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Translation, Language instruction, Editing/proofreading, Native speaker conversation
18 projects entered 18 positive feedback from outsourcers 1 positive feedback from colleagues
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Corroboration
Translation Volume: 3885 words Completed: Aug 2009 Languages: Spanish to English
Bat Population Study // Estudio de Población de Murciélagos
Undertaken in Mexico, this ten-page study was translated into English for publication in an academic journal. // Este estudio, realizado en México con título original "Dinámica poblacional del murciélago Dermanura tolteca (Phyllostomidae) en un bosque tropical de México", se tradujo al inglés a fin de que se sometiera para su publicación en una revista científica.
Zoology
positive M.C. José Luis Garcia Garcia: M.C. José Luis García García: Marcelo brinda un trabajo de traducción excelente, su trabajo es muy satisfactoria y lo recomiendo ampliamente.
Marcelo González: ¡Muchas gracias, José Luis! Fue todo un placer colaborar en este proyecto tan interesante.
Translation Volume: 2500 words Completed: May 2009 Languages: Spanish to English
Transfer of Trust Rights // Promesa de Cesión de Derechos Fideicomisarios
This agreement, typical of those signed by foreign nationals wishing to acquire property in Mexico, involved the transfer of trust rights in relation to a residence in Isla Mujeres. //
Este contrato, parecido al que suelen suscribirse los extranjeros que desean adquirir propiedades en México, formalizaba la cesión de derechos fideicomisarios en relación a una residencia en Isla Mujeres.
Real Estate
positive Ryan Wilcox: We were extremely impressed in Marcelo's ability to properly translate legal terminology from Spanish to English. We and our companies look forward to working with Marcelo again in the near future.
Marcelo González: Thanks, Ryan!! I look forward to working with you again!
Translation Volume: 7654 words Completed: Oct 2008 Languages: Spanish to English
2 rodent population studies / 2 estudios poblacionales sobre roedores
Estos dos estudios (realizados en México) se tradujeron a fin de que se sometieran para su publicación en inglés. Títulos originales: "Estimación del tamaño poblacional del tepezcuintle (Cuniculus paca) en por medio de huellas" y "Demografía y movimientos de Nyctomys sumichrasti (Rodentia: Muridae: Sigmodontinae) en un bosque tropical en el noreste de Oaxaca, México" // These two studies (undertaken in Mexico) were translated into English with a view to submitting them for publication. Their tentatively translated titles are: "A population estimate of Cuniculus paca using a track classification technique"and "The demographics and movements of Nyctomys sumichrasti (Rodentia: Muridae: Sigmodontinae) in a tropical forest in northeastern Oaxaca, Mexico."
Zoology, Environment & Ecology
positive Dr. Antonio Santos-Moreno: Excelente servicio, con mucho profesionalismo, con mucho cuidado por incluso investigar detalles técnicos que, junto con la consulta regular hacia los autores sobre el contexto particular, tienen como resultado un a traducción ampliamente satisfactoria.
Translation Volume: 5 pages Completed: Apr 2008 Languages: English to Spanish
Employee Evaluation Form
This was a performance evaluation form for a US heavy-construction company.
Human Resources
positive Verbatim Solutions: No comment.
Editing/proofreading Volume: 0 days Duration: Feb 2008 to May 2008 Languages: Spanish
Boletines Semanales y Documentos para Empleados (en Puerto Rico)
Durante los úlitmos tres meses, he editado varios
documentos de SunCom y T-Mobile (para los empleados
de dichas compañías en Puerto Rico). Durante el
mismo periodo, también me tocó editar un anuncio
publicitario para las mismas compañías. / Over the
past three months, I have edited several SunCom and
T-Mobile documentos (for their employees in Puerto
Rico). During the same period, I also edited the
Spanish-language poster for a high-profile (recording industry) event in Miami (sponsored by T-Mobile SideKick).
Human Resources
positive BNW Agency: Marcelo is an easygoing kind of vendor. He's flexible and nice to work with! In addition, he has a great Spanish grasp and extensive vocabulary. Keep the good work!
Marcelo González: ¡Muchas gracias, Gabriela! It´s been a real pleasure! I´m looking forward to collaborating again! All the best, Marcelo
Interpreting Volume: 0 chars Completed: Feb 2007 Languages: Spanish to English Spanish
Mexican Immigration Proceedings
Ante el Delegado Local del Instituto Nacional de Migración (en Bahías de Huatulco, Oaxaca), serví de intérprete (en ambas direcciones) durante una audiencia de deportación. Before local authorities of Mexico’s National Institute of Immigration (in Bahías de Huatulco, Oaxaca), I interpreted at a deportation hearing (of a US national).
Other
positive Alejandro Rojas Millán: Brindó una excelente interpretación para llevar acabo la diligencia en la Delegación Local del INM en Huatulco.
Marcelo González: ¡Muchas gracias, Licenciado! Fue un placer colaborar con ustedes.
Translation Volume: 11000 words Completed: Sep 2006 Languages: English to Spanish
Corporate Presentation and Q & A Session
This project involved the translation (and subsequent 2-hour recording) of an 11,000-word transcript of a web-casted PowerPoint presentation (and Q&A session) for one of the largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers in the United States. Given the target audience (i.e., US Hispanic employees of this California-based construction company), special care was taken to ensure intelligibility across several (Latin American) dialects.
Construction / Civil Engineering, Human Resources
positive Peggy Tharpe Translation Services: Thank you, Marcelo, for going "above and beyond" on this project. Your skill, your professionalism, your promptness, and your flexibility made this tight-deadline project a success. Peggy Tharpe, Translation Services
Marcelo González: Thanks, Peggy! I enjoyed working with you, and hope we do it again.
Translation Volume: 3425 words Completed: Jul 2006 Languages: Spanish to English
Dominican Lease Agreement with Option to Buy
Eight pages in length, this agreement involved the rental and potencial sale of a condominium in Santo Domingo.
Real Estate
positive Unlisted : Excellent translation with professional service. Highly recommend.
Marcelo González: Thanks for your business, and for your wonderful recommendation. All the best, Marcelo
Translation Volume: 3750 words Completed: Sep 2006 Languages: Spanish to English
Awards Submission Application
This job involved the translation of the Mobile Dreams Factory’s 2006 awards submission application with the Mobile Marketing Association, featuring a detailed description of the company’s recent success in the area of mobile-phone-based marketing and cross-media integration (with Vodafone and Marca.com) during the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
Media / Multimedia, Advertising / Public Relations, Telecom(munications)
positive Salvador Carrillo: The translation and the timing were both excellent. Very accurate. I strongly recommend this translator.
Marcelo González: Thanks, Salva! It was a pleasure to work on such an interesting project. Good luck with the application!
Interpreting Volume: 0 chars Completed: May 2007 Languages: English to Spanish
Executive Security Training in Mexico
State Police Academy, Oaxaca, Mexico: interpreted for 20 of the 28-day training program for the security detail of the governor of Oaxaca (Ulises Ruiz Ortiz). Offered by Executive Security International (ESI) and Global Defense Initiatives (GDI), the course covered, among other topics: Basic & Tactical Shooting, Protective Detail Operations, Combatives for Security Details, and Tactical Emergency Medicine. Executive Security International (ESI) and Global Defense Initiatives (GDI) Academia Estatal de Policía, Oaxaca, México: serví de intérprete durante 20 de los 28 días de un adiestramiento para los escoltas del gobernador de Oaxaca, Lic. Ulises Ruiz Ortiz. En el curso, ofrecido por Executive Security International (ESI) y Global Defense Initiatives (GDI), se incluyeron, entre otros, los siguientes temas: Principios Básicos de Tiro Táctico, Operativos de Seguridad, Técnicas Combativas para Equipos de Seguridad, y Primeros Auxilios Tácticos. Seguridad Ejecutiva Internacional (ESI por sus siglas en inglés) e Iniciativas Globales de Defensa (GDI por sus siglas en inglés)
Military / Defense
positive Bob Duggan: Marcelo worked nine or ten hours a day on this project, and demonstrated a high level of dedication and discipline. Moreover, the translation required adapting to specific professional terminology and the local dialect.
Interpreting Volume: 0 chars Completed: Feb 2007 Languages: English to Spanish
Court Interpreting in Mexico
En el Juzgado Primero Penal de Santa María Huatulco, Pochutla, Oaxaca, serví de intérprete (perito traductor) en diligencias judiciales ante la Lic. Alicia Magally Medina Bustamante. In the First District Court of Santa Maria Huatulco, Oaxaca, I interpreted in two criminal proceedings before Judge Alicia M. Medina Bustamante.
Law (general)
positive Lic. Alicia M Medina Bustamante: Excelente, El traductor cubrió eficientemente las espectativas
Marcelo González: ¡Muchas gracias!
Editing/proofreading Volume: 1695 words Completed: Jul 2006 Languages: English
Business Proposal & Cover Letter
This proposal was for Alternative GreenGO! S.A., a transfer reservation company serving the Dominican Republic. With client approval, I creatively enhanced the original while proofreading to ensure its grammatical accuracy.
Tourism & Travel, Advertising / Public Relations
positive Joseph Gomez: Good job proofreading and editing our English version Marketing letter. We'll be doing more work together in the immediate future,
Marcelo González: Thanks, Joseph! I look forward to working with you again. All the best, Marcelo
Editing/proofreading Volume: 18220 words Completed: Mar 2006 Languages: English
Essay, University of Colorado
Written by a Ph.D. student of Urban & Regional Planning, this essay involves interdisciplinary theoretical analyses based on the areas of Planning, Economics and Public Policy.
Economics, Government / Politics, Philosophy
positive Carlos Del Valle: Great job! I look forward to working with you on my dissertation. Thanks again, Marcelo!
Marcelo González: Thank you, Carlos! Good luck with that dissertation!!
Editing/proofreading Volume: 2335 words Completed: Mar 2006 Languages: English
Proofreading/Editing of Introduction to Book
This job involved the proofreading/editing of "Vértice: Español para la comunicación moderna" by Nelson López. This book will be used at the State University of New York at Delhi, where the author currently teaches in the Department of Modern Languages.
Education / Pedagogy, Linguistics
positive Nelson López: Marcelo did not just proofread it, he made very insightful comments.
Marcelo González: Thanks, Nelson! It was a pleasure collaborating with you. All the best, Marcelo
Translation Volume: 2 pages Completed: Oct 2006 Languages: English to Spanish
Birth Certificates
This involved a notarized translation of two US birth certificates (from the state of Wisconsin) to be submitted to authorities in Mexico.
Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs
positive Adam Ashley: Very prompt, very polite, a pleasure to work with!
Marcelo González: Thank you, Adam. The pleasure was all mine!
Editing/proofreading Volume: 1159 words Completed: May 2006 Languages: English
Brazilian Tax Form & Minutes of Meeting
Business/Commerce (general)
positive IAL Services Inc.: Marcelo was professional and prompt in his completion of this assignment, we look forward to working with him again soon.
Marcelo González: Thanks for the kind words; the feeling is definitely mutual. All the best, Marcelo
Marcelo González: It was a pleasure. Thanks, Setti!
Translation Volume: 4 pages Completed: Aug 2006 Languages: Portuguese to English
Patriarchal Decree of Elevation
This translation was commissioned by the Secretary of Doctrine and Faith, Cardinal James Atkinson-Wake of the Catholic Apostolic National Church of Brazil (Igreja Católica Apostólica Brasileira).
Religion
positive Cardinal James Atkinson-Wake: Very pleased, Very quick in responses, very polite, great translation, would recommend to any persons or organisations.
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Spanish to English: "El negro en Cuba: Colonia, República, Revolución" (Fernández Robaina 2012) General field: Social Sciences Detailed field: History
Source text - Spanish
Las primeras generaciones de esclavos procedieron de casi toda África. Ellos fueron denominados por sus lugares de origen: congos o bantúes, yorubás, carabalíes y ararás, los grupos étnicos cuyas culturas y religiosidades están aún muy presentes en Cuba. Independientemente de nombrarlos por los supuestos lugares de procedencia, también se les denominaba, de forma general, negros de nación a aquellos que venían directamente de África; negros criollos eran los esclavos nacidos en la Isla y negros ladinos los provenientes de España, donde ya habían adquirido el dominio del castellano y estaban muy asimilados con la cultura eurocéntrica. A los que se les dificultaba la lengua del conquistador y hablaban de una forma poco comprensible, se les llamaba negros bozales.
Translation - English
The first generation of slaves came from nearly all parts of Africa; in Cuba, this generation was referenced according to their respective origins: Kongo or Bantu, Yoruba, Carabalí, and Arará—the ethnicities whose cultures and religiosities continue to have a strong presence on the island. In this context of referencing slaves, those brought directly from Africa were additionally known as negros de nación, whereas those born on the island were known as negros criollos, and those from Spain—where they had mastered continental Spanish and assimilated Eurocentric ways—were known as black ladinos. In contrast, those slaves who experienced greater difficulty with the language of the conquistador, and whose Spanish was thus less intelligible, were referred to as negros bozales.
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Spanish to English: "Una revisión entre otras" (Guillén, Nicolás qtd. in Fernández Robaina 2012) General field: Social Sciences Detailed field: History
Source text - Spanish
¿Por qué, pues, no revisar nuestra historia en ese punto, enriqueciéndola con los hallazgos e investigaciones de la sociología moderna, aplicada a nuestra realidad? "El niño cubano ha de saber desde abajo, desde que arranca en la escuela primaria —pública, o privada—, que los negros en Cuba no nacieron a la vida nacional en su más profundo sentido con el Grito de Yara cuando Céspedes libertó a sus esclavos. Nacieron mucho antes, desde que nacen los blancos, allá en el fondo de nuestra historia. De manera que no es un azar de la guerra o de la política el que ambos se junten en el 95 con Maceo, sino consecuencia de una larga, compleja y dramática sedimentación social. Sin el negro no existiría Cuba como es hoy, Cuba con su carácter y perfil, como no existiría tampoco sin el blanco, que fuera europeo es también nuestro pueblo, del mismo modo que fuera de africano lo es también el que viene de congo o carabalí. Ambos a dos, juntos y revueltos, dan a la cubanía, un precipitado nuevo, ni español ni africano, o mejor dicho, africano y español, en una síntesis profundamente nacional. Esto tiene que aprenderlo el niño cubano de cualquier pigmento, desde que se siente por primera vez en el aula. El blanco, para que no piense que el color de la piel genera superioridad o distinción que no le venga de la inteligencia, del carácter, o del estudio. El negro para que conozca el profundo papel que representaron sus antepasados, aun antes de que estallaran las guerras contra España. Unos y otros, para que aprendan a andar juntos en la vida —con música o sin ella—, “los dos del mismo tamaño”, lo cual será índice de que por fin hemos llegado a la condición de país culto de una vez".
Translation - English
Why not, then, revise our history on that point, enriching it with research and related findings from modern sociology, applied to our history? Cuban children must know, early on, beginning in primary school, whether public or private, that blacks in Cuba were not, in the deepest sense, born into the life of the nation when the call for independence went out, when Céspedes freed his slaves. They were born much earlier, when whites were born, there in the depths of our history. Thus, it is not by chance of war or of politics they would unite in ’95, with Maceo and Martí, but rather as a consequence of a long, complex, and dramatic social sedimentation. Without blacks, Cuba, as it is today, would not exist—with its character and profile—just like it would not exist without whites: that they were European or that they were African, from the Kongo or Carabalí, does not matter. Two by two, mixed, with the result being Cubanía: a new precipitate, neither Spanish nor African, or more accurately, African and Spanish—a synthesis that is, at its core, national—about which Cuban children of all hues must learn from the very first day of school: whites, so they do not think skin color conveys superiority or distinction not bestowed from intelligence, character, or study; blacks, so they know the profound role their ancestors played, even before the wars against Spain; both, so they learn how to walk, in life, together—with or without music—"both of the same size,” thus indicating we have finally attained the status of a cultured nation.
English to Spanish: "The Development of Literary Blackness in the Dominican Republic" (Stinchcomb 2004) General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: History
Source text - English
"Whereas Cartagena Portalatín was more interested in being the voice of
Dominican women, Blas Jiménez’s poetry is undoubtedly “an affirmation
of all of the constitutive values of a cultural being” (Pérez 94). His poetry
and essays have come to epitomize revolutionary literature with the intention of creating an Afro-Dominican identity and nation.
Due to the unpopularity of the themes of his writing, Jimenez remains
virtually unknown as a poet and essayist in his own country. However, in
the United States and abroad Jiménez is recognized as the most important
figure in Afro-Dominican poetry. He has admitted that African American
writers and the civil rights movement of the 1960s in the United States had
some influence on his writing, but his expression of blackness is also the
product of the Harlem Renaissance, the French Caribbean’s concept of
nègritude in the 1930s, and several literary models of blackness in his own
country.
It would appear that Jiménez’s poetry has been ignored in the Dominican Republic because of his overt efforts to call attention to the Africanness in Dominicanness. Indeed, because Dominicans avoid identifying
themselves in racial terms, Jiménez’s insistence on lo afro constitutes a
serious challenge to traditional notions of national identity. James J. Davis
explains that “la filiación africana ha sido menospreciada y evitada, tanto
entre intelectuales como en otros sectores de la sociedad dominicana” (the
African affiliation has been underappreciated and even avoided among intellectuals as well as within other sectors of Dominican society) (“Ritmo
poético” 172). As Afro-Hispanic literary critic Marvin Lewis notes, all of
Jiménez’s poetry “is written from a Black perspective in a language which
is reflective of Caribbean and Dominican experiences—that is, a discourse
grounded in racism, discrimination, negation and repression” (316). Having encroached upon the territory of the taboo of lo afro, Blas Jiménez has
been marginalized and ostracized by the literary community in his own
country" (2004: 95).
Translation - Spanish
"Mientras Cartagena Portalatín se interesaba más en ser la voz de las escritoras dominicanas, indudablemente la poesía de Blas Jiménez es una «afirmación de todos los valores constitutivos del ser cultural» (Pérez 94). Su poesía y sus ensayos han llegado a definir la literatura revolucionaria con la intención de crear una identidad afrodominicana, así como una nación de la misma índole.
Debido a la poca popularidad de la temática de su obra, Jiménez sigue siendo poco conocido como poeta y ensayista en su propio país. Sin embargo, fuera de la República Dominicana, se reconoce a Blas Jiménez como la más importante figura de la poesía afrodominicana. Dicho poeta ha reconocido que los escritores afroamericanos en Estados Unidos, así como el movimiento de derechos civiles en dicho país en los años sesenta, influyeron en sus obras; sin embargo, su expresión de negritud es también producto del Renacimiento de Harlem, así como del concepto de négritude del Caribe francés en la década de 1930 y varios modelos literarios de la negritud en la República Dominicana.
Todo parece indicar que los lectores de poesía en la República Dominicana han hecho caso omiso de la obra de Jiménez precisamente por los esfuerzos del mismo por resaltar lo africano en la dominicanidad. Ya que los dominicanos evitan identificarse en términos raciales, la insistencia de Jiménez en lo afro constituye un fuerte desafío ante las ideas tradicionales de la identidad nacional. Según James J. Davis, «la filiación africana ha sido menospreciada y evitada, tanto entre intelectuales como en otros sectores de la sociedad dominicana» («Ritmo poético» 172). Tal y como el crítico de literatura afrodominicana Marvin Lewis declara, toda la poesía de Jiménez «se escribe desde una perspectiva negrista con un lenguaje que refleja experiencias caribeñas y dominicanas, es decir, un discurso elaborado a partir del racismo, discriminación, negación y represión» (traducción del inglés) (316). Habiendo invadido el discurso tabú de lo afro, Blas Jiménez ha sido marginado y excluido por la comunidad literaria de su propio país" (2009: 111-112).
English to Spanish: "Gunboat Democracy: U.S. Interventions in the Dominican Republic, Grenada, and Panama" (Crandall 2006) General field: Social Sciences Detailed field: Government / Politics
Source text - English "The Canal Zone was now an exclusive U.S. territory. Many Panamanians were outraged at the new terms, but they had little
choice but to accept the document. They knew full well that their precarious independence was only as good as Washington’s willingness to keep Colombian reinforcements at bay. In addition, there was talk that Bogota ´was considering presenting Washington with a new, more generous treaty if it would turn against Panama’s independence' [22]. On December 2, the same day that the boat carrying the actual treaty arrived in the Caribbean port city of Colón, Panama ratified the treaty unanimously and without modification. The U.S. Senate ratified the treaty twelve weeks later; three days after that, Bunau-Varilla resigned as Panama’s minister in Washington.
All Americans did not approve Roosevelt’s victory, however. A 1903 New York Times editorial said that the canal was ‘‘stolen property’’ and that the administration’s partners in Panama were ‘‘a group of canal promoters and speculators and lobbyists who came into their money through the rebellion we encouraged, made safe, and effectuated.’’ Roosevelt characteristically
dismissed his detractors as a ‘‘small body of shrill eunuchs.’" (2006: 178).
Translation - Spanish "Muchos panameños estaban sumamente disgustados sobre los nuevos términos, pero no les quedaban muchas opciones sino aceptar el nuevo convenio. Ellos sabían de sobra que su independencia precaria era tan duradera como la disposición de Washington de mantener a raya a las fuerzas colombianas. Además, había rumores de que Bogotá 'consideraba presentar a Washington un nuevo y generoso tratado si Estados Unidos dejaba de apoyar a los panameños en su lucha por la independencia' [24]. El 2 de diciembre, el mismo día que el barco en que se llevaba el tratado llegó a la ciudad portuaria de Colón, Panamá ratificó el tratado con votación unánime y sin modificación alguna. El Senado de Estados Unidos ratificó el tratado doce semanas después; a los tres días, Bunau Varilla renunció como ministro de Panamá en Washington.
Todos los estadounidenses, sin embargo, no veían de manera muy positiva la victoria de Roosevelt. En un editorial del New York Times del año 1903 se decía que el canal era 'propiedad robada' y que los socios en Panamá del gobierno estadounidense era 'un grupo de promotores, especuladores y cabilderos que habían adquirido su dinero mediante la rebelión que nosotros fomentamos, aseguramos y efectuamos'. Conservando su forma característica de expresarse, Roosevelt calificaba a sus detractores como 'un pequeño grupo que chilla como eunuco'” (2012: 229-230).
Spanish to English: "Del español al chamorro. Lenguas en contacto en el Pacífico" (Rodriguez-Ponga 2009) General field: Social Sciences Detailed field: Linguistics
Source text - Spanish
“Este libro trata de la apasionante aventura de las palabras que nos llegaron desde el mundo malayo-polinesio—orangután, cacatúa, [...] pareo.... Y de las palabras españolas que viven en las lenguas de las Filipinas, de las Marianas y de otras islas del Pacífico.
El chamorro es como una laguna que recoge agua—vocabulario, fonología y gramática—de dos fuentes: por un lado, de arroyos y manantiales malayo-polinesios; y, por otro lado, de la lluvia incesante de elementos hispánicos recibidos durante siglos" (descripción de tapa).
Translation - English
This book delves into the passionate adventure of the words that have come to us from the Malayo-Polynesian world---orangutan, cockatoo, [...] sarong... And of the Spanish words that live to this day in the Philippines, in the Marianas and on other Pacific islands. Chamorro is like a lagoon that harbors the waters—the vocabulary, the phonology and the grammar—derived from two sources: on the one hand, from the streams and springs of Malayo-Polynesian; and on the other, from the endless rains of Hispanic origin, showered over the course of centuries.
English to Spanish (Monash University - Faculty of Arts. School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, verified) Spanish to English (Monash University - Faculty of Arts. School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, verified) Spanish to English (Westfield State University, verified) English to Spanish (Westfield State University, verified)
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Marcelo’s studies have taken him to several regions of the United States, as well as overseas. In addition to a bachelor's degree from New Jersey City University and a linguistics-related master's from The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, he holds a doctorate in Translation Studies from Monash University -- a member of Australia's prestigious Group of Eight (Go8). His doctoral thesis, Metaphor and Agency in the English-Spanish Translation of Texts in the Social Sciences (2015), explores the cross-lingual transfer of rhetorical devices, as well as potential collaborative-intervenient roles of translators in localizing scholarly texts for new target markets.
Born and raised in the U.S., Marcelo is a native speaker of English and has studied in diverse regions of the country. Having begun his higher education at the University of Hawaii, he's also completed courses at institutions in the northeast and southwest, including graduate work in Hispanic culture and translation at the University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University; additionally, as a full-time lecturer, he briefly taught writing, among other skills, in the Intensive English Program of the University of Miami.
As for Spanish, Marcelo has native-like proficiency, having lived in sociolinguistically diverse countries of the Spanish-speaking world -- from the Southern Cone to the Iberian Peninsula -- acquiring along the way a nuanced familiarity with several dialects. Included in his sojourns are three years in the Dominican Republic, where, in addition to teaching, he interpreted at a Santo Domingo-based dairy; two years in Puerto Rico, where he taught at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez; a year and a half in Argentina, Chile and Spain, studying in the former and teaching in the latter two; and a combined three-plus years in Mexico and Honduras, teaching at SUNEO and Zamorano, respectively. In addition, he taught more than six years at Northern Marianas College, and briefly held an appointment in Spanish at the University of the West Indies (in Jamaica) where, in addition to teaching comparative grammar, he lectured in and coordinated the Master of Arts in Translation.
His first book translation, The Development of Literary Blackness in the Dominican Republic (2004), was published as Negritud Literaria en la República Dominicana (2009) by Editorial Abya-Yala--a recipient of the Spanish government's Premio Bartolomé de las Casas. Written by Purdue University professor, Dr. Dawn Stinchcomb, Literary Blackness has been described as "a stimulating text for ... African Diaspora and Latin American Studies" (New West Indian Guide, 79, 2005). For this title in Kindle, click here.
His second book translation, Gunboat Democracy: U.S. Interventions in the Dominican Republic, Grenada and Panama (2006), was published as Democracia a la Fuerza. Intervenciones Estadounidenses en la República Dominicana, Granada y Panamá (2012). Written by Davidson College professor, Dr. Russell Crandall, Gunboat Democracy was named one of the 'best books' of 2007 by Foreign Affairs. Containing additional features, including a translator's foreword and collaborator bios -- as well as additional, specially-selected author-approved Spanish-language references and quotations -- this expanded edition, which exemplifies author-translator agency, is examined in Metaphor and Agency (2015).
After five years of teaching in Southeast Asia -- at The American University in Vietnam -- Marcelo currently resides on Maui, where he's taught for the Hawaii Department of Education. His latest translation, an English version of Tomasito Fernández Robaina's (2012) "El Negro en Cuba. Colonia, República, Revolución," is in review with a leading university press. For a sample translation, see the portfolio.
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J. Marcelino González, PhD
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