Member since Nov '06

Working languages:
English to Spanish
Italian to Spanish
French to Spanish
Spanish to Italian

Cristina Gómez Villacastín
Sworn translator, law degree

Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain
Local time: 18:17 CEST (GMT+2)

Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain) Native in Spanish
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CRISTINA GÓMEZ
VILLACASTÍN

Legal, Financial & Aeronautical Translator  

·     
Sworn
Translator

·     
Degree
in law

·     
Legal
/ financial / technical

·     
25
years’ experience

·     
ASETRAD
member 3680

·     
+5M
words translated


ABOUT ME

 

Sown translator holding a degree in law and 25 years’
experience in translation. Working from English and Italian into Spanish and
specialising in legal, financial and technical translation.

Highly focused, experienced, energetic and
self-motivated professional. Self-assured and reliable with strong
organizational skills.

 

  WORK EXPERIENCE

 

2006 to present

+ 1998 - 2000

Sworn Legal, Financial
& Aeronautical Translator (Freelance)

·   Translation of legal (claims, arbitration, deeds,
opinions of law, articles of assoc., etc.), financial (financial statements,
annual accounts, etc.) and technical (aeronautics, sustainability reports, climate
change) texts

·    Direct relation with clients and project
management of work contracted out to other linguists (rate negotiation,
elaboration of project instructions, monitoring, deadline control,
proofreading, DTP and final delivery)

2012
- 2020

Partner at PRO MYV SER SL

·   Spanish company registered with the Spanish
Ministry of Defence operating in the aeronautics & defence industry at
national and international level

·  Legal advice and translation of technical
manuals of marketed equipment (parachutes, safety vests, automatic activation
devices for parachutists, aerial delivery platforms, etc.)

·    Preparation and translation of legal documentation submitted to
public tenders subject to the Spanish Law on Public Sector Contracts and
related contractual documentation.

2005
- 2006

CPSL – Tender Manager - www.cpsl.com

·      
Search of calls for tenders in national and
international markets

·      
Management of multilingual bids to public
tenders

·      
Assessment of linguistic resources submitted
to public tenders

2005

CPSL – Vendor Manager - www.cpsl.com

·      
Selection and recruitment of freelance
linguistic professionals

·      
Rate negotiation and continuous assessment
of work quality

2003
- 2005

Conference interpreter
(consecutive and simultaneous)

·      
Sworn court interpretations, congresses,
technical courses, etc.

2001
- 2002

SDL International – Technical translator - www.sdl.com

·      
EN>ES Translation of software, help and
documentation

·      
Proofreading and quality assurance of
translation work

·      
Terminology and TM management

·      
Linguistic testing of software products

2000

Translation and Interpreting
teacher
(S.S.I.T.) www.ssitpi.it

·      
Simultaneous and Consecutive interpreting
Italian <> Spanish

·      
Legal translation Italian > Spanish

 

  EDUCATION

2002
- 2003

MA in Conference Interpreting
(consecutive and simultaneous)

La Laguna University, Tenerife (Spain)

·        
Spanish: A language (mother-tongue)

·        
English, Italian: B languages

·        
French: C language

2000

Sworn translator
Italian <> Spanish

Certified by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign
Affairs

1999
- 2001

Sampere School of
Translators and Interpreters
, Madrid (Spain)

Advanced level courses in simultaneous interpreting &
legal translation

1999

Spanish Ministry of Justice
– State Barristers
, Case-solving
practice

1994
- 1999

Degree in Law – Autonomous
University  Madrid (Spain), Honours
grade

1997
- 1998

University of Pisa – Faculty of Law, Erasmus grant

1996
- 1997

French Institute – Madrid
(Spain), Literary French translation course

1982
- 1994

Mirabal School, Honours grade

 

  COMPUTER
LITERACY

 

Windows 10 - MS Office 2016 - Trados Studio 2021
- Wordfast Pro

 

  REFERENCES: https://www.proz.com/feedback-card/56310
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