DANIEL, Professional translator Spanish (Mexico)
MEDELLIN, Colombia
Native translator Spanish (Mexico)
"Freelance translator, experienced entrepreneur and business person. Over two years of experience translating written academic, business and legal documents from English into Spanish and three more years of experience as entrepreneur handling international consultancy relationships using English."
Professional translation services
Professional translation English Spanish (Mexico)
Professional translation Spanish Spanish (Mexico)
Specialized translation services
Translation Social Science
Translation Accounting & Finance
Translation Cosmetics / Beauty
Translation Legal documents / Contracts
Translation General
Translation Internet, e-commerce
Translation Games / Video Games / Casino
Translation Media / Journalism / Publishing
Translation Environment
Translation Fashion
Translation Music
Translation General Business / Commerce
Translation Religion
Translation Corporate Social Responsibility
Translation Insurance
Translation Information Technology
Translation Telecommunications
Translation Shipping / Sailing / Maritime
Translation Travel & Tourism
PERSONAL SUMMARY
Freelance translator, experienced entrepreneur and business person. Over two years of experience translating written academic, business and legal documents from English into Spanish and three more years of experience as entrepreneur handling international consultancy relationships using English to communicate.
Experienced handling customer relationships with proper manners and capable of working and communicating with people from different cultural and professional backgrounds. Focused on complete customer satisfaction and looking for long-term business relationships.
Skilled and successful public speaker, capable of communicating ideas clearly & effectively always in a very fluent and engaging way.
Goal oriented, high attention to details, committed to schedules and quality work even working under pressure.
WORK EXPERIENCE
FREELANCE
Translator April 2017 - Present
Currently working as a freelance translator for different Colombian and international translation agencies. Work requires translating documents and articles from English
into Spanish and ensuring that the finished translated documents and articles are perfectly consistent with the intended message and as clear as possible while maintaining the exact format and design of the translated document.
Duties:
Researching legal & technical phraseology to ensure the correct translation is used.
Liaising with clients to discuss any unclear points.
Providing guidance & feedback & creating customer-specific style guides.
Revising other translators' translations.
Supporting the translation team with other projects when necessary.
For privacy agreement reasons the names of the companies cannot be publicly disclosed.
GLOBAL FINANCIAL MANAGERS
CEO September 2014 – April 2017
Founder and for three years manager of the consulting firm Global Financial Managers. Main tasks were handling relationships, proposals, contracts and legal documents in English with international clients and International NGO Institutions. Setting strategy, team building, setting culture, income building, resource allocation.
Banco de Occidente
Financial Consultant January 2016 - April 2017
Trainer and independent consultant in matters of accounting and financial management for clients of the Banco de Occidente government banking.
Colombian Adventist University Corporation
Library translator February 2012 – August 2014
For two and a half years worked translating academic, investigative and scientific articles from English into Spanish to index them into the libraries’ database.
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Simultaneous translation- February 2012 – Present
When required, I have helped the local churches doing simultaneous translations from English into Spanish for international speakers.
KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
Familiar with CAT tools such as Wordfast, SDL Trados, Star, and MemoQ.
Highly skilled in working with office solutions specially
Word, Excel and Power Point.
Deep knowledge working on CMS as Wordpress
Excellent communication and social skills.
Able to work to tight deadlines.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Colombian Adventist University Corporation
Certified Accountant
Medellin, Col
(2010-2015)
REFERENCES
Available on request