Alejandro González López

EN/DE>ES translator, proofreader and editor, specialized in the audiovisual industry. I hold a B.A. in Translation and Interpreting from the University of Salamanca (Spain) and a M.A. in Audiovisual Translation at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain). I am a Spanish native speaker, fluent in English and German who has also lived in UK & Germany.

100 hours of distance internship, during which I carried out several assignments in the field of audiovisual translation: subtitling and spotting, translation and lip-sync for dubbing, adaptations into Castilian Spanish and voice-over translation with and without script/transcription.

Planning, coordination and execution of translation projects for both private companies and individual clients. Use of memoQ as the main CAT tool. Handling of different file formats, use of TMs, terminologies and glossaries. Previous budgeting and final quality control before sending the finished product. Daily contact with translators and clients in German and English per email and/or telephone.

Translation of financial documents from German into Spanish, including the interface of a computer program called “SmartNotes”.

Assistant teacher in a German high school. Working hand in hand with all the Spanish teachers and performing a great variety of activities during the lessons in order to increase the level of knowledge and language skills (listening comprehension, writing, reading, listening, grammar and vocabulary) of the students. Teaching pupils attending the last three years of high school: Oberstufe.

Translator and Proofreader (English > Spanish) in the core team. Translation of texts related to the situation of refugees in conflict areas. Creation, management and exchange of TMs and terminologies through Déjà Vu X2.

Translator and Proofreader (German > Spanish). Localization of the entire content of both sites: and . Use of SDL Trados Studio as the CAT tool, as well as management and exchange of TMs and terminologies with SDL Multiterm.

Expansion of German language skills through the experience of everyday life in a German-speaking country.

Deepening of the English language skills through the experience of everyday life in an English-speaking country.

Deepening of written and oral skills in the mother tongue as well as in English ad German in view of the fields of work of a professional translator and/or interpreter.