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María Cristina Leyva Isaac

e-mail cleyva@TraductoresColombia.com
Languages Spanish, English
Nationality Colombian
 
DESCRIPTION
Professional translator for large national and multinational companies, and freelance translator.

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Proactive, hard-working and punctual English-Spanish translator.
  • 12 Years of translation experience in multinational companies handling legal, technical, engineering, marketing, sales, and literary translations.
  • Completely reliable in all high-pressure situations with strict deadlines.
  • Proven information systems and file organization skills.
EDUCATION
  • Legal English Translations Certificate, 1997
    El Rosario University Bogotá-Colombia
  • Translation Techniques Certificate, 1993-1994
    Politécnico Grancolombiano Bogotá-Colombia
  • Translation Techniques Certificate, 1991-1993
    Universidad Nacional de Colombia Bogotá-Colombia
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
  • English and Spanish Teacher 2001- 2002    
    Politécnico Colombo Andino
  • Official Company Translator April 1998 - April 2000
    ABB Industrial Systems Inc., Bogota, Colombia.
    Responsible for carrying out, coordinating and filing all translations for Ecopetrol Refinery Expansion Project in Colombia.
  • Executive Assistant and Bilingual Secretary June 1993 - March 1998
    Asea Brown Boveri Ltda, Bogota, Colombia.
    All Industry Division correspondence, translations and reports. Filing, handling project schedules in Triton software, maintaining customer databases and contacts, updating Company Guidelines for ISO 9000 purposes, organizing seminars and logistics activities, and managing the Industrial Division Vice President's agenda.
  • Executive Assistant and Bilingual Secretary June 1990 - March 1993
    Asea Brown Boveri Ltda, Bogotá, Colombia.
    My responsibilities were much the same as above.
  • Executive Assistant and Bilingual Secretary March 1985 - Aug. 1989
    The Bogotá Chamber of Commerce, Bogotá, Colombia
    Secretarial activities, translations, and organizing commercial information
  • Executive Assistant and Bilingual Secretary 1981 - 1984
    Equipos Contables Ltda.- ECONTA, Bogotá, Colombia
    Import licenses, filling out customs documents, translations, handling import and export operations, letters of credit.
PROFESSIONAL SEMINARS AND COURSES :

  • Windows, Word, Excel, Power Point. Courses and seminars in TBM/TQM and in ISO implementations.

SPECIAL AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:
  • Winner of the 1995 Accésit Award for Poetry Translation from Extremadura University, Cáceres, Spain. ("Words" by Silvia Plath).
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