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So, what do you do now Carmen? Well, I am currently working for a translation agency in Spain and looking for work from other agencies to acquire more experience.

Ok then, tell us.. what are your translation fields? I’m especially interested in travel/tourism and advertising/marketing translation but I have also experience in other fields: legal, technical, financial, business, commercial, literature.. etc.

 

In what languages? Spanish/English and vice versa.

If you don´t mind me asking, what are your rates? Ok, for example general texts from 0,06 cents/word, for technical and specialized texts from 0,07 cents/word and proofreading 0,02 cents/word.. rates are negotiable.

 

And what about if I need the documents asap? For express delivery (24-48h) and weekend work, extra charge of 0,02 cents/word

 

How well can you concentrate? The average I can translate is around 2500 words per day but this could vary depending on many things, type of text, deadlines etc.

 

And if we want translation samples and references from previous works? Of course, they are available on this website.

 

WORK EXPERIENCE IN SPAIN

2012-present    TRANSLATION WORK (English-Spanish). Company: www.stedan-translators.com

CAT: SDL TRADOS/MATECAT. (2000-3000 words per day)

Translations for different companies in Spain (document samples on request)

 

2014-present         Teaching SPANISH/ENGLISH to the staff. Company: SRG GLOBAL.

 

2010-14          ENGLISH/SPANISH TEACHER at different academies and companies in Valencia: Academies: SYNTAGMA. CAMPOAMOR. OPEN. THE ENGLISH INSTITUTE. COGRUP CONSULTORES. Companies: AIR LIQUID, etc.

                                   

2008                RECEPTIONIST. Hotel ABBA ACTEÓN. Valencia.

 

WORK EXPERIENCE IN U.K (1999-2008)

 

2007-08           RECEPTIONIST. Hotel Express by Holiday Inn. London.

 

2003-06           CALL CENTRE CUSTOMER SERVICES            

Sit-up TV Ltd, London.

                       

  • To manage outbound/inbound customer calls, log records, direct calls to different departments and handle calls in a professional and courteous manner.

  • Customer services: respond to customer enquiries and feedback via email and written correspondence, providing clear responses to escalated customer complaints in any department; Service Desk, Tracking, Returns and Collections.

  • Team leader assistant: helping with training and assigning of work to team members, resolving escalated issues when supervisor not available, assist in completion of daily shift reports.

  • Reception cover: Switchboard, transferring calls, greeting visitors, booking conference rooms.

  • At all times meeting and exceeding targets for the specific section while under management, being responsible for meeting the customers needs in a short time and remaining calm under pressure.

  • Fraud Administrator: Collection of funds for the company and dealing with credit card fraud issues.

 

1999-2003       ADMINISTRATION/RECEPTIONIST                   

Ramsees Hotel, London.              

                 

  • Greeting guests, check-in, assisting with switchboard and reservations.

  • Dealing with customer’s enquiries, using my language abilities via phone, Internet

and fax. Improvement in my communication and negotiation skills.

  • Secretarial and administrative work including typing, handling correspondence, data entry, filing and book-keeping. I applied my organisational skills to the job.

  • Team work: Development of new marketing and advertising strategies to attract customers. Assistance in designing the web page for the hotel and translation work for the company.

  • Training and supervision of staff. I was promoted to personal assistant to the Director of the hotel.

work experience in Spain
Skills

Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Access, Open Office, Power Point, Acrobat, etc.

 

Graphic design Courses: at Sands End Community Centre, London. (300 hours).

  • QuarkXpress 

  • Adobe Illustrator

  • Adobe Photoshop 

  • Flash

  • Dreamweaver

 

Training Course of Office Clerk at SEI Academy, Albacete, Spain.

  • Administration 

  • Accountancy,

  • Audiovisual typing (50 wpm). (790 hours).

Languages

Spanish: Mother tongue

English: C2 level.  

French: A2 level.

Italian: A2 level.

German: A1 level.                     

Japanese: A1 level.

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2009-11           CERTIFICATE OF CATALAN LANGUAGE               

UCV, Private University in Valencia.

 

2007                CERTIFICATE OF TRANSLATION (ENGLISH-SPANISH) 

City University. London.

  • scientific, technical and general texts   

 

1996                CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFIED TEACHER STATUS                  United Kingdom.

 

1996                CERTIFICATE OF POST-GRADUATION IN EDUCATION        University of Valencia.

  • Main subjects: Psychological, sociological and historical aspects of education.

  • Study of National Curriculum and pedagogic techniques.

 

1990-95           BACHELOR OF ANGLO-GERMAN PHILOLOGY          University of Valencia (Spain).

  • Main subjects: English and Spanish language, American literature, German literature and linguistics, etc.

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