Valentín Hernández Lima

Personal Information

• Nationality: Spanish
• Age: 55
• Married, two children
• Cyclist and chess player

Higher Education

1978 - 1984      Universidad de la Laguna
            Canary Islands, Spain

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Germanic and French Philology

• Majoring in English; residence periods in England and United States
• Studies of German; scholarship to study German in Berlin
• §Studies of French; several residence periods in France

Professional Experience

1985-1986                     Construction worker (as a way of gathering hard-work experience away from books and literature after seven years at college)

1987                             Eight-month period as trilingual hotel manager

1987 - to date                Multilingual, full-time professional translator, editor, proofreader                                                       

1988-1991                    Teacher of German and French

1995-2000                    Owner of a translation bureau and employer of fellow translators

2000 - present day         Again, solo freelance translator, editor and proofreader  

Languages

English, German, French into Spanish

Specializing in

Machinery and technical manuals, marketing, human resources documents, research-intensive documents, business correspondence and creative writing in general

Mission

To translate over 1,000,000 words annually for at least 30 regular clients, covering at least seven translation fields and using state-of-the art translation techniques, tools and software, including text-to-speech, speech-to-text, graphic design, and terminology management and translation memory technologies, especially STAR TRANSIT and SDL TRADOS STUDIO. On a personal level, to keep on studying and working in search for knowledge, service and creation opportunities in language-related activities.

Rates

For agencies:

German, French and English into Spanish = €0.08 per source word