Member since May '22

Working languages:
English to Spanish
Spanish to English
Spanish (monolingual)
English (monolingual)
German to Spanish

Jose Salvador Balbuena Gonzalez
Technical and academic translator

Mexico
Local time: 18:27 CST (GMT-6)

Native in: Spanish Native in Spanish
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May 9 (posted via ProZ.com):  MTPE of a kids course for a museum, 17 000 words ...more, + 5 other entries »
Total word count: 458

Account type Freelance translator and/or interpreter, Identity Verified Verified member
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Services Project management, Translation, Subtitling, Software localization, Transcription, Editing/proofreading, MT post-editing, Native speaker conversation, Website localization, Interpreting, Copywriting, Transcreation
Expertise
Specializes in:
Astronomy & SpaceEngineering (general)
Engineering: IndustrialMaterials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.)
PhysicsFolklore
Poetry & LiteraturePsychology
EconomicsMathematics & Statistics

Volunteer / Pro-bono work Open to considering volunteer work for registered non-profit organizations
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KudoZ activity (PRO) PRO-level points: 16, Questions answered: 14
Payment methods accepted Send a payment via ProZ*Pay
Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 1
Experience Years of experience: 10. Registered at ProZ.com: Apr 2022. Became a member: May 2022.
Credentials N/A
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Software Google Translator Toolkit, Localizer, memoQ, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office Pro, Microsoft Word, MovieCaptioner, Smartcat, Subtitle Edit, Subtitle Editor, Trados Studio, XTRF Translation Management System

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Professional objectives
  • Meet new translation company clients
  • Meet new end/direct clients
  • Work for non-profits or pro-bono clients
  • Screen new clients (risk management)
  • Network with other language professionals
  • Find trusted individuals to outsource work to
  • Build or grow a translation team
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  • Learn more about translation / improve my skills
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  • Learn more about the business side of freelancing
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  • Help or teach others with what I have learned over the years
  • Transition from freelancer to agency owner
  • Improve my productivity
Bio

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About me

Spanish is my native language, but I learned English when I was a kid and have been using it since in my everyday life.
I have worked as a writer, both in English and Spanish, for more than ten years now. Starting at a small local newspaper, I became more fluent when writing in English for a small column designed for the foreigners in the area.

About my previous jobs

For more than eight years now, I have worked as a translator. Mainly in agencies, but I also have worked for a museum, where I functioned as a live interpreter for conferences and tourist guides, and translated from Spanish to English the plaques in expositions.
When working for an agency, I became the English translations head and worked both on the main parts of translations, as well as reaching out to my subordinates whenever they needed help in any way regarding their translations. This has given me the ability to do deep research on any topic so that the translations, subtitling and transcreation meet the high standard we had at the agency.

About my translation areas

My primary areas of translation nowadays are Engineering and STEM. I have worked both as a translator and as a ghost writer for academic circles, focusing especially on Metallurgy, Physics, and Statistics, but, because of my bachelor’s degree in Psychology, I am also able to translate academic and informal documents on Psychology, Sociology and Philosophy.
I do not work with medical or law-oriented documents, while I have learned and have worked within those areas in the past, I currently cannot guarantee the quality of my translations on them.
Finally, since I am a published author, I feel confident in my abilities with transcreation and translation of fictional works, including poetry.

About my work as a freelancer

I am available at any time, although on weekends I am only available for half a day unless I am already working on something.
You are more than welcome to ask me for a sample or to translate something as a test (completely free of charge, of course!), I will gladly send it your way as soon as I can.
I take particular pride in my formal style of writing, which I think is what has helped me gain frequent clients in the academic world. This style becomes more visible while writing in Spanish but is not lacking at all whilst writing in English.

About my personal projects

I do volunteering work at Translators without borders, Translation for progress, and translating courses in Coursera in my spare time.
Currently, I am working on the complete works of Juan Gelman, although it is a rather lengthy process, so I am taking my time with it. Besides that, I am translating Eduardo Galeanos's "Vagamundo", "Worlderer".


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Total pts earned: 16
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Top languages (PRO)
English to Spanish8
Spanish to English8
Top general fields (PRO)
Tech/Engineering4
Medical4
Art/Literary4
Bus/Financial4
Top specific fields (PRO)
Construction / Civil Engineering4
Psychology4
Finance (general)4
Poetry & Literature4

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Keywords: English, Spanish, Engineering, poetry, fiction, Philosophy, Statistics.


Profile last updated
Jun 25



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