In-house Translation



Financial and Legal English to Spanish Translator. Extensive first-hand commercial and investment banking experience with Mexico, Argentina, and Venezuela combined with broad exposure to Spain. Sensitive to regional differences in financial terminology. Highly detailed. Skilled in recognizing errors in the source and target languages. Strong computer skills.

IN-HOUSE TRANSLATOR

Morgan Guaranty Trust Company, New York, NY Feb. 2000 – April 2001

Translator, Translation Services Department

Translated a wide variety of major internal documents from English to Spanish, Spanish to English, and some French to English for financial and legal departments.

• Translated 90% of Morgan Guaranty’s 1999 Annual Report from English to Spanish (Spain).

• Translated extensive documentation, as follows:

- 20 page Powers of Attorney of client companies.

- Lengthy Minutes from all Client Companies’ Board of Director and Shareholder meetings.

- Articles of Incorporation of all the Latin American Client Companies.

- 10-20 page PowerPoint presentations for marketing & sales calls on Clients.

• Conceived of, researched, and created an extensive annotated glossary of financial and legal terms.

FREELANCE TRANSLATOR

R.R.Donnelley Financial, New York, NY March 2001 – Present

Translator and Proofreader from English to Spanish

• Translate and Proofread financial and legal documents and financial PowerPoint presentations.

• Maintain and up-date two comprehensive client glossaries.

• Interpret telephone interviews of several hundred Spanish-speaking clients in a class action suit.

Merrill/NTEXT Translations, New York, NY March 2001 – Present

Translator and Proofreader

• Translate and Proofread financial and legal documents from English to Spanish.

Spanish Institute, New York, NY July 2000 – Present

Translator from English to Spanish and from Spanish to English

• Translate a broad range of documents, including financial.

Eriksen Translations Inc. New York, NY Jan. 2000 – Present

Translator from English to Spanish and from Spanish to English

• Translate and proofread medical letters, restaurant menus, and financial and legal documents.

Bowne Translations, New York, NY Sept. 1999 – Present

Proofreader and Translator

• Proofread and translate financial and legal documents, medical advertisement brochures, car leasing contracts, and HTML documents from English to Spanish.

R. Paniagua, Inc. (Affiliated with The Daily News), New York, NY Sept. 1999 – Present

Assistant Editor and Translator of “Viva New York” (Bi-lingual monthly magazine)

• As Assistant Editor, proofread all English-Spanish and Spanish-English translations. Discuss changes related to both languages with the Editor. Manually in-put changes into Macintosh, paying particular attention to Spanish hyphenation. Assist in creating titles for some of the articles.

• Translate cultural and entertainment articles from English to Spanish.

Medico Uno: Translated more than 250,000 medical terms from English to Spanish. 2001

The Wall Street Journal: Translated financial, technical, and social articles for distribution to newspapers in Latin America and Spain. 1998 – 1999

Renaissance Multimedia: Translated 50% of the company’s Website from English to Spanish. 1999

Transperfect Translations: Translated part of a financial Website from English to Spanish. 1999

COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT BANKING

The Weston Group, New York, NY July 1997 – Dec. 1998

Vice President, Latin American Emerging Markets Fixed Income Trading Desk

Garban Corporates GP, New York, NY Nov. 1996 – Feb. 1997

Broker, Latin American Emerging Markets Fixed Income Desk

Banco Inverlat, New York, NY Aug. 1993 – Sept. 1996

Trader, Latin American Emerging Markets Fixed Income Trading Desk

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., New York, NY Aug. 1992 – Aug. 1993

Assistant Vice President, Latin American Emerging Markets Fixed Income Trading Desk

Banco Internacional, New York, NY Sept. 1985 – Aug. 1992

Assistant Vice President, Latin American Emerging Markets Fixed Income Dept., 1991 – 1992

Assistant Treasurer, Business Development Department, 1990 – 1991

Account Officer, Corporate Banking Department, 1989 – 1990

Credit Analyst, Credit Risk Department, 1987 – 1989

Administrative Assistant, Credit Balance Account Department, 1985 – 1987

EDUCATION/LICENSES

• New York University: English to Spanish Translation Certificate Program.

• NASD: Series 7 & 63

• B.A. Cum Laude, French Major, German Minor, Hunter College, 1991

• La Coruña, Spain: High School and Elementary School.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• American Translators Association

• NY Circle of Translators

• SpanSIG (Spanish Special Interest Group of the NY Circle of Translators)

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