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Expertise

Additional work areas: Arts and Humanities (general) • Computers (general) • Ecology & Environment • Engineering: (general) • Engineering: Mechanical/Automation&Robotics • Geography • History • Linguistics • Machinery & Tools • Medical (general) • Medical: Instruments • Science (general) • Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. • Sports / Recreation / Fitness

About me

I am a qualified translator from German, French, English and Catalan into Spanish.
Sworn translator (German-Spanish) by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Degree in Translation and Interpreting (German-Spanish) by the University of Alicante (Spain). Extraordinay Degree Award.
Member of the Spanish Association of Translators, Proofreaders and Interpreters (Asetrad).

For further information, please visit my web: www.igcutillas.com

Linguistic services

• technology/engineering: electrical engineering, automotive, patents
  
• law (including sworn translations)
  
• business & finance

• general translations (journalism, tourism...)

Catalan/Valencian > Spanish, specialized in:

• business & finance
• law
• social sciences
• humanities

RATES: 0.06-0.15 € per word. For further information, please request a quote.

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ISABEL GARCÍA CUTILLAS

Telephone: (+34) 656 256 064
Fax: (+34) 965 990 797
E-mail: traduccion@igcutillas.com
Yahoo Messenger ID: igcutillas
Skype ID: igcutillas
City: Novelda (Alicante) SPAIN

Language skills

SPANISH: mother tongue.

CATALAN (Valencian): second mother tongue. 2003: Certificate in Valencian, higher degree (Ministry of Culture of the Region of Valencia, Spain).

GERMAN: high level oral and written (C1). 2005: Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung (Goethe-Institut).

FRENCH: high level oral and written (C1).

ENGLISH: high level oral and written (C1). 2005: Certificate in Advanced English (University of Cambridge).

ITALIAN: intermediate level oral and written (B1).

Professional experience

Since Dec. 2005 (full time since July 2006): freelance translator. Daily output: 2000-2500 words.
Translations (mainly German > Spanish) for direct clients and translation agencies. Brochures, catalogs, manuals, websites, etc. in the following fields:

Technology/engineering: automotive, electricity and electronics, machinery and mechanical engineering, clinical engineering and medical equipment, computers (hardware and software).

Social sciences: law, business and finance, tourism and travel.

Recent important jobs:

• Brochures of a supplier of industrial sensors, automation and security devices (translation German > Spanish)
  
• Informative documents of a photovoltaic solar energy company (translation German > Spanish)
• Help texts regarding a software for time management and access control (translation German > Spanish)
• Brochures and additional technical and promotional documentation of an important supplier of compressors and compressed air technology (translation German > Spanish)
• Various documents about automotive technology of important companies of this branch (training courses for employees, technical manuals, promotional and business texts) (translation/proofreading German > Spanish)
• Texts about dental and medical equipment of different suppliers (translation German > Spanish)
• Texts about electronic and automation devices of different suppliers (translation German > Spanish)
• Reports, sales brochures and terms of contract of several investment funds of two important banks (translation/proofreading German > Spanish)
  

Qualifications

Since 2006: sworn translator (German-Spanish) by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

2006-2007: teacher training course (CAP). Speciality: foreign language. University of Alicante (Spain).

2002-2006: degree in Translation and Interpreting (German-Spanish). University of Alicante (Spain).
Average grade: 9.05 (excellent). Extraordinay Degree Award.

Translation languages:
A: Spanish (and Catalan)
B: German
C: French
D: Italian

Courses, conferences, seminars

14th-17th Dec. 2005: 1st Congress of Translation in Alicante (I Coloquio Lucentino de Traducción).

August 2005: German intensive course (85 units of instruction, 45 minutes each). Goethe-Institut Munich (Germany). Level C1.1.

August 2004: German intensive course (85 units of instruction, 45 minutes each). Goethe-Institut Bremen (Germany). Level B2.3.

August 2003: German intensive course (85 units of instruction, 45 minutes each). Goethe-Institut Dresden (Germany). Level Mittelstufe 2A.

Computer skills

Proficient with Windows, MS Office and the Internet.
Good knowledge of HTML and XML.
Good command of CAT tools.
Good command of terminological management software.

Computer

HARDWARE:

- Pentium IV 3.2 GHz, 512 MB RAM and 150 GB hard disk.
- Laptop Intel Centrino 1.73 GHz, 1024 MB RAM and 80 GB hard disk.
- Internet connection. Cable modem 6000 Kbps.

SOFTWARE:

- Windows XP Home
- MS Office 2002
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional
- SDL Trados 2007 Freelance, Star Transit XV
- Multiterm 2007

My Software