Lizette Britz

Lizette Britz Mansilla

Lizette@englishspanishtranslations.biz

LANGUAGES

Spanish: native

English: bilingual

Catalan: speak and write fluently

German: basic knowledge

SPECIALIZATION

      General Conversation, Business and Commerce, Literature, Internet, Marketing, Self-Help, Games, Travel and Tourism, Health, Agriculture

CAT Tools

      TRADOS Suite 7 Freelance, TRADOS SUITE 9, SDLX, MemoQ

software

      Word, Excel, PowerPoint, In Design, CorelDraw, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Fireworks

DAILY OUTPUT

      2,500 words per day

Affiliations

      Associate Member of the American Translators Association (ATA)

REFERENCES

      Upon request

eDUCATION

International House, Barcelona

General Translation Course                                                                                                                                                                                  2010

California State University, Fresno, CA

Master in Business Administration                                                                                                                                                                   1996

California State University, Fresno, CA

BS in Agricultural Business                                                                                                                                                                                     1993

Work EXPERIENCE

Translator, Barcelona, Spain

Translator                                                                                                                                                                                                      2008 – present

* I collaborate with the following agencies: Lingo24, Glyph Language Services, Compass Languages, AABX Translations, CCJK

* English to Spanish translations on www.onehourtranslation.com

* Contributed to the English Spanish translation of www.translia.com

* Volunteer translator at Translators Without Borders

* Volunteer translator for CCCCC (Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre)

* Volunteer translator for Aflatoun.org

* Localization of software

* Translation of gaming and bingo sites

* Translation of games for Facebook

* Ongoing English to Spanish translation of EDU20.org

* Translation of Sunlife website https://www.salesnet.sunlife.com/international/public/es-co/home.cfm

* English to Spanish translation of PowerPoint presentation for American multinational company

* English to Spanish translation of over 40 policies for a multinational company

* English Spanish translation of toy descriptions

* English Spanish translation of Tourism and Travel websites

* English Spanish translation of legal websites

* English Spanish translation of health related websites (chiropractors, plastic surgery portal)
* English Spanish translation of health related ebooks (Cancer, Anorexia)

* English Spanish translation of presentation in PowerPoint about Swimming Pool Technician course

* English Spanish translation of emails and letters

* English Spanish translation in wordpress of over 400 drug descriptions for a health website.

* English Spanish translation of various internet marketing ebooks

* English Spanish translation of sales letters and related material (videos, autoresponse emails, etc.)

* Proofreading in Spanish of 12 Chapters for Swimming Pool Technician course

Global Estrategias y Acciones de Marketing SLL, Barcelona, Spain

Translator and Responsible of Processes                                                                                                                                 2001 – 2005

* English  Spanish translations of marketing materials.

Coty Inc, Barcelona, Spain

Translator and Logistics Analyst                                                                                                                                                      2000 - 2001

* Spanish English translation of documentation for the logistics director.
* English Spanish translation of documentation for the logistics director

Coty Inc, Barcelona, Spain

Assistant to the Factory’s General Manager                                                                                                                          1999 - 2000

* English Spanish translation of documentation for the GM and his directors.

* Spanish English translation of documentation for the GM and his directors.

• PowerPoint
• SDLX Translation Suite
• TRADOS
• Word, Excel