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TCTerms Score: 7 
Contact Information |  TOP |
Joined: May 2, 2008, last update Sep. 24, 2009  Preferred E-mail of Valeska Quiroa: send a messageWebsite: http://www.vgqtranslations.com
Working Language Pairs | TOP |
Spanish > English, English > Spanish
Language locales: English - United Kingdom, English - United States, Spanish - Guatemala, Spanish - Mexico
Copywriting, Desktop Publishing, Editing, Interpreting - Phone, Localization, Other, Proofreading, Research, Transcription, Translation Specialization | TOP |
Legal, business, financial, technical, engineering, mining, geology, geophysics, general conversation, software localization, localisation. Subject Areas | TOP |
Advertising, Art, Aviation, Banking and Financial, Business Administration and Management, Business General, Business Marketing, Civil Engineering, Computer and Information Sciences, Criminology, Data Processing, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Environmental Science, Ethnic and Cultural Studies, Finance, General, Health, Internet, Law and Legal, Linguistics, Mechanical Engineering, Medicine (General), Music, Patent Translation, Philosophy, Photographic Arts, Photography, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Tourism and Travel, Transportation, Women Studies
Valeska G. Quiroa
Born in Guatemala City in 1978, she is a native speaker of American English and Latin American Spanish. Presently she is also working in the British variant and has for the past four years.
Education
Qualification as a Sworn Translator – 2003
Professional Translator Diploma – 2002
Law BA, Juridical and Social Sciences (pending grad)
Experience
♦ Translator and interpreter for the past six years rendering services for a multinational company with headquarters in Georgia, United States, and offices in South Africa, Mexico, India, Thailand and Hong Kong.
♦ Consultancy services in English: legal and international business in Asia.
♦ Support in projects developed in México, Thailand, Cambodia, Hong Kong and India.
Interpreting services around the world
I started interpreting while I was living in Guadalajara, Mexico, for over a year. I continued rendering interpreting services for senior executives from South Africa, England, United States, to name a few.
I have experience in diverse settings including business meetings, project management activities, on site visits to mining areas, report rendering by geologists, geophysicists and engineers from around the world.
Over one million words translated in each language pair
♦ Legal experience in International Law, ICC rules, business contracts in general, banking security guarantees, documentary credit, mining concessions, environmental permits, import and export rules and procedures, transport and shipping contracts among others.
♦ Financial and accounting reports and statements.
♦ Human resources and business administration in general.
♦ Technical expertise in the mining field, engineering, geophysics, geology, and other related fields, such as environmental science.
♦ Translation of equipment manuals, guidelines, device user guides, mainly into Spanish for the use of Mexican team, including magnetometers, global positioning system devices, and their corresponding software and data capturing process. On site experience in several mining areas in different places of the world, including Mexico, Thailand and India.
Other fields include: architecture, aviation, education, marketing, diplomas and certificates in general, research, technology, spiritual and religious subjects.
Knowledge of other languages:
intermediate conversational skills in French,
high comprehension of Portuguese
basic knowledge of K’aqchiquel (Guatemalan dialect)
- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- PowerPoint
- SDLX Translation Suite
- TRADOS
- RC-WinTrans X8
Microsoft Visio 2003
Express Scribe
Intel Pentium Dual, 1.8 GHz
All-in-one Printer & Scanner
Broadband Internet Router (4Mb)
Accreditations | TOP |
Certified Translator (English & Spanish) - Guatemala - 2003
Diploma of Professional Translation - 2002
Juridical and Social Sciences, Law BA - Guatemala - pend. grad. Asociación Guatemalteca de Intérpretes y Traductores (AGIT) - Guatemala, 2008-2009 Verified Credentials | TOP |
Spanish>English, English>Spanish, Asociación Guatemalteca de Intérpretes y Traductores (AGIT)
Payment Options | TOP |
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