PROFILE Spanish linguist with experience in the field of teaching as well as translation and interpreting. I have provided Spanish language tuition to corporate clients in one-to-one and group settings as well as teaching in adult education. In the field of translation I have experience with financial, business and literary texts as well as in consecutive and simultaneous interpreting. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE.
- Freelance Teacher of Spanish:Talk Languages Ltd ¨C London (UK) (January 2002-Present)Teaching Spanish to corporate clients. Beginners and Business Spanish. - Teacher of Spanish: Churchill College ¨C New Malden (UK) (June-September 2004)Teaching Spanish to Korean students. Intermediate level. - Freelance Translator & Interpreter: Translation, Interpreting (Simultaneous), (January 2002-Present) Consecutive), Voice-over - London (UK). - Teacher of Spanish: Forest Gate Community School (September 2002 ¨C June 2003)Newham Education Services - London (UK) Teaching Spanish at secondary level ¨C GCSE. - Freelance Teacher of Spanish:Word Intuition Ltd ¨C London (UK) (January ¨C December 2001)Teaching Spanish to corporate clients. Beginners and Intermediate Spanish. - Interpreter: Manor Gardens Advocacy Project - London (UK) (January 2001-December 2002)Interpreter in community settings (health, legal). - Teacher of Spanish: Sutton College of Liberal Arts (SCOLA) (September-December 2000) Sutton (U.K) ¨C Teaching Spanish to adult students at beginners and intermediate level. - Freelance Translator: STATIM Relocation Services ¨C Madrid (Spain) (September 1998-Current post) Translation of corporate literature (leaflets, reports, HR documents and Real Estate information). - Transcriber: Gabinete de Traducciones MARTINEZ (1997-98) Madrid (Spain) ¨C Transcription of translated texts - Freelance Translator: UNICEF Spain - Madrid (Spain) (1996-97) Translation of different kind of texts: finance, sociology, history, corporate, medical. - Teacher of English: Academia Top Level ¨C Madrid (Spain) (1995-96) Teaching of English at secondary level preparing students for Baccalaureate exam. - Teacher of Spanish: Hispalis Centre ¨C Seville (Spain) (1994-95) Teaching Spanish to overseas students mainly from Germany ¨C Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced Level. EDUCATION - BA Linguistics and Spanish: Birkbeck College (University of London) (2001-2004) London (UK). - Certificate in Community ¡®London Open College Network¡¯ Interpreting: & ¡®Manor Gardens Advocacy Project¡¯ (2001) London (UK). - ¡®A¡¯ Level ¨C French: ¡®City & Islington¡¯ College (2000-01) London (UK). - Diploma in Hispanic Studies: UNED (Universidad Nacional de Educaci¨®n a Distancia) (1992-96) Madrid (Spain) - Baccalaureate Exam: ¡®Isla de Le¨®n¡¯ College ¨C C¨¢diz (Spain) (1987) Literature, Art, History, Greek, Latin, Philosophy, English. - Secondary Education: ¡®Isla de Le¨®n¡¯ College ¨C C¨¢diz (Spain) (1982-86) COURSES AND CONFERENCES - VI Summer Course in Literary UEA (East Anglia University) ¨C Norwich (UK) Translation (July 2004): - ¡®Sworn Translation Course¡¯ ¡®Granada University¡¯ ¨C Spain (1991) - ¡®Certificate of Teaching ¡®Westminster College¡¯ - London English as a Foreign Language¡¯ (1990) - ¡®Certificate of Proficiency in ¡®Westminster College¡¯ (Cambridge University) English¡¯: London (UK) (1990) - ¡®First Certificate in English¡¯: ¡®Kingsway College¡¯ (Cambridge University) (1989) London (UK)
LANGUAGES COMPUTER SKILLS - Spanish: Mother Tongue - Windows NT/XP - English: Advanced - Ms Office: - French: Advanced Word - Latin: Advanced Excel - Greek: Intermediate Access - Portuguese: Beginner - Ms Outlook - Internet References available on request. |