Freelance translator since 1996. Born In Caracas by English speaking parents, both bilingual interpreterslanguage teachers and I became one myself through them. Living in South America and the Caribbean, I have learned many of the different Spanish and English dialects and this has given me the opportunity to improve the quality of my translations each time. I am also familiar with some of the different types of Spanish such as South American Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Central America Spanish and European Spanish.
I work with major companies in different industries; Insurance, Financial Institutions, legal, Food and Beverage, Agriculture and Farming Industries, Health, Advertising, Sports (tennis, football, basketball) Government related Issues, and have also work for private individuals, jewelers, writers, doctors, architects, etc

Other work experiences include simultaneous interpretation, proofreading, transcriptions, copywriting, graphic design and language teaching.

I translate Operation manuals, websites, brochures, business proposals, business cards ,letters, CV's, newsletters, certificates, poems, greeting cards, biographies, children's stories, songs, books, university thesis, real estate guides, etc.

I also do consecutive interpreting in the SPA>ENG>SPA language combinations.

Some recent Translations:

ScriptMovie: El Suicidiario del Monte Venir (Spanish to English) for Director Eduardo Arias-Nath
TGI Global - Translation of hotel websites
Wagner Consulting - Germany
Data64 (Software) • Website
Canadian Affiliate Management Company - Casino Industry
Methanex - Focus group Report
South Shore Floors - USA
ilearnwords. - website (in progress)
Subway - Questionnaire
Alison Campos - Rental Contracts
Reebok Nike Performance and Commercial Survey
In-Opera • Construction and Engineering Documents
Biochemistry Paper - Juan Manuel Ojeda
Guardian Life of The Caribbean (Insurance) • Website commercials
Putnam City Schools, Oklahoma - Education
Visa Application and Procedures - Spain’s Embassy
Government of Spain - Population Census
ETB ContractAgreement • Telecommunications Company (Colombia)
Universal Foods • Employee Handbook and User guide and Contract
State Farm Insurance - Survey
Professional letter and resume for Katherine Sacks • Chef at Spago, Beverly Hills
Survey Translation for Corona • Ceramics and Construction Company
Unilever Caribbean • website



Specialization(s):
AdvertisementMarketing, AgricultureEnvironment, Architecture, Arts, Communications, CookingFoodBeverages, EducationTraining, Song lyricsPoetry, FashionClothing, Film - Theater, FinancialEconomics, Health and Beauty, History, Culture, Politics, Hospitality Industry, Insurance, InternetMultimedia, ComputersIT, Journalism - Press, Legal, LiteraturePublishing, Medical, Biochemistry, Farming, Agriculture, Music, PsychologyPsychiatry, Real Estate, Social Sciences, MediaBroadcasting, and Theology - Religion.

Software:
Adobe Acrobat Professional, Adobe Photoshop, Quark, Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Microsoft Office , WordFast, and Microsoft Works.

Learning Portuguese at present.

Please feel free to contact me if you require more information.



RECENT CLIENT'S COMMENTS:

Thank you Maria,
You did an excellent job translating our document. You even included some suggestions to make it even more professionally presentable. Should someone ask us "do you know a good translator" we will be glad to recommend you because your work is superb, and you delivered when you promised. You were worth every dollar. We are glad we didn't go the least expensive bid. Excellent quality is always worth the price !
We have included a "bonus" separate from your fee, because we enjoyed your step by step process to get this project done quickly and with such great results.

William & Eileen Rios
South Shore Floors, LLC
Riverview, FL

Areas covered: Worldwide