A bilingual translator, having lived abroad for over 25 years (USA, Germany, Hungary, Spain and France). Graduated form BCHigh in 1982. Attended the British Institute School in Madrid, Spain, (TOEFL and Cambridge Certificates).

Experience:

• Twelve years at TMB (Matute Blanch Secretarial Services). Madrid.
o Technical and legal translations, simultaneous and voiceover.

• Three years at VW-Audi, Spain's Legal Department.
o Liaison between Legal Dep. and Marketing Dep.

• Four years at Vicens Matas' Law Firm. Barcelona, Spain.
o Legal Translations in International Dep.

• Six years at Pérez Portabella Maristany. Barcelona, Spain.
o International Dep. Simultaneous translations.


• Part time job at the Maltese Honorary Consulate in Barcelona as a legal interpreter and liaison.

• Various translations for the American Consul in Barcelona, including visa and passport translations, court assistance and public relations for British detainees.

• Various business trips to Boston (MA), including brochure translation for the Brookline Country Club (TCC), along as liaison assistance and interpretation during the 1999 Ryder Cup Competition.

• Simultaneous interpreter during the fall of 1992 in Bad Godesberg (Bonn), Germany, during third annual bilateral meetings between the Spanish Foreign Ministry and German Institutions.

• Various business trips to Budapest, Hungary, in liaison with the Spanish Embassy in Budapest, Hungary, including passport and visa translations.


· Recent projects:

· Instruction manual for TV media player.
· License and installer agreement.
· Alarm system installation guide.
· Pan/Tilt IP Surveillance Camera user’s guide.
· RAM Plan for an escalator.
. Technical description of an escalator.
. Civil Engineering Glossary
. Threadneedle Investment Company Prospectus.
· Burson-Marsteller Market Research Consultants, Quota research (consumer habit survey).
· Online videopoker playing instructions.
· Assistance for asylum seekers at Barcelona Airport. (ongoing).
. Simultenous interpreter for the WHAD Group in Barcelona.
. Collaboration in 'ProZ' localization.
· Basic doctrines of Miguel Servet. (PhD Thesis)
· Registration as a Professional Geo-information Science Practitioner.
· HDD installation instruction manual.
· Auctioners web site.
· Law Firm web site.




I can travel anywhere, and I am available Monday through Sunday, 24 hours/day.

Translation rates are negotiable and very reasonable.