Freelance translator and proofreader

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Language pairs:

* English > Spanish and Catalan
* French > Spanish and Catalan
* Spanish <> Catalan


My name is Belén Hernández.

I have been working as a freelance translator since 2006.

Based in Spain, I translate from English and French (my source languages) into Spanish and Catalan, my native languages.

My experience as a freelance translator includes translation on various fields such as business (correspondence, reports, balance sheets, presentations), marketing (brochures, advertising, campaigns), technology (user manuals, products specifications) and tourism (informative brochure for tourists, museum information) among others.

I also have experience in reviewing/proofreading documents written in Spanish.


EDUCATION

* 2001-2005 B.A in Translation and Interpreting (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, UAB).
Languages: English, French, Spanish and Catalan.


COMPLEMENTARY EDUCATION

* May 2010: Course on "Translation and Reviewing Techniques for web sites" (32 hours). SIC, SL., Sant Feliu de Llobregat.

* March 2010: Course on "Professional proofreading" (49 teaching hours + 20 self-study hours). Cálamo&Cran S.L., Barcelona.

* January 2010: Course on "Productive Computing for Translators", by Xosé Castro Roig. Organised by Asociación Española de Traductores, Correctores e Intérpretes (ASETRAD), Barcelona.


CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

* 2011: I am preparing for the Upper Level Certificate in Catalan (D) conferred by the Secretaría de Política Lingüística de la Generalitat de Catalunya.


COMPUTER SKILLS

* TAO: Trados 7 Freelance, Déjà Vu 7, TagEditor, Multiterm, Webbudget.

* Design: basic knowledge of Acrobat Professional, Photoshop, Framemaker and CorelDraw.

* Electronic dictionaries.

* Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook).