English-Spanish Sworn / Legal Translator
English-Spanish Sworn / Legal translator with more than 15 years of experience in legal translation. Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL). Specialising in trusts, contracts, company documents and civil litigation documents. Translation services for law firms, notary's offices, Legal departments and consulting firms. Appointed as English-Spanish and Spanish-English Sworn Translator-Interpreter (Traductor-Intérprete Jurado de Inglés) by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2003. Official certified (sworn) Spanish translations accepted by Spanish Courts, embassies, universities and other official bodies and authorities. Author of a bilingual blog on legal English-Spanish translation. Offering one-to one Legal Spanish lessons. Offices in London and the Canary Islands.
Few facts about me
- Bachelor's Degree in Translation and Interpreting by Pontificia Comillas University of Madrid (ICAI-ICADE), with a focus on legal-financial English-Spanish, Spanish-English and French-Spanish translation (2002).
- Graduate Diploma in English Law (GDL) by BPP University (London, 2016).
- Appointed Certified / Sworn English-Spanish and Spanish-English Translator (Traductor Jurado de Inglés) by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Co-operation in 2003.
- 15+ years of experience as a Sworn / Legal English-Spanish translator.
- A Chartered Linguist (check my appointment here) and Member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (member check here).
- Author of a bilingual blog on sworn and legal English-Spanish and Spanish-English translation (click here).
- Legal Spanish teacher trained at Instituto Cervantes London and with a Graduate Certificate in Spanish Language Teaching to Adults (GCSLTA) accredited by the University of Roehampton.
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LATEST POSTS IN SPANISH
- ¿Qué es un trust?
- ¿Sole trader o limited company?
- Características del español jurídico (I)
- Derecho inglés: la equidad (equity) y sus máximas
- Derecho inmobiliario inglés: joint tenancy y tenancy in common
- Derecho inmobiliario inglés: los leases y su terminología
- Diferencias entre company, firm, corporation y business
- Dos significados de «constitution» en el inglés jurídico
- El «Certificate of good standing»
- El trust testamentario
- Formación de contratos en Inglaterra y Gales, y significado de «consideration»
- La «parol evidence rule» y la cláusula «Entire Agreement»
- Latinismos utilizados en diferentes ramas del Derecho inglés
- Los procesos civiles en Inglaterra y Gales
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- Precauciones en la traducción de contratos
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- Recursos para la traducción de seguros inglés-español
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- Ventajas de las traducciones juradas con firma electrónica