Education and Credentials
2003 – Bachelor's Degree in Translation (Traductor Público en Idioma Inglés, Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
2004 – TEFL Certificate (Teaching English as a Foreign Language Certificate), Fundación Universitaria Iberoamericana and Australian Institute.
2006 – Certified Sworn English-Spanish and Spanish-English Translator, Colegio de Traductores Públicos de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Professional experience
TRANSLATION PROJECTS
Since 2000 – Freelance translator covering several areas: automotive, technical, scientific, legal and economic. Among others, translation of two doctoral theses for PhD students in the financial-economic area, translations of scientific papers in the area of medicine (infectious deseases), translations of documents in the area of tourism, translations of legal documents and translation of documents related to the car and fuel industries.
2000 – Translations of documents and manuals for “Server La Plata”, a company devoted to software and hardware services and sales.
2002 – Translations of technical projects and legal documents for a leading car part factory in La Plata.
2003 – Translations for "Caberta&Rosa", a graphic design studio.
Since 2005 – Translation projects in the area of geology for researchers in the Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
Year 2006 – Translation projects for the "Asociación Argentina de Sedimentología".
WEBSITE TRANSLATIONS
Montpres-md - [login to view URL]
Caberta&Rosa - [login to view URL]
Asociación Argentina de Sedimentología - [login to view URL]
TCTerms Interface - [login to view URL]
LINGUISTIC SERVICES
1999-2006 – Editing, proofreading and writing of projects both in Spanish and English.
2005-2006 – Editing and proofreading of scientific papers.
OTHER
Since 2000 to 2004 – Language Instructor for Eton School of English in La Plata.
Translation Areas
IT
Science (general)
Geology
Automotive (car parts, fuel)
Technical language
Law and legal documents
Business (general)
Graphic Design
Education
Linguistics
Literature
Courses, skills, CAT tools
2003 - Cambridge CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English).
Experienced user of MS Office 2003, Acrobat Reader/Writer 6, Windows XP Pro.
Intermediate user of Trados Freelance 7, Multiterm 7 and Star Transit XV.
Basic knowledge of Wordfast 5 and Déjà vu X.
Excellent typing performance.