English <> Spanish translations
18 years of experience 


In addition to my career as a freelance translator, I have assembled a team of native Spanish-speaking engineers, physicians and marketing specialists with intimate knowledge of current English terminology and excellent Spanish writing skills. I am responsible for the final proofing and QA.

Some advantages of working with my team:

  • Based in the United States
  • Tried and proven team of translators
  • Zero uncertainties with guaranteed on-time delivery
  • Experienced Trados users
  • Competitive rates with discounts for large volume projects

Please see below a list of selected projects.

I will be delighted to talk to you about your translation needs.

Best regards,

Pablo Acevedo

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Current résumé and selected projects

Highlights

  • 18 years of professional translating experience in Europe, South America and the United States
  • BS in engineering
  • Native Spanish speaker. Familiar with terminology usage across Latin America and Spain
  • Extensive collection of dictionaries and reference translation databases. Outstanding expertise in web-based research and the formulation of queries for terminology mining (co-inventor of US Patent 7398198, related to translation web searches).

Fields of Specialization

  • Business Management, Advertising, PR, Marketing
  • Government publications, Immigration, Law
  • Military Science and History
  • General Technology & IT, Industrial Equipment, Telecommunications, Aviation and Aerospace, Petroleum Industry, Automotive
  • Medical and Pharmaceutical (together with a team of native Spanish-speaking MDs): Medical devices, Health, Wellness, Consent Forms, Analytical Lab Equipment, Medical Supplies, Surgery Procedures, Drug Monographs (see details below)

Selected Projects

  • Translated the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (former INS) web site into Spanish (www.uscis.gov) – 300K words
  • State of Florida (construction certification exams)
  • US Army (Command And General Staff Officer’s Course – 200K words)
  • US Army (The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal – history book)
  • Northern Telecom (telephone manuals)
  • Oakland Museum of California (artist statements, exhibition information)
  • Compaq (hardware documentation, web content)
  • Ciena (optical network specifications, user and maintenance manuals)
  • Bechtel Corporation (oil and gas bid specifications, various management and commercial documents – over one million words)
  • Corning (management guidelines)
  • Shaklee corporation (marketing and advertising material – 300K words)
  • Global Intermodal Systems (informational newsletters)
  • Northrop Grumman (radar brochures, statements of work, air traffic control white papers, PTT presentation for Spanish Air Force)
  • Le Tourneau (mining equipment brochures)
  • Nordberg (mining equipment manuals for Chile)
  • Gulfstream (airplane specifications, 9 years of flight logs for Gulfstream II)
  • Bombardier Motor (installation booklet)
  • GE (glossary about turbines)
  • Boeing (web content)
  • Vermeer (tractor operator and maintenance manuals – over 400K words)
  • John Deere (tractor maintenance manuals, web content)
  • European Committee for interoperable systems (abstracts of standards)
  • Pemex (fuel gas training manuals)
  • Intel (server board specifications)
  • EPR (statements of work about power transmission lines for Costa Rica)
  • Chevron (marketer agreements)
  • Dassault Falcon (airplane specifications)
  • Duke Energy (code of ethics for Argentina)
  • Ericsson (wireless specifications for Colombia)
  • Pelco (CCTV camera specifications)
  • Shure (audio processor installation and software guides)
  • Thiel Audio (web content)
  • AeroCentury Corp. (legal review)
  • Wells Fargo (brokerage agreements)
  • Owens Corning (installation instructions)
  • Maag Pump Systems (maintenance manuals and technical specifications)
  • Badger Meter Inc. (automotive sensor equipment manuals)
  • Craftsman (drill-driver manual)
  • H&R Block (slide presentation)
  • Moody’s Risk Management Services (finance course for Mexico, 200K words)
  • Archer Daniels Midland Co. (product specifications)
  • HUD (construction manuals – 100K words)
  • Chrysler Corporation (web content)
  • American General Life (marketing brochures)

Selected Medical Projects
(in conjunction with team of MDs)

  • Pulmonetic Systems (ventilator specifications)
  • Beckman Coulter (analytical laboratory instrumentation: user manuals and software strings)
  • GlaxoSmithKline (information and consent forms, clinical-trial protocols)
  • Mt. Sinai Medical Center (consent forms)
  • Dade-Behring (rapid gram negative id type 4 procedural and qc manual)
  • American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (drug monographs)
  • Paper on treatment of opioid-dependent outpatients receiving methadone
  • Zimmer (VerSys® Hip System study abstract)
  • BCI (oximetry data management program – specifications)
  • Dentsply (dental curing unit specifications)
  • Paper on temporomandibular joint dysfunction
  • BD (prepared media product portfolios)
  • Horizon Medical Center (healthcare documentation)

Equipment
Hardware:
PC Pentium 2 GHz, Dell Latitude D820 notebook, DSL connection, dedicated phone and fax lines.

Software:
Current versions of Trados Translator’s Workbench, Microsoft Office, Adobe Illustrator.

Education
BS Aerospace Engineering, Summer 1990. North Carolina State University, Raleigh. Senior design project (“Mission to Mars”) presented at the Southeastern Conference of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, AIAA.

 Experience
12/98 – present
Freelance Translator
Translated 300K words from the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (former INS) web site into Spanish. Provided translation and proofreading services for several translation agencies including ACT, Global Arena, Iverson Language Associates, Inc., SH3, McNeil Multilingual, CTS, RWS, MasterWord, GLS, LLE, Choice Translating, Luz, ILS, Avantext, One World Language Solutions, Enlaso, Lexicomm, Wordnet, Peritus Translations and SL International. Five months residence in Spain, four months in Mexico, three in Argentina. Translated and edited an average of 500,000 words per year. See selected projects below.

12/96 - 12/98
In-house English > Spanish Translator
Bechtel International Corp., San Francisco, CA, USA.
In-house translator for the Cantarell Project. Translated and edited over one million words in several technical specialties (process, mechanical, structural, chemical, electrical and environmental engineering; construction; DCS and radio systems; pipelines; telecommunications; software documentation) and related commercial, financial and legal documentation. Responsible for the development and maintenance of a project glossary for use by the Bechtel/Pemex offices in San Francisco, Houston, Mexico, London and Singapore. Glossary includes thousands of records and was completed in consultation with a team of over 60 Mexican (Pemex) and American (Bechtel) engineers.

10/95 - 10/96
Engineer
Electroi, Colombia.
Wrote company bid proposals (in English). Translated manuals on the design and implementation of power transmission lines. Served as liaison between Rocas Ltd. (a civil engineering company) and Amoco Corporation in the oil fields of the State of Arauca, eastern plains of Colombia.

3/91 - 9/95
In-house Translator/Spanish Instructor
IPL, Belgium.
Responsible for the development of audiotapes and written/multimedia material for the teaching of Spanish. Translated English and French documents into Spanish.

5/90 - 1/91
CAD operator
Studio of Ali Özler, Adana, Turkey.
Developed construction drawings.