WORK EXPERIENCE
TECHNICAL & SCIENTIFIC TRANSLATOR MID 2010 – PRESENT
Independent and agency-based translation services for general, scientific and technical texts, with a strong emphasis on
making target texts accurate and natural, striving to achieve the satisfaction of the customer and the final reader.
SPECIALTIES: Medical and pharmaceutical industries, biological and environmental sciences.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE IN: Engineering, general documents, legal, oil & gas, construction.
Where? What? Target Language
Creative- Med (MEX)
Medical publishing house
Medical & pharmaceutical translations
Booklets, medical guides, patient brochures
Over 70 000 words translated to date
English
LangTech (COL)
Translation agency
Technical translations on infrastructure, industry
Technical reports and studies, agreements
Over 125 000 words translated to date
English
Edure-K (COL)
Language institute
Legal and everyday-language translations
Agreements, internal newsletters
Over 25 000 words translated. ESL teaching.
Spanish and English
SinFin Global Services (COL)
Translation agency
Legal and business translations
Agreements, terms of reference, memorandums
Over 100 000 words translated to date
English
Straker Translations (NZL)
Translation agency
Legal and business translations
Agreements, terms of reference, memorandums
Over 50 000 words translated to date
Spanish and English
Editorial Apex-BGT (SPA)
Medical publishing house
Medical translations; proofreading
Booklets, medical guides, patient brochures
Over 175 000 words translated
English
Freelance translation
as Splice Translations
Scientific, technical and general translations
Research papers, thesis, agreements
For agencies, researchers, physicians, outsourcers
Spanish and English
ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR JULY 2012 – PRESENT
ESL instruction to adults and teenagers. Lesson planning, student progress monitoring, outings, cultural assessments.
INSTITUTES: Edure-K, First Class English, Berlitz School of Languages.
CLIENTS: Safran Group, Avianca, Banco de Occidente, DHL, private students from similar backgrounds.
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
BIOLOGY, B.Sc. – Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá – Colombia.
o Research interests: Systematics, taxonomy, distribution and ecology of amphibians and arthropods.
BILINGUAL UPBRINGING - ENGLISH (US) AND SPANISH (LA). C2 level in both languages.
SPECIALIZATION IN MEDICAL TRANSLATION EN > ES. Trágora Formación, Granada – Spain.
CERTIFICATE IN GENERAL TRANSLATION. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá – Colombia.
Official Translator and Interpreter training course. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá – Colombia.
El Tiempo Caribe Orthography Contest winner. Most Avid Reader award. San José High School, Barranquilla – Colombia.
