Member since Apr '25

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Spanish (monolingual)
English (monolingual)
English to Spanish
Spanish to English

Luisa Paloma García López
Translat interp English 20 years experie

Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Local time: 04:27 CEST (GMT+2)

Native in: Spanish , English Native in English
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 Although I have written that my name is Paloma García López, my full name is Luisa Paloma García López.

More than 20 years experience as translator English-Spanish / Spanish English, since I do both and 15 years experience as an interpreter  whispering, linking and simultaneous.

I AM AN EXPERIENCED AND QUALIFIED LINGUIST

My Linkedin Profile is

https://www.linkedin.com/in/luisa-paloma-garcía-lópez/

 

My PROZ profile is

https://www.proz.com/profile/4182211


I also have experience as:

LQA is then the process of evaluating linguistic accuracy and quality of
translated content. It involves checking: GRAMMAR / SYNTAX / SPELLING
/PUNCTUATION ERRORS.

 

MTPE

Machine Translation Post Editing is a process in which human translators
REVIEW and IMPROVE the output generated by machine translation systems.

 

 CONTENT WRITING

A content writer usually specializes in producing engaging written content
for various media platforms.

The very important GOAL being TO RETAIN EXISTING CUSTOMERS and TARGET POTENTIAL
ONES, since marketing is about reaching your audience.

 

IMPORTANT: My rates are ALWAYS NEGOTIABLE, always and DEPEND ON  DIFFICULTY and URGENCY.

I have NEVER SAID NO to a project, unless the rate is really LOW or UNFAIR

I am more than willing to work for client as well as for agencies.

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: of course, more than delighted to do a sample translation, since it is my duty as a Translator and unfortunately too many translators DO NOT OFFER THIS service AND THEY SHOULD.

This way the client can see and check my work, always seeking excellence.

I do translations of all sorts of fields

Legal (due to my bachelor degree in Law / Master in Law / bachelor Translation and Interpretation)

General

Literary

Cosmetics

Fashion

Videogames

Medical

Marketing

ETC

In short: everything except chemical or pharmaceutical.

For some time
(years already) I HAVE FELT VERY CONCERNED about the POOR QUALITY of
translations from English to Spanish and FROM SPANISH INTO ENGLISH, SINCE I DO
BOTH; and the SPANISH AND ENGLISH MARKET ARE HUGE in the world. However,
unfortunately I had to do the translation all over again, since it was not at
all fixable.

I have taken
the time to revise hundreds of translations from English into Spanish and from
Spanish into English and too many contain unacceptable mistakes.


 Example of
common mistakes I HAVE SEEN TOO OFTEN in translations ENGLISH-SPANISH and that
is why I am CONCERNED:

1.
"Commodity" translated into Spanish as "comfortable" when
it is a product.

2.
"Facilities" as "easy" when the meaning in the specific
text is "equipment". Must know when it DOES mean "easy."

3.
"Ostrich hamburger" translated as "Oyster hamburger".
Obviously, they meant an ostrich hamburger.

4. The verb
"pack" translated as "empaquetar" (false friend, since we
never say that in Spanish but "hacer el equipaje" or "hacer las
maletas")

5. Horrible
grammar mistakes in Spanish, like wrong use of Subjunctive and Conditional.
Wrong use of most of the tenses: Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Past
Continuous, Future Perfect, and, of course, the entire subjunctive tenses (6 in
Spanish). Very vulgar and seen OFTEN.

6.
"Dequeísmo": wrong use all the time of the preposition
"de". Not used of it when it is imperative and used when it should
not be used. Very vulgar. Seen OFTEN.

7. Confusion
between the verbs "watch" ("mirar") and "see"
("ver") and "hear" ("oír") and "listen"
("escuchar"). One is active and the other passive. Very different and
always wrong.

8. Wrong use
of the second person of the Past Simple in Spanish: “dijistes” when the correct
form is without the’s’ 'dijiste'. Very vulgar and seen TOO OFTEN. 

9. And the
most serious and WORRYING mistake: the translator did not INTERPRET CORRECTLY
what the author / director meant, the inner meaning of the texts/films I have
taken the time to analyse and, I am very sorry, but these translations RUIN
EVERYTHING.

Furthermore,
many times I HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY THE Client to fix “these translations” full
of mistakes.

There are too many "translators" who are not expert linguists like me, with great experience both in translation and interpretation.

The worst of all:

1. When they do not understand the most profound meaning of the text, since that RUINS THE WHOLE TRANSLATION.

2. When they DO NOT LOCALIZE the translations, since LOCALIZATION is then the
KEY and CRUCIAL PROCESS
of modifying / adapting my content for my
target audience in a different language, culture and country.

Unfortunately, too many translators DO NOT
LOCALIZE THEIR TRANSLATIONS.

EXAMPLES OF
LOCALIZATION:

1. Burger King offers
different menus around the world tailored to local tastes. They should never
offer pork in Muslim countries due to respect and they should offer plenty of
vegetarian meals in countries like India.

 

2. Nintendo, the
Japanese video game compant launches its original versions with Japanese
audience in mind.

 

However, it localizes
its games for foreign markets. The very important GOAL is to create a product
that feels as native to target audiences as the original version does to its
initial audience.

 

LOCALIZATION helps
business break barriers to entry NEW MARKETS.


It is necessary (and too many "translators" DO NOT DO IT to do two translations (English to Spanish and Spanish to Spanish) in order to avoid false friends and language imprints and achieve that the translation sounds natural in the target language.


Also CRUCIAL: review the text, edit it, correct it and deliver it on time. I have seen many translations not edited and corrected.



I have seen in a translation into Spanish "hamburguesa de ostra". I did not have the original text in English, but I am sure the correct translation was "hamburguesa de carne de avestruz". Please a bit of common sense. The most worrying of all is that both the translator and the editor  accepted a meaningless translation.




IMPORTANT: on numerous (too many) occasions I have been asked to redo the entire translation of the so-called "translators" who ARE NOT SO.


I AM AN EXPERIENCED AND QUALIFIED LINGUIST


MY DEGREES ARE:

1. Sep 1987-Jun 1994 / Bachelor degree in Law. Universidad Complutense de Madrid (mark: 8,7) 

2. Oct 1994-jun 1995 / Master in Law. Escuela de Práctica Jurídica de Madrid 

3. Sep 1999-jun 2001 Degree in Translation and Interpretation. Universidad de Málaga. I completed a 5 year bacheor degree in only 2 years because I already had degrees in Translation.   

4. Sep 1996- June 1997      C2 in English: I did NOT do the 5 years but passed the exam directly (equivalent to Proficiency or even more difficult), since I had British nanny, British school and the 4 years of High School in G. Rapids, Michigan, USA.

5. Oct 1996-Feb 1997 Legal English. Colegio de Abogados de Madrid (Bar Association)

6. Feb 1993-Abr 1994 Degree in Translation English-Spanish/Spanish-English. Universidad de Valladolid.

7. Apr 1998-Jul 1999  in Legal, Economic and Literary Translation. UNED. Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia.

8. Feb 1996- Feb 1997 CAP. Instituto de Ciencias de la Educación. Required in Spain to be a teacher.

I AM A QUALIFIED AND EXPERIECED LINGUIST



 


Keywords: English to Spanish: Since I have more than 20 years of experience as a translatyor and interpreter I have worked in many fields: almost all except very technical or highly scientific fields) Also wide experience in interpretation: simultaneous, liason, whisper, phone Legal, fashion, videogames, literature, essays, biographies, films. See more.English to Spanish: Since I have more than 20 years of experience as a translatyor and interpreter I have worked in many fields: almost all except very technical or highly scientific fields) Also wide experience in interpretation: simultaneous, liason, whisper, phone Legal, fashion, videogames, literature, essays, biographies, films, series, travel guides, sports, gastronomy, art, web pages, history, fashion, cosmetics, technical, marketing, travel-tourism, media, commercial, transcript services, subtitling, scientific and medical, Public sector translations (Politics, Home Affairs, The Enviroment), Culture and arts translations (Art, Architecture, history), Tourism (Holidays, Gastronomy, Wine Tourism) Specialized translation: in my case, Legal, since I hold a bachelor and master degree in Law, besides bachelor's degree in Translation and Interpretation (2 University degrees). See less.


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