aïda Garcia Pons
Translating Books since 2002

California, United States
Local time: 09:15 PST (GMT-8)

Native in: Catalan Native in Catalan, Spanish Native in Spanish
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Account type Freelancer
Services Translation, Voiceover (dubbing), Subtitling
Expertise
Specializes in:
Cooking / CulinaryEducation / Pedagogy
Poetry & LiteratureSlang
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings

KudoZ activity (PRO) PRO-level points: 909, Questions answered: 612, Questions asked: 71
Glossaries Art, cat>en, Clothing, ECO, en>cat, en>es, Eng / Telecom, es>cat, es>en, Esport

Translation education Bachelor's degree - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Experience Years of translation experience: 9. Registered at ProZ.com: Apr 2002. Became a member: Dec 2009.
ProZ.com Certified PRO certificate(s) N/A
Credentials Italian to Spanish (SSLMIT, Forlì, Bologna, Italy)
English to Catalan (UAB, Spain)
Spanish to Catalan (UAB, Spain)
English to Catalan (UAB)
Spanish to Catalan (UAB)


Memberships ATIC (Spain)
Software Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Wordfast
CV/Resume CV available upon request
Conference participation Conference attended
Training sessions attended Traducción asistida con Wordfast [download]
About me
I am a freelance translator for a series of publishing houses in Spain and England and an ESOL (ESL) & EFL tutor.

As a freelancer I translate children's & teen's literature, largely from English into Catalan. Most recently I have also been working on several series of teachers' books for teachers of English in Spanish-speaking countries; these translations are from Spanish into Catalan and English into Spanish.

As a freelancer I have also written over 50 reviews on children's Italian and English originals. My job was to decide whether such novels should be translated into either Spanish or Catalan.

My teaching career began in the People's Republic of China in 1999. During the three years I lived in the country I taught a series of undergraduate courses to students doing a BA in English studies, and to those qualifying to become middle-school English teachers.
In Bangladesh I taught EFL to both Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy students at the Bangladesh Health Professions Institute. Back in Europe I taught ESOL and ICT at an adult education centre in Oxford from 2004-2008.

I currently live in California where I mostly do literary translations.

For a list of published translations and my CV please do not hesitate to contact me at the email address provided above.

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: 996
PRO-level pts: 909


Top languages (PRO)
English to Spanish441
Spanish to English178
Italian to English71
English to Catalan50
Catalan to English47
Pts in 6 more pairs >
Top general fields (PRO)
Other366
Art/Literary199
Tech/Engineering90
Medical62
Bus/Financial58
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Top specific fields (PRO)
Poetry & Literature75
Other68
Education / Pedagogy45
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters39
Medical: Health Care30
Cooking / Culinary28
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama27
Pts in 54 more flds >

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