Words Are my Business
English/Catalan > Spanish Translator and Editor
What I do:
Quality translation, proofreading, editing and localization of texts for Spain.
Consultancy for specific linguistic issues. Personalized Spanish and English speaking and writing classes for students and professionals.
For specific translation in medical, pharmaceutical or commercial areas, please visit pepadevesa.com.
The difference:
Direct communication with the clients to address their needs and concerns.
Care for language: translation as an art, combining knowledge and intuition, research and craft.
Vast experience and methodical working style that result in timeliness.
Published Translations:
Young adult fiction / Children's books:
Randa Abdel-Fattah, ¿Por qué todos me miran la cabeza? Barcelona, La Galera, 2008 (ISBN: 978-84-246-3048-5).
Randa Abdel-Fattah, Diez cosas que odio de mí, Barcelona, La Galera, 2009 (ISBN: 978-84-246-3226-7).
Barbara Kingsolver, Árboles de judías, Barcelona, La Galera, 2010 (ISBN: 978-84-246-2993-9).
Adam Gidwitz. Una sonrisa roja como la sangre. Barcelona, La Galera, 2012 (978-84-246-3779-8).
Stephen Wallenfels, POD. Barcelona, La Galera, 2012 (ISBN: 978-84- 246-3740-8).
Feroz el Cavernícola (collection), Barcelona, La Galera, 2009 (ISBN: 978-84-246-3069-0 / 978-84-246-3070-6 / 978-84-246-3071-3 / 978-84-246-3072-0).
Monstermanía and Rosa Mariposa. ¡Salvemos el bosque! (ISBN, respectively: 978-84-246-3583-1 y 978-84-246-3648-7), published by La Galera in 2010.
Janet Foxley. Muncle Trogg, Barcelona, La Galera, 2011 (ISBN: 978-84-246-3777-4).
Janet Foxley. Muncle Trogg y el asno volador, Barcelona, La Galera, 2012 (ISBN: 978-84-246-4339-3).
Caroline Lawrence. Se busca P.K. Pinkerton: El caso de las viudas pistoleras, Barcelona, La Galera, 2013 (ISBN: 978-84-246-4630-1).
Lemony Snicket. ¿Cuándo la vio por última vez? Barcelona, La Galera 2014 (ISBN: 9788424651732)
Cassie Beasley, Circus Mirandus. Barcelona, La Galera, 2016 (ISBN: 978-84-246-5686-7).
Ben Guterson, Los misterios de Winterhouse. Barcelona, La Galera, 2021 (ISBN: 978-84-246-6953-9).
Polly Dunbar, Hello Mum. Barcelona, Bridge, 2021 (ISBN: 978-84-18253-08-9).
Adult novels:
Terri Osburn, El mayor de los retos. Luxembourg, AmazonCrossing, 2016 (ISBN: 978-15-039-3401-6).
Terri Osburn, Escrito en el destino. Luxembourg, AmazonCrossing, 2017 (ISBN: 978-15-420-4540-7).
Short stories:
“Tunneling to the center of the earth”, by Kevin Wilson for The Barcelona Review, issue 67, 2009. (http://www.barcelonareview.com/67/s_kw.html).
“The Happening”, by Laura Hird for The Barcelona Review, 2004. (http://www.barcelonareview.com/42/s_lh.htm)
“Cabbage Roses”, by Arlene Sanders, published in Willard & Maple, the literary magazine of Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. April 2006.
Articles: journalism, economy... A sample would be this one for Kellogg School of Management: https://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/es/article/name-letter_branding
About me
I have a degree in English Philology and a MA in Hispanic Studies, completed in the US, where I was a Spanish lecturer and started my career as an interpreter and translator in 1996. I also write my own fiction in both English and Spanish when time permits.
I attend professional conferences and workshops in my specialty subjects, such as medicine or literature, as well as in typographic and style correction. I belong to the professional association of literary translators ACEtt.
My love for language and my concern about the quality of the final product make me an excellent choice for your Spanish language needs.
Personal publications (fiction or about the profession)
Commented translation from Catalan into English of a fragment of the novel Ramona Rosbif, by Isa Tròlec, published in Two Lines: A Journal of Translation, May 1999.
Publication of the short story “La decisión” in The Barcelona Review (http://www.barcelonareview.com/28/s_pd.htm), December 2001.
Article at The Barcelona Review: http://www.barcelonareview.com/97/s_ensayo.html
Other publications: short stories “Papiroflexia” (Mayo 2004), “Hace frío afuera” and “El peso del pueblo”, en aDona’t (literary magazine, November 2004).
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