Lauren Hermele

Full time freelance translator / interpreter

U.S. citizen and Resident of Spain

Barcelona

Tel. (34) 656.473.381

Fax: (34) 93.441.2006

lhermele@yahoo.com

Education:

2002-03: Photography Courses at IDEP, Barcelona (Photojournalism).

2000: Postgraduate Program in Book Publishing, Publish, Barcelona, Spain .

Catalan Studies at the Escuela Oficial de Idiomas, Barcelona, Spain.

 Hispanic Studies at the University of Barcelona.

94-98: B.A. from Washington University, St. Louis, MO, in Psychology and Fine Arts.

Semester abroad at UNSW, Sydney, Australia.

Languages:

Current Member of ACEtt Traductores (Spain) and ATA (American Translators Association) and ProZ (internet translation community).

 English:   Native.

 Spanish:  Excellent oral and written expression, high translation level.

 Catalan:   Good oral and written expression, good translation level.

 Portuguese:  Good oral and written expression, good translation level.

Work Experience (Barcelona, Spain):

2001‑2003

Freelance Translations

• Translations and Corrections for Gorg Blanc, S.L., Art and Architecture related books.

• Translation of PHEdigital’s web page for the PHOTOESPAÑA 2002 festival.

• Reading and reviewing manuscripts for the Mercedes Casanova Literary Agency and Editrends.

• Translation and adaptation of a bilingual teaching manual; collaboration with other freelancers, Boston, USA.

• Translations of subtitles, Sonilab Stuidos S.L. (sogemedia), and scripts for WITV (World International TV).

• Translation of Anthropological thesis, Loredona T.

• Translation of the Caixa Catalunya web page, INK Catalunya.

• Translation of diverse reports, Ipsos-Eco Consulting.

• Translation of the program for Rafael Tous’ contemporary art exhibition, DUUAL.

• Translation of the first chapter of a book for EDHASA editorial.

• Translation of The Other Side of the Shore, Cuban poetry Ad Linguam Traductores.

• Translation of two painting books by José Parramón.

• Correction of a web page for Rennert Bilingual, NY, USA.

• Collaboration with the Cotthem Gallery, Barcelona, in house translations and edition of catalogues.

• In house translator, corrector, interpreter for translation agency in Barcelona for six months: tape transcription, corrections, diverse translations, and coordination of freelance translators.

Interpretation

• Interpretation for a market research representative of Procter & Gamble.

• Interpretation for business meeting for Grabo Jive, Hungary.

• Interpreter for contemporary artist, Zhang Huan, and other business meetings, Cotthem Gallery.

2000-1999

• Collaboration with Ediciones 62, for a new tourist guide, Step-by-Step, and translation of the guide.

• Reader for The Barcelona Review, on-line literary magazine printed in Spanish, Catalan, and English.

• English Teacher at the Liberty School of English and the Kingsbrook Academy. Beginner to Intermediate levels of all ages.

• English transcription of a program for Canal 33, Barcelona.

1998-1999:  Participation in the BUNAC work exchange program, London.

·         Collaboration with the Bloomsbury Editorial, London. Responsibilities:  interviewing clients, reading reviews and manuscripts, research assistant for the marketing department.

Publications:

·         Small Apartments and Studios, Marcos Nestares, To be Published by Universe Publishing distributed by St. Martin’s Press, N. Y. (2003).

·         From the other Shore, Jorge Luis Seco, 2001.

·         Diverse sections of PHE02 Digital www.PHEdigital.com  

·         Various catalogues for Art Exhibitions (Zhang Huan, Rafael Tous, Gaudi y Reus).

·         Barcelona & Catalonia Step by Step, Summer 2000, Edicola-62, S.L. / Grup 62, 61 pages, Translation from Spanish to English.

Computer Skills

Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Trados Translator Workbench, FrontPage, Internet, Photoshop.

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