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About Me

Beatriz García Parrilla
Translator
English to Spanish
c/ Alcaraz 3 2A Albacete 02002, Spain
Telephone: 0034967603555
beatrizgarciaparrilla@gmail.com
PROFILE
I am a native Spanish speaking translator, specializing in legal and literary
translations, audiovisual translations and website localization.
EDUCATION
2009 — Master’s Degree in Specialized Translation, which includes
modules in legal, literary and audiovisual translation.
UVic (University of Vic), Barcelona, Spain. Expected completion date 2011.
2008 — Master’s Degree in English-Spanish translation, which included
modules in legal and literary translation.
UNED (National University for Distance Education), Spain.
2008 — Taxation course for freelance translators, authors and
proofreaders.
SIC, S.L.
2007 — Bachelor of Law.
UCLM (University of Castilla la Mancha), Albacete, Spain.
2002 — Certificate in English, proficiency level.
E.O.I. Spanish Official School of Languages, Albacete, Spain.
2001 — Administrative Assistant Course (1730 hours).
Talleres el Ave María, Albacete, Spain.
LANGUAGE COURSES
2007 — Language and methodology course for teachers of English, a
blended approach.
Anglolang Academy of English, Scarborough, United Kingdom. Funded by
the European Commission as part of the Grundtvig Programme.
2002 — English course.
80 hours, Anglolang Academy of English, Scarborough, United Kingdom.
2002 — Certificate in English, proficiency level.
E.O.I. Spanish Official School of Languages, Albacete, Spain.
2001 — First year Italian language.
E.O.I. Spanish Official School of Languages, Albacete, Spain.
1999 — English Course.
80 hours, at The English Language Center, Brighton, United Kingdom.
1999 — English Course.
60 hours, at Suzanne Sparrow Plymouth Language School, United Kingdom.
EXPERIENCE
Customer service representative, Activex Servicios Integrales S.A. — 2008-
Present.
I service English speaking customers for a large national insurance agency. I
converse with English speakers now living in Spain from all over the English
speaking world.
Adult education teacher and after-school English teacher, Robledo —
2002-2007.
I taught secondary education and A-level students at Robledo Borough
Council, Albacete, Spain.
Practical training in Administrative Assistance — Oct 2002 - Dec 2002.
I worked for 188 hours at the Gestión de Productos Informáticos, Albacete,
Spain.
Practical training in Administrative Assistance — Apr 2002.
I worked for 40 hours at the Marfil Consultant Office, s. l., Albacete, Spain.
COMPUTING SKILLS
I am familiar with the following operating systems and computer software:
• Windows XP and Mac OSX.
• MS Office 2002, XP (MS Word, MS excel, MS access, MS powerpoint, MS
frontpage, MS Outlook) and OpenOffice.org.
• SDL Trados, Wordfast, Subtitle Workshop and Wincaps.