Translator & Interpreter since 1998
I became a contractor with the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 2017
I joined the UN Office at Vienna in 2019
At UN Vienna I translate for the following client organizations:
- Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)
- United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR)
- United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
- International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
- United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
CAREER
2006-2017. Intrasoft International
In charge of the Spanish version of cordis.europa.eu (European Commission): Research results on biomed, IT, energy, industrial tech. I translated 400,000 words/year, revised 1.5 million words/year, and coordinated a team of 15 translators.
2013-2018. World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) (through McSwell)
Interpreter and language support in 20 missions (including 12 Peer Reviews) in all Spanish nuclear power plants and other plants in China, England, France, Switzerland and Sweden
2003-2008. University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Medical Interpreting instructor
(2007-2009: short module for the University of Alcalá, Spain)
2003-2006. Freelance Translator
General Electric, University of Alicante, etc.
2001-2003. Translation Center, Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst
Patient education materials for Hispanics, industrial safety modules for General Electric, etc.
1999-2001. School of Medicine, Miguel Hernández University (Spain)
Translator of Internal Medicine papers
2000-2001. Business Spanish instructor for American students (University of Alicante, Spain)
1998 Internship, FAO (COPEMED)
1999 Internship, European Commission Translation Service (Brussels)
EDUCATION
2003. MA in Translating & Interpreting. Univ. Massachusetts Amherst. Thesis on Telephone Interpreting
2002. Master's in Translating & Interpreting. Univ. of Alicante, Spain
1999. Bachelor's in Translating & Interpreting Studies. Univ. of Alicante
Certified by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
eLUNa, SDL-Trados, DéjàVu, XTMCloud, MemSource
Fluent in Modern Greek, conversant in Catalan, intermediate German.
I won 1st Prize at the 14th United Nations St. Jerome Translation Contest (2019)
