This site uses cookies.
Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site,
while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used.
For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Freelance translator and/or interpreter, Verified site user
Data security
This person has a SecurePRO™ card. Because this person is not a ProZ.com Plus subscriber, to view his or her SecurePRO™ card you must be a ProZ.com Business member or Plus subscriber.
Affiliations
This person is not affiliated with any business or Blue Board record at ProZ.com.
Services
Translation, Interpreting, Editing/proofreading, Voiceover (dubbing), Training
Expertise
Specializes in:
Education / Pedagogy
Poetry & Literature
Folklore
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
History
Tourism & Travel
Also works in:
Agriculture
Food & Drink
Forestry / Wood / Timber
Livestock / Animal Husbandry
Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs
Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
Computers (general)
Construction / Civil Engineering
Environment & Ecology
Medical (general)
More
Less
Rates
English to Spanish - Rates: 0.08 - 0.11 USD per word / 26 - 35 USD per hour Spanish to English - Rates: 0.08 - 0.11 USD per word / 26 - 35 USD per hour Spanish - Rates: 0.08 - 0.11 USD per word / 26 - 35 USD per hour English - Rates: 0.08 - 0.11 USD per word / 26 - 35 USD per hour
English to Spanish: Exerpt from ECHO field manual text General field: Science Detailed field: Agriculture
Source text - English As mentioned above, fungi and bacteria have considerably more nitrogen in their bodies than other organisms. The carbon-to-nitrogen ratio for bacteria is around 5:1 and for fungi is 20:1 (Ingham, Overstory #81). Nutrient cycling happens when other sets of soil organisms (primarily protozoa, bacterial- and fungal-feeding nematodes, micro arthropods, and earthworms) are present to consume the nutrient-rich bacteria and fungi and release the nutrients in plant-available forms. A healthy soil contains diverse species and huge populations of protozoa, beneficial nematodes, micro arthropods, and earthworms (Fig. 2.1). For example, one gram of healthy soil can contain 1 million protozoa (Soil Biology Primer). A single protozoa, with a C:N ratio of 30:1, can consume 10,000 bacteria a day. Because the protozoa need less nitrogen than the bacteria contain, the excess is excreted in the form of ammonium ions. The ammonium ions are held more tightly to the soil particles than are nitrate ions, the most common (and leachable) form of nitrogen in commercial fertilizers. This predator-prey relationship between protozoa and bacteria can account for 40 to 80% of nitrogen in plants (FAO Soil Bulletin #78). A similar relationship has been documented with bacterial- and fungal-feeding nematodes. With a consumption rate of up to 5,000 cells/minute, these beneficial nematodes (unlike plant-feeding types such as root-knot nematodes) are thought to turn over nitrogen in the range of 20-130 kg/ha/yr, contributing immensely to plant-available nitrogen. (FAO Soil Bulletin #80). These rapid interactions and countless exchanges of nutrients between soil organisms occur in the root zones of plants where the highest concentrations of organisms exist (because root exudates provide food for the bacteria and fungi which in turn attract their predators).
Translation - Spanish Como mencionado antes, el hongo y la bacteria tienen bastante más nitrógeno en sus cuerpos que los otros organismos. El ratio del carbono-a-nitrógeno para la bacteria es alrededor de 5:1 y para el hongo, es 20:1 (Ingham, Overstory #81). El ciclo de los nutrientes ocurre cuando los otros grupos de los organismos del suelo (primeramente los protozoarios, los nematodos que comen la bacteria y el hongo, microartópodos, y las lombrices de tierra) están presentes para consumar la bacteria rica de nutrientes y el hongo y despedir los nutrientes las formas disponibles a las plantas. Un suelo sano contiene especies diversas y poblaciones enormes de los protozoarios, los nematodos beneficiosos, microartópodos, y las lombrices de tierra (Fig. 2.1). Por ejemplo, un gramo del suelo sano puede contener 1 millón de protozoarios (Soil Biology Primer). Un solo protozoo, con un ratio de C:N de 30:1, puede consumir 10,000 bacterias en un día. Porque el protozoo necesita menos nitrógeno que contienen las bacterias, el exceso está excretado en la forma de iones de amonio. Los iones de amonio se sostienen más fuerte junto a las partículas del suelo que los iones del nitrato, la forma mas común (y más susceptible a la lixiviación) del nitrógeno en los fertilizantes comerciales. Esta relación de la predador-presa entre el protozoo y la bacteria puede justificar por 40 hasta 80% del nitrógeno en las plantas (FAO Soil Bulletin #78). Una relación similar ha sido documentada con los nematodos que comen la bacteria y el hongo. Con una velocidad del consumo de hasta 5,000 células por minuto, estos nematodos beneficiosos (distintos de los tipos que comen las plantas, como los nematodos del nódulo del raíz) son considerados a facturar el nitrógeno dentro del rango que 20-130 kg/ha/yr [kilogramos/hectárea/año], contribuyendo en gran parte al nitrógeno disponible a las plantas (FAO Soil Bulletin #80). Estas interacciones rápidas y los intercambios innumerables de los nutrientes entre los organismos del suelo ocurren en las zonas de las raíces de las plantas donde existen los concentraciones más altos de los organismos (porque los exudados del raíz proveen la comida para la bacteria y el hongo, lo cual a su vez atraen a sus predadores).
More
Less
Experience
Years of experience: 15. Registered at ProZ.com: May 2013.
I was born in a tiny town in Montana, U.S.A. on a small alfalfa farm. From seventh grade on, I knew I wanted to be an English teacher, and then, the fall of my junior year of high school, I traveled to an equally small town in Baja Mexico for two weeks, volunteering at the Welcome Home Orphanage in San Guerrero. I fell in love with Spanish, and was frustrated at my lack of competency with the language, so when I returned home, I dedicated myself to the study of the language.
Studying both English and Spanish at MSU-Bozeman for five and a half years, I had the opportunity to study abroad in Murcia, Spain for a semester, and took a linguistics course upon my return. Then, following graduation in 2009, I decided to volunteer for a year at Loma de Luz, a missionary hospital on the northern coast of Honduras. I taught at a bilingual school for a time, translated for visiting doctors when needed, driving Honduran kids to and from school in a nearby village, tutoring them in their studies, K-12, house-sitting for missionaries who were away on visa tours or medical emergencies, etc. I taught English to a group of 20-30 children, and I also tutored an adult professional computer engineer in the language.
A friend I knew in Honduras later joined ECHO, a non-profit organization that teaches healthy agricultural practices to impoverished nations, and he asked me to join a team of 3 other translators for translating their agricultural field manual from English to Spanish. During my time translating for ECHO, I translated a total of 25,264 words.
Through ProZ.com, I found a job for just over a year translating for Mejor con Salud, a health blog out of Spain. The medical field was so enjoyable that I tried again, and found Fluent Language Solutions, which hired me to interpret on-site for work-comp-related medical appointments.
I have also translated two SP-ENG birth certificates for immigration purposes. I have worked as a high school Spanish and English teacher for 13 years, and am now also learning French to speak in my husband's native tongue and be able to speak with his family some day in their own language, as they don't speak English.
This user has earned KudoZ points by helping other translators with PRO-level terms. Click point total(s) to see term translations provided.
Expertise 