Web Edition
Translation (English-Spanish- French)
Export Sales Consultancy
Miguel Garcia Lopez Freelance
Web Editor, Translator (English-Spanish-French) and Export Sales Consultant
Editeur Web, Traducteur
(Anglais-Espagnol-Français) et Consultant de Ventes Export
Editor Web, Traductor
(Inglés-Español-Francés) y Consultor de Ventas Exportación
Bilingual native speaker of French
and Spanish. Non-native speaker of
Catalan. Born in Belgium. Lived in Belgium from
1974-1992. Living in Barcelona since 1992.
Member No. 708 of ASETRAD Asociación
Española de Traductores, Correctores e
Intérpretes (Spanish Association of Translators,
Proofreaders and Interpreters) Asetrad Website
Education
:
- Degree in International and Foreign Trade, CCIS (Barcelona)
- EOI (Official School of Languages, Spain) Diploma in English
- Diploma in Purchasing Operations, Institut Català de
Tecnologia (Barcelona)
- Diploma in Regulations in Dangerous goods shipping and operations by
air-, seafreight or truck, Barcelona Seaport
- Diploma in Customs procedures and inspections in International and
Foreign Trade, Barcelona Seaport
- Diploma in Foreign Trade Incentive, Asociación
Exportadores Canarios (Tenerife, Canarias)
- Course in Biodiversity “Wind Power Energy”, San
Pablo-CEU University (Madrid)
- Course in Biodiversity “Geothermic, Ocean wave and
Hydraulic Energies”, San Pablo-CEU University (Madrid)
- Diploma Risk management, Health and Security at work (Building
industry), IEEE (Granada)
- Diploma in “Documentary Credits UCP600 new
regulations” in International and Foreign Trade, CCNB
(Barcelona)
14 Years of experience in web edition, translation and
proofreading for:
- Tourism, Hotels
- International Development, Import-Export
- Transportation, Shipping
- Medicine, Pharmaceuticals
- Healthcare, Laboratory Science
- Chemistry, (Micro)Biology
- Wood industry, Forestry
- and... less technical areas, such as Business, Sports, etc...
Languages:
- English -> French
- English -> Spanish
- French -> Spanish
- Spanish -> French
- Catalan -> French
- Catalan -> Spanish
- Catalan -> English
Professional Experience (outside realm of
translations) for Export Sales Consultancy:
- Since Sept 2008, Export Sales Manager, Laboratory-Microbiology-Medical, Laboratorios Microkit,
manufacturer of microbiology culture media and products.
- 5 years in Export Sales,
Chemistry-Laboratory-Microbiology-Medical, Scharlau Chemie,
manufacturer of chemicals, laboratory and microbiology products for
Pharmaceuticals, laboratories, etc.
- 6 months in Purchasing management, Wood & Forestry Industry,Gabarró Hermanos, importers of timber and processed wood
- 2 years in Purchasing management, Beverages Industry, Coca-Cola
Company (Equatorial Africa Division)
- 3 years in Supply Chain and Administration management, Logistics,Rouch Intermodal, rail-road transportation
- 2 years in Export Sales management, Industry, Talleres Cato,
manufacturer of meat processing machines.
These are the CAT softwares I work with :
Wordfast 5.53, SDL Trados 2007 Freelance, TagEditor and Metatexis Lite.
* Air compressors :
- Instructions Manuals, Air compressors, English->Spanish, 47838 words, Ekomak
* Biotechnology :
- Company Website, Water control and surveillance equipments, English->French/Spanish, 15 days, bbe Moldaenke
* Business :
- Corporate newspaper, English->Spanish, 1056 words, Languages Translation Services, USA
- Curriculum Vitae, English->Spanish, 624 words, VerbumSoft
- Banking. English->Belgian French, 514 words, Lingo24, UK
* Chemistry/Laboratory/Microbiology :
- Texts and catalogues regarding chemical products for laboratory and
culture media for microtiology, 2002-2008, Scharlau Chemie, Barcelona
* Hotels/Hospitality/Tourism :
- Part-time Web editor in French (rural houses in Spain, Portugal,
France, Italy, Belgium and Germany), Since Nov 2007, www.toprural.com,
Madrid
- Hotels in several european cities, English->French and Spanish, 66307 words, www.hotelschart.com, Italy
* Industry/Machinery :
- Different Projects in Industry, French->Spanish, 6151 words, AA Translations, Spain
- Different Projects in Industry, English->French, 5500 words, Kerry Services, UK
- Technical Specifications Revision. French->Spanish, 1887 words, A.M. TRANSlation Services, Austria
- Machine Technical Specifications. English->French, 1502 words, Bartsch Consult, Germany
- Technical litterature food coolers. French->Spanish, 339 words, Premium Translations Services International, Canada
- Instruction Manual, French revision, 130 pages, Wilco AG
- Machinery advertisement, French->Spanish, 7 pages, Com-Office, France
* IT :
- Technical specifications for an IT project. Catalan->English, 6784 words, Bon Traduction, USA
- Technical specifications for an IT project. English->French, 4210 words, Isselservice, Italy
* Linguistics :
- Tender for International Institute. English->French, 2217 words, Comms Multilingual, UK.
* Logistics/Transportation :
- Logistics and Transportation for NGO's, English->French, 52870 words, Adelphi Translations, UK
- Feasibility study in Logistics. English->French, 8747 words, Kerry Services, UK
* Medical/Pharmaceutical :
- Herbs for Traditional Chinese Medicine, English->French, 17434 words, Your Translation Chinese Team, Hong-Kong
- Specifications for Clinical trials, English->French, 11547 words, Translations2000, USA
- PIL and SPC files, Pharmaceuticals. English ->French, 3942 words, Baltic VIP, Latvia
- Oncology study. English->Spanish and English->French, 455+371 words, Translations2000, USA
- Revision for Belgium localization, medical instruments. English->French, 2 pages, Legal Language Services ALS, USA
* Nutrition :
- Sport nutrition and nutraceutical products for bodybuilding and
fitness, Spanish->English and French, 18978 words, Nutrytec Sport,
Spain
* Playground equipment :
- Technical Specifications, Playground equipment, Spanish->French, 4421 words and 72 non-editable pages, Hierros Colomer
* Security :
- Revision for Spain localisation - Health, Security and Environment Policies, Aberdeen Languages Services, Canada
* Textile :
- Specifications on sunscreen fabrics, English->French, 591 words, Liberty Consulting, France
* Wine Industry :
- Specifications for wine industry machineries, French->Spanish, 2380 words, Liberty Consulting, France
Miguel Garcia Lopez