Career / Experience

WORK EXPERIENCE:
May 2012 – Present www.translatetospanish.co.uk
Project manager at SpanishBasque Translanguages
• Overall responsibility for marketing and translations from English/German/French into Spanish and Basque languages
• Main clients: gear4music.com, GetYourGuide.com

Sep 2009 – May 2012 www.translatetospanish.co.uk
Freelance Translator (English/German and French into Spanish and Basque)
• Built up own loyal client base, working for translation agencies, such as Pearl Linguistics, or Traducciones Elduayen and local private employers.
• Medical Interpreter working for the NHS across hospitals in West Sussex

Jun 2010- present Edexcel awarding body London
Examiner and coursework moderator (Spanish, French and German)
• Collaborating writing exams questions and moderating coursework for the GCSE qualification (General Certificate of Secondary Education)
July 2011- Oct 2011 ZigZag Education Bristol

Author of Textbook to teach Spanish to English students
• Textbook “Getting to Know: Pan’s Labyrinth” for A2 level or C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. A sample of the book can viewed at http://www.zigzageducation.co.uk/samplepdf/Languages/s4508.pdf

Sep 2005- Jun 2010 Different education settings across West Sussex
Languages teacher (English, Spanish, French and German)
• Working with children in secondary schools up to A level and with adult education across West Sussex and Hampshire
• The position involved writing my own resources

REFERENCES:
1-Jonathan Meager, Marketing Manager at Gear4music.com. Tel: 08431550800.Email Jon@gear4music.com

2- Kate Beeching, Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics at the UWE, University of West England. Tel +44 (0)117 965 6261. Kate.Beeching@uwe.ac.uk

3-Paul Shorten, Senior Area Manager for Homes and Communities Agency in Cambridge. Tel: 07795 353561 paul.shorten@hca.gsi.gov.uk

4-Catherine McNaughton, director of Kip McGrath Education in Chichester. Tel 0044 (0)1243 780776 catherine@kiptuitionchichester.co.uk

   Pricing / Other services

£0.05 per word for translating and £0.02 for proofreading, although the actual rates would depend on the complexity of the text, total volume and when delivery is needed.

   Certification / Accreditation

English > Spanish

University of West of England. MA in Translation. May 2013.