I am a native English speaker providing translation, proofreading, QA and galley editing services in the following language pairs:

Arabic to English (US and UK)

Spanish to English (US and UK)

Catalan to English (US and UK)

French to English (US and UK)

I view translation as the art of rendering a text written in a foreign language into the translator’s native tongue (in my case, English). While remaining as faithful as possible to the meaning of the original text, my focus is on the English-speakers who will read my work. Therefore, I strive to produce translations in a concise, Anglo-Saxon style that are fully comprehensible, pleasant to read and intended for someone who may have no knowledge of any foreign language.

French: Having previously lived in France and Senegal, I have translated documents on international organisations, political science, criminology, history, art, tourism, international cooperation and EU food safety regulations.

Spanish and Catalan: A resident of Barcelona since 2004, I have translated texts related to literature, theatre, film, architecture, culture, tourism, cooking, art, history, sociology, law, education, agriculture, business, technology, marketing, government policy, international development, road safety, EU programmes and much more.

Arabic: I have taught Arabic grammar at the university level and for the US Army and worked for the Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq as a translator, interpreter and NGO coordinator. I have corrected Arabic-English translations of content from Arabic-language news sites Al Arabiya and Al Jazeera and edited an anthology of Iraqi poetry.

Some past and present clients: Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq, Catalan Department of the Presidency, Catalan Ministry of Tourism, Catalan Ministry of Culture, Barcelona City Council, Barcelona Provincial Council, Public Audit Office for Catalonia, the European Union’s e-Learning portal and the European Commission’s European Road Safety Charter, Partenalia, URB-AL 12 Network, Observatory of Decentralized Cooperation, Metropolis, United Cities and Local Governments, AECID, People in Need Foundation, Foundation for a Culture of Peace, Culture for All Association, COLEACP, Transparency International, Expo Zaragoza 2008, Frankfurt Book Fair 2007, Landscape Observatory of Catalonia, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and Escola de Cultura de Pau (ECP), University of Navarre, University of Lausanne, Ramon Llull University (URL), Ramon Llull Institute, Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), University of Washington (Seattle), Culture Institute of Barcelona, CosmoCaixa (science museum), ”la Caixa” Foundation, Palau Robert, Liceu Opera House, Palau de la Música, Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA), Barcelona Centre for Contemporary Culture (CCCB), National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC), Goya Museum of Zaragoza, Antoni Tàpies Foundation, La Virreina, Palau Foundation, Miró Foundation, La Capella, Frederic Marès Museum, Barbier-Mueller Museum of Pre-Columbian Art, Picasso Museum (Barcelona), Matadero Madrid, Lunatus, Llibres de Batet, Pen Català, Ediciones Reunidas, Edicions de l’Eixample, Ediciones Alfabia, Combel Editorial, Editorial Casals, Jeu de Paume, Cal Cego, Bonalletra, Marlborough Gallery, Malaga Centre for Contemporary Art, Tecla Sala, ACVic, Spain’s National Design Prizes, CoNCA, Barcelona Design Centre, Barcelona Fashion Centre, Barcelona Digital Technology Centre/Eurecat, Institute of Photonic Sciences (Barcelona), REPSOL, KLM/Northwest Airlines, Microsoft, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Teatre Nacional de Catalunya (TNC), Josep Maria Miró Coromina (Catalan playwright and two-time winner of the Born Theatre Award), Geppe Monrós and Julia Clay (artists), Michel Goday (artist), IMUFF Producciones, Aina Clotet (actress-screenwriter), Xavier Porras and Rosalía Lázaro (Spanish Olympic athletes), Open Camp, Hispano-Suiza, SEAT and many more...