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Spanish to English: U4ALL NICARAGUA SCHOLARSHIP General field: Social Sciences Detailed field: Education / Pedagogy
Source text - Spanish En Nicaragua, el país más pobre de Hispanoamérica, sólo un 12% de jóvenes consigue acceder a la Universidad debido a falta de recursos económicos (porcentaje menor que países como India, con 13%). El 60% de la población sobrevive en situación de pobreza y la tasa de alfabetización es de un 78%, una de las más bajas del continente y del mundo.
University For All, en colaboración con la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua- León (UNAN-León), ayuda a jóvenes sin recursos económicos, procedentes
mayoritariamente de los municipios rurales y de las zonas mas pobres del Norte del país, al acceso a estudios universitarios, a través de becas económicas.
Con el acceso a una carrera Universitaria, los jóvenes estudiantes, tienen la posibilidad de mejorar sus vidas, y las de sus familias, convirtiéndose en uno de los principales motores para el desarrollo del país y consiguiendo de esta manera ayudar erradicar la pobreza del país.
Translation - English Nicaragua is the poorest country in Hispanic America; sixty percent of the country’s population survives in poverty. Because of inadequate economic resources, only 12 percent of Nicaragua’s youth gain access to university, which is less than India’s enrolment of 13 percent. In Nicaragua, only 78 percent of the population is literate. This is one of the lowest literacy rates in South America, and the world.
University For All (U4all) helps young people who do not have the adequate economic resources to gain access to university studies. In collaboration with the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua-León [National Automous University of Nicaragua-León campus] (UNAN-León), U4all offers financial scholarships to young adults from the poorest areas of northern and rural Nicaragua.
Students with access to a university profession are more likely to improve their lives and the lives of their families. Hence, access to education becomes one of the main engines behind Nicaragua’s progress and the elimination of poverty here.
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Other - Certificate in Spanish>English Translation, York University; MA in Spanish, University of Toronto; MA in Anthropology, Trent University
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Years of experience: 26. Registered at ProZ.com: Jun 2003.
I have worked as a Spanish-English translator in Canada for over 12 years, both freelance as well as in-house, on documents related to health care, immigration, education, mining, banking, human resources and international affairs.
My native language is English from southern Ontario and my acquired Spanish is a combination from southern Spain and Colombia, like my parents. I hold a Certificate in Translation, an MA in Spanish and an MA in Colombian Archaeology. My professional affiliations are ATA and ATIO, where I have served as an exam evaluator.
For certified translations I charge between CAD$0.18-$0.25 per word; payment can be made via paypal. I translate between 1,000-1,500 words on a daily basis using my MacBook Pro, Mac OS X Version 10.6.8 with Microsoft Word 2008 for Mac, Version 12.2.4.
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