Greater Málaga Metropolitan Area
It’s 1999, and you’re a Japanese car manufacturer looking for a punchy name for your latest compact car. While reading Gulliver’s Travels, you discover the name of a floating island: Laputa. “Sounds great! I’ll use this name for our new car.” Not that great. “La puta” means the hooker in Spanish. Wouldn’t it be funny to have this conversation? -¿Has venido en autobús? (Did you come by bus?) -Sí, es que tengo a la puta en el mecánico (Yes, the hooker is in the garage) Not surprisingly, this model was never marketed in Spanish-speaking countries. If you don’t want to make a similar blunder in Spain, you need a Spanish translator who deals with language and culture. You can count on me, working as a Spanish translator since 2001. I provide Spanish translation, localisation and transcreation services to brands in: ⌨ IT 😊 Marketing 👟 Sports and wellness 👠 Fashion & beauty 🏥 Health care 🚢 Travel, tourism & hospitality 🍴 Food, nutrition & culinary arts I also provide cultural consultation for brands launching campaigns in Spain, ensuring their message resonates with Spaniards. And as a voice-over (VO) director, I help clients select the right VO artists, supervise recordings and ensure scripts truly work for a Spanish audience. Why hiring me as your Spanish translator? 👉A Portuguese sports nutrition company increased their sales in Spain by adding more content in Spanish. 👉A German sports brand improved translation quality and reduced costs by working with me instead of a large agency. 👉A crypto exchange app boosted its visibility in Spain and gained new users after translating its content into Spanish. Want results like these? Send me a DM and tell me about your translation challenges. What say my clients about me? Ask Teresa Toronjo (Malt): "Alicia is a true expert who will complete any task while at the same time making sure your content resonates with the final user. Alicia will not only work on your content; she will also provide suggestions and improvements based on her ample experience and your specific needs." Active on LinkedIn since 2007, I’ve learned to use this platform to strengthen my personal brand, attract better clients and stay relevant in my industry. That journey led me to start Prêt-à-Connect, my LinkedIn training and content service. When I'm not translating or cuddling my dogs Frodo, Noire and Luna, you’ll probably find me at a concert, on the beach, playing board games, doing some fitness or enjoying a good meal with friends. Let's connect and talk about translation (or board games, music or dogs)!
Prêt-à-translate is my freelance translation business. I started it in July 2016, after 15 years working in translation agencies. SERVICES ✦ Translation, localization and transcreation for the IT/Marketing/E-commerce and Tourism industries. ✦ Project Management for big projects that require a team of translators and editors. LANGUAGE PAIRS ✦ English to Spanish ✦ French to Spanish ✦ Portuguese to Spanish ✦ English to Catalan ✦ French to Catalan ✦ Portuguese to Catalan ✦ Catalan to Spanish ✦ Spanish to Catalan CAT TOOLS ✦ SDL Trados Studio 2019 Freelance Edition ✦ memoQ Translator Pro 9.4 ✦ XTM ✦ Memsource ✦ Smartling ✦ I can use your proprietary translation tools ⌨ AROUND 400,000 WORDS TRANSLATED PER YEAR ✨FEATURED PROJECTS✨ (more detailed information on some of them under Accomplishments) ✦ Auctions house website localization (EN-ES): 60k words ✦ Website content for French hotel chain (FR-ES and EN-ES): 65k ✦ App localization for connected home (FR-ES): 24k ✦ Website content for booking activities & tours on tourism destinations (EN-ES): 50k ✦ Sports apparel transcreation & proofreading (EN-ES): 135k ✦ Sports nutrition (product descriptions, blog articles, EN-ES, PT-ES): 421k ✦ UI and marketing translations for financial services app (EN-ES): 32k ✦ ERP software localization (EN-ES): around 1.5 million words ✦ Subtitling of corporate videos (EN-ES): 80k ✦ Subtitling of videos for an haute-couture firm (EN-ES, FR-ES): 55k ✦ Product descriptions for retail website (Machine Translation Post-Editing, EN-ES): 340k ✦ Product descriptions for multibrand catalogues (EN-ES): 95k ✦ Meeting minutes and newsletters for Tourism and Travel association (EN-ES): 170k ✦ Terms and Conditions for Portuguese furniture ecommerce (PT-ES): 2.7k ✦ Terms and Conditions for airline (EN-ES): 6.5k ✦ Satisfaction surveys (EN-CAT): 1k 👉 Visit www.pretatranslate.com or send me a message for further information.
Prêt-à-connect is Prêt-à-translate's LinkedIn content creation service. Although this service is mostly focused on Spanish entrepreneurs and companies, I can also help you if you want to increase your brand's visibility in Spain.
I was responsible for the Operations, Sales and Marketing tasks for both the Dutch and the Spanish branches of the company. MAIN TASKS ✦ Contact with potential clients ✦ Rates negotiation ✦ Client consolidation ✦ Following up with clients to get feedback and improve our services ✦ Optimization of resources ✦ Research and creation of new business lines ✦ Content creation (website, blog and social networks) ✦ Attendance to events inside and outside the translation industry ✦ Event sponsorship
I was the first person to be hired at Jensen Localization Spain, the Spanish branch of Jensen Localization, a multilingual LSP expert in Dutch and Nordic languages. After this branch was created, the language portfolio was expanded to include Western European languages. MAIN TASKS ✦ Opening a business (getting all the permissons from the local authorities, arranging for utilities, buying office supplies and furniture, preparing the opening event) ✦ Recruiting and training new staff ✦ Office management ✦ Multilingual project management for IT and healthcare localization projects ✦ Vendor management
I worked for three months at Skål International as a backup for an employee who was on maternity leave. Skål International is an international association of travel and tourism profesisonals, headquartered in Torremolinos, Spain. MAIN TASKS ✦ Transcription in English of letters to members and meeting minutes. ✦ Translation from English to Spanish and French of letters to members. ✦ Translation from English to Spanish of meeting minutes. ✦ Attending phone calls. ✦ Preparing purchase orders of items acquired by clubs on the Skål's web shop. ✦ Filing member forms.