Career / Experience

SPECIALISATIONS: Literary translation, travel and tourism, media, journalism, business, health, education, culture, general.

TRANSLATION CREDENTIALS:

MA in Literary Translation (German/Spanish to English) from the University of Exeter (UK). Awarded Distinction.

Coursework included translating extracts of texts by classic and contemporary authors such as Theodor Fontane, Theodor Storm, Guenther Grass, Birgit Vanderbeke, Adalbert Stifter, Miguel de Cervantes, Miguel Mihura and Carlos Fuentes.

TRANSLATION EXPERIENCE:

Stories and Film:
- Children's stories, Spanish/German to English for private individuals
- Short film screenplays and synopses, German to English
- Television scripts, Portuguese to English
- Film scripts including children's animations, thrillers/horror films, historical dramas, crime series, screenplays adapted from novels, Spanish to English
- Short book on children's party games, German to English

(Details and references on request.)

Travel and Tourism, Culture:
Brochures, short guides on the Camino de Santiago, tour itineraries, museum blurb (information panels on archaeological objects), websites, accommodation guides, tourist newsletters, menus, etc.

Marketing, Business and General:
Business correspondence, press releases, product descriptions, advertising spots, slogans, inter-office information, certificates, newsletters, websites, promotional material, etc.

Journalism and Media:
On-going work for various magazines, translating a wide range of health, nutrition, spiritual, esoteric and social articles.


EDUCATION:

1998 - 2002: BA (Hons) in German and Spanish from the University of Kent at Canterbury. High 2:1 grade. Year abroad in Cordoba, Spain and Erlangen, Germany.


INTERESTS:
- Reading classic and contemporary literature
- Nature, rambling, wildlife
- Gardening and running an allotment
- Volunteering: examples over the years include befriending for Age UK (a charity for elderly people); assisting at a branch of Cats Protection UK; gardening for a local heritage site; local conservation activities - planting trees, litter picks, species surveys, creating wildlife beds, etc.

   Pricing / Other services

0.05 - 0.09 EUR per source word

20,00 EUR per hour.

   Certification / Accreditation

Spanish > English

University of Kent at Canterbury (2002)

German > English

University of Kent at Canterbury (2002)

German > English

MA in Literary Translation at the University of Exeter (2008)

Also Spanish to English.