PROFILE

Tolerant and open-minded
Team spirit
Sense of organization
Good communication skills
Computer skills
Problem-solving skills
Availability to travel abroad for long periods of time
Ability to adapt to multicultural environments
Ability to cope with different cultures
Ability to cope with stress

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

October 2002 - June 2006: Faculty of Translation and Interpreting, University of Granada (Spain).

August 2004: Westfälische Wilhems-Universität Münster (Münster, Germany). One-month intensive summer course of German language and culture. Grant awarded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

September 2004 - June 2005: School of Languages. John Moores University (Liverpool, UK). Third course of the degree in Translation and Interpreting under the Erasmus Programme.

August 2006: School of Modern Greek. University of Cyprus (Nicosia, Cyprus). One-month intensive summer course of Modern Greek. Grant awarded by the Alexandros Onassis Foundation.

September 2006 – July 2007: Spanish Language Assistant in Ibbenbüren (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany) and language studies at the University of Osnabrück (Osnabrück, Germany).

November 2006: Sworn Translator of English, certified by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

October 2007 – January 2008: Course on Web Accessibility and Usability for Administrators organised by the Centre of Reference in Accessibility and Web Standards of the National Institute of Communication Technologies (INTECO) (30 hours).

January 2009 – At present: Course on General Translation English-Spanish, preparatory for the Diploma in Translation by the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIoL), by International House Barcelona.

UNIVERSITY PROJECTS

November – December 2005: Participation in the translation project of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting of the University of Granada Discovering the Heritage from Spanish into English.

April 2006: Partial translation from Modern Greek into Spanish of the article The Spanish Philhellenism by I. K. Hassiotis, Professor of Medieval and Modern History at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

WORK EXPERIENCE

September 2007 – August 2008: Translation Internship, awarded by the Spanish State-owned Holding Company SEPI at the Spanish National Institute of Communication Technologies (aka INTECO).

December 2008 – At present: Freelancer for several translation agencies in different domains, including, but not limited to, scientific and technical translations (Internet, IT, computing, engineering, automotive, electronics, telecommunications, mechanics, construction, etc.), legal and financial translations (sworn translations, finance, accounting, etc.), general translation (art, tourism, marketing, advertising, etc.), localization and subtitling. I have also translated several books from French into Spanish for Ediciones ENI:

VV.AA, (2011). Access 2010. Colección: Esencial. Barcelona. Ediciones ENI. ISBN: 978-2-7460-6362-4.
VV.AA, (2011). Office 2010 – Novedades y principales funciones. Word, Excel, PowerPoint y Outlook. Colección: Esencial. Barcelona. Ediciones ENI. ISBN: 978-2-7460-6856-8.
RIGOLLET, Pierre (2011). Access 2010. 165 ejercicios y soluciones. Colección: Avanza ejercicio a ejercicio. Barcelona. Ediciones ENI. ISBN: 978-2-7460-6868-1.
MICHARD, Patrick (2011). Gestión comercial y administrativa de la empresa. Con Microsoft Office 2010. Barcelona. Ediciones ENI. To be published soon.

April 2009 – At present: In-house translator at the translation agency RM-Soft Translation & Publishing providing translation services for different domains, including, but not limited to, engineering and technology, automotive, marketing, advertising, computing, legal, financial, insurance, economics, localization, IT, Internet, etc. Proofreading, revision and editing. Project Management (communication with clients, reception and delivery of projects, contact with freelance translators, preparation and reception of POs). Project Planning and Scheduling (team coordination, project tracking, troubleshooting and problem solving).