Working languages:
English to Spanish
Catalan to Spanish
Spanish to English

Silvia Gonzalez
Educ./ Languages/Liter./Culture, Ph D

Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Local time: 02:01 BST (GMT+1)

Native in: Spanish (Variants: US, Standard-Spain) Native in Spanish
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Services Interpreting, Translation, Editing/proofreading, Training, Native speaker conversation, Subtitling, Software localization, Language instruction
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Specializes in:
LinguisticsPoetry & Literature
MusicPhotography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)
Textiles / Clothing / FashionMedical: Health Care
Medical (general)Nutrition
PsychologyCinema, Film, TV, Drama

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Experience Years of experience: 14. Registered at ProZ.com: Aug 2020.
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Bio

Spanish-English-Spanish Award winning Translator, Editor, Interpreter, and published author of Fiction Literature, with 10 years of proven experience as a freelancer for Penguin Random House, Oceano Editores, RBA (Spanish editors of National Geographic), and Circulo de Lectores (Barcelona, Spain), plus 2 years of in-house experience as an Interpreter and Translator for Durham Public Schools (NC, US), within their Exceptional Children Division, and for Fluent Language Solutions (NC, US), in the health-care/social services/legal fields.

I also worked as an Spanish Lecturer for a total of 9 years for Duke University, Clemson University, Utica College (US), and most recently for Durham University, King's College London and the London Business School (UK).

I am currently teaching Translation with THE PROFS LONDON, to Oxford University and University of Bristol tutees, and I won a Translation Award in 2015 (Corda Foundation, NY, US). 

My Ph D is in "Teaching Languages and Literatures", and I have been conducting extensive research on Translation issues between one of my language pairs: English and Spanish.


Translation, Localization, Edition, and Interpretation.Fiction Literature, including Poetry. Technical Translation for the Health, Legal, and Educational fields. Also, I work with Academic Writing in English and Spanish, as I have been a University-level writing coach for ten years now. Samples available: Translation of Medical electromagnetic devices (user's guide), Special Education services web page at Durham Public Schools (NC, US), Psychological, Occupational, Language, and Medical reports for Pre K children entitled to receive Special Education support services. Translation and proofreading (editing) into Spanish of The Bielsky Brothers, the Coffee Merchant,etc (Random House).Rates: 160/1000 words (general translation Eng-Spa-Eng, Cat-Eng-Cat, Cat-Spa-Cat), depending on project and deadline.Word count output for translation projects: 3000 words per day minimum, depending on project.Reviews/ratings available at THE PROFS LONDON website or requested via email or call to main editor, Anna Prieto, at Penguin Random House, Barcelona, Spain.




Profile last updated
Jan 17, 2022