Contact me for top-class translations of texts about politics, climate change, indigenous peoples, business and international development. Note that I do not undertake legal, medical or technical translations.
Qualifications:
BA (Hons) (First Class Honours) in Spanish & French –
Anglia Ruskin University.
Diploma in Translation (2 merits) - Spanish into English -
Chartered Institute of Linguists.
Translators Without Borders - Kato verified translator Spanish into English
Investment Operations Certificate (Financial Crime, Cyber
Security, Securities & Investment) – Chartered Institute of Securities and
Investment.
Project, programme and portfolio management qualifications
(PRINCE2, APMP, APMPQ, MSP, P3O) – Axelos (Cabinet Office & Capita joint
venture) and the Association for Project Management.
Professional
memberships:
Associate of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (CPD achieved 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22)
Associate of the Institute of Linguists 2001 – 2007
(approximate dates).
Book translations (all available on Amazon):
"The Polish Chef" by the Spanish author Juan Moises de la Serna. Fiction. 2021.
"Narcosis" by the Ecuadorian author Francisco Garofalo. Fiction. 2021.
"On the Tracks of a Shadow" by the Spanish author Carlos Usin. Non-fiction (account of Spanish Civil War). 2022.
Profile:
Spanish to English translator. Native speaker of English.
I translate articles weekly on Latin American politics and social issues for the online newspaper "The Prisma" https://theprisma.co.uk/ Topics have included Diego Maradona, national elections, politics and - my favourites - articles on the indigenous peoples of the Amazon.
Other recent assignments include translating and proofreading (Spanish and French into English) for NGOs and charities through the Per Mondo project and Translators Without Borders. Texts have included a museum guide, an ecological tourism website, articles for civil society groups in Latin America and research papers on the legalisation of cannabis and the UN goal to eradicate poverty. I have also translated for a Spanish bank and an industrial materials company.
19 years working with market data in project, programme and team management roles for a global financial markets company and 5 years in public sector change management give me a fantastic insight into the business world and real-world experience of languages. I hold the Investment Operations Certificate along with several project, programme and portfolio management qualifications.
I have spent extensive time in Spain since the early 1990s and am married to a Spaniard. My interests include the politics and history of Spain as well as South America and I am an avid reader of books on these topics. I am also a daily reader of general and financial newspapers in English, Spanish and French.
Expertise