I feel résumés are a good way of listing positions held in the past, along with a short description of duties and responsibilities. However, to better express who you are and to describe some of the experiences that have shaped you, I prefer a short note. So, in this cover-letter, I share with you some events not mentioned in my résumé.
Without this letter, how would you know that I am tenacious, that I truly enjoy language, that I have a great curiosity about the Net and technology; or that I never really know if English is my source language and Spanish my target language, or the other way around?
From a very early age I realized my mother and her sisters depended on me to double-check if they had truly understood what someone had explained to them in Spanish. The poor Irish-Scottish darlings felt lost in Latin America.
I became a Television reporter at a very young age (17) and my first experience as an interpreter was an interview with famous heart surgeon Christiaan Barnard. I had to translate his answers for the Spanish speaking viewers.
I have over 40 years of experience interpreting and translating English-Spanish-English.
During these years I have also done radio ads, narrated documentaries and podcasts in English and Spanish, so if you need a translation and then a voice-over, I will be happy to work along with you.
An early model Coleco Adams 64 KB Computer found its way to our home in Denver in 1984 –via my youngest son-- and I became computer literate early on.
I like working from home, concentrating on the job at hand, but also walking in the garden listening to the birds singing in this lush setting; or do some of my best work as the rain trickles down the windowpanes and the sun doesn’t shine. And, even when it is dreary outside, if I have been able to reach my deadline with time to spare and double check my work, then it is a sunshiny day!