SWEDEN
Monica Saldías
TRANSLATOR EXPERT IN ARCHAEOLOGY AND HUMANITIES

I offer professional translation, proofreading and several services from Spanish and Swedish to other languages and vice-versa in fields as Archaeology, Anthropology, History, Literature among others.
I have 25 years experience in working with Spanish in the contexts of Arts and Literature and 15 years experience in working with Swedish, English and Italian in the contexts of Archaeology and Ancient History.

EDUCATION
2000-2005- MA in Classical Archaeology and Ancient History (University of Uppsala, Sweden)
1983-1989 – Literature (Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias, Universidad de la República Oriental del Uruguay)
1979-1983 – Law (Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República Oriental del Uruguay)

OBTAINED GRANTS (Archaeology)
2005 – Rominstitutets Vänner
2005 – The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities
2006 –The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities
2007 – Gunvor och Josef Anérs Stiftelse
2008 – The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities
2010- The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities

TRANSLATIONS (Swedish to Spanish)
1998 – Kvinnor@Internet, by Ana Luisa Valdés
1998 – Trösta mig aldrig med en karamell, by Ana Martinez

POETRY

1.Tú dijiste sobre la vida (Era Decantar, Ed. Programa, 1983)
2.Obsesión de Pájaros (Ed. Programa, 1986)
3.El mar en tus zapatos (Ediciones de la Banda Oriental, 1988)
4.En algún lugar de la tierra (Ediciones Trilce, 1991)
5.1999 – obtained grants from Statens Kulturråd for translation from Spanish to Swedish of selected poems
CULTURE JOURNALIST
1986-1998 – culture journalist in Uruguay and correspondent in Barcelona and Sweden (Radio Sarandí y El País Cultural)

PUBLICATIONS – Classical Archaeology and Ancient History
1.Det pompejanska begravningslandskapet efter Sulla. En undersökning av identitet och social status inför döden (CD-tesis, 2004 Uppsala universitet)
2.När tystnaden talar: En undersökning av columella-gravar i Pompeji (Master tesis, Uppsala universitet, 2005)
3.Pompeji, identitet och social status inför döden. Medusa 3, 2005
4.Mónica Saldías, c.s., Pompeii, the ritual space of columella gravestones, in P.G.Guzzo – M.P. Guidobaldi (a cura di), Nuove ricerche archeologiche nell'area vesuviana (scavi 2003-2006) Atti del convegno Roma 1-3 febbrario 2007, Roma
5.FastiOnLine: http://www.fastionline.org/php/content.php?site_id=822〈=it&item=4

I conduce an archaeological project in Pompeii, Italy: 'The Landscape of Columella Graves and the Cult of the Dead in Pompeii', in cooperation with Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompei.

Results have been presented at the University of Uppsala and the International Meeting -”Nuove ricerche archeologiche nell'area vesuviana (scavi 2003-2006)”- in Rome in 2007

During the years 2003-2005 have participated as well on Swedish excavations of houses and shops in Pompeii (these excavations have been conduced by the University of Stockholm and the Swedish Institute of Archaeology at Rome)

You are welcome to contact me.