Fernando Vela González

Translator

Proofreader

Writer

Sworn Translator

Copywriter

Lecturer

Content Creator

↑ Fernando Vela González

Passionate DE-ES/EN-ES/IT-ES translator, proofreader and editor specialising in texts for the Spanish market. I approach translation projects in the field of software/localisation, engineering, technology, law and technical manuals with expertise, precision and a curiosity to learn about new things.

Together with my technical knowledge, German and English language skills, passion, endurance and attention to detail help me find the best translation for your English, Spanish and German documents.

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Services

Technical translation

in subjects such as technology, mechanics, law, tourism and art from German, English and Italian into Spanish (Europe).

Sworn translation

of all types of documentation for individuals and companies, from Spanish into English and vice versa.

Layout and formatting

of all types of publications such as brochures, books, magazines, documents, etc.

Web Design

for personal and professional websites.

Copywriting

of advertising, descriptive, literary, argumentative, narrative, literary texts, etc.

Proofreading

of texts and translations in Spanish.

Sprachliche Beratung

for localisation and marketing of content, websites, advertising and corporate material.

Voice-over

for museum audio guides, videos, documentaries, etc.

Areas of expertise

Engineering

Social Media

Art

Advertising

Consumer Goods

Social Sciences

Technology

IT

Renewable Energies

Law

Tourism

Aviation

Resume

12 years of experience

Academic background

2005

University of Alcalá de Henares

Baccalaureate in Humanities with Honours

Average grade of the baccalaureate plus the university entrance exam of 8.86 (out of a total of 10).

2005-2009

University of Madrid/ZHAW

Bachelor and Masters in Applied Translation Studies

Specialisation in legal, technical and advertising translations from German, English and Italian into Spanish (Europe).

2009

University of Madrid

Postgrade studies in teaching theory of the Roman Languages and Literatures

Theoretical and methodological knowledge of distance learning strategies, applied phonetics for teaching Spanish, semantics and pragmatics.

Work experience

Since 2009

Freelance activity

Full-time occupation as a freelance translator, proofreader and bilingual copy-editor for the Spanish market

More than 13 years of experience in the translation market and the creation of advertising and cultural content.

Seit 2010

appointed by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Sworn translator

Sworn translators are accredited to give legal validity to the translated content of a document into another language.

2009 - 2016

Several German universities

Lecturer in Spanish and translation theory

Teaching activity in various German schools at different levels of education.

Cat-Tools

Trados

98%

memoQ

93%

Across

90%

Passolo

91%

Star Transit

94%

MemSource

95%

WordFast

92%

XTM Cloud

97%

DéjáVu

96%

Smartling

96%

one2edit

91%

CafeTran Espresso

90%

Poedit

93%

GlobalSight

90%

MetaTexis

99%

Graphic design and editing software

Adobe InDesign

96%

Adobe Photoshop

89%

Adobe Illustrator

86%

Adobe Premiere Pro

80%

Adobe After Effects

92%

Microsoft Office 365

100%

Other editing software

Audacity

85%

Adobe Edition

81%

Subtitle Edit

83%

Blender

74%

ArcGis

90%

AutoCAD

82%

Programming languages

JavaScript

85%

PHP

79%

Python

81%

Perl

75%

HTML/CSS

92%

Rust

80%

Portfolio

Projects, clients, and references

Translated books

El círculo carmesí (English into Spanish)

Client: Castalia (2007)

Tigres en el barro (German into Spanish)

Client: Platea (2012)

Royal Oak (English into Spanish)

Client: Assouline (2022)

Clients (direct or via agencies)

Stats

Over 3 million words translated

More than 6 million words reviewed/corrected

More than 3000 projects completed

Over 300 satisfied customers

Editions:
Tormento, by Benito Pérez Galdós, with Marta González Megía. Editorial Ligeia, 2011. ISBN: 978-84-615-2990-2
Itinerarios Hispánicos: una aproximación interdisciplinar al liberalismo español con motivo del bicententenario de la Constitución de Cádiz, with Fernando Moliné Royo. 2012. Free University of Moldova. Chisinau.

Book chapters:
"La resistencia alemana frente al III Reich" in the book La derrota del III Reich a través del cine, Editorial Club Universitario, Alicante, 2009. ISBN: 978-84-8454-916-1.

Articles:
"El proceso de redacción de los Episodios Nacionales de Benito Pérez Galdós", in Itinerarios hispánicos: interculturalidad a través de la literatura, lingüística y la traducción, Free University of Moldova, 2011, Chisinau. ISBN: 978-9975-101-53-0

"El largo camino del constitucionalismo: bandazos liberales a través de los Episodios Nacionales de Galdós" in Itinerarios Hispánicos: una aproximación interdisciplinar al liberalismo español con motivo del bicentententenario de la Constitución de Cádiz, 2008, Chisinau, Free University of Moldova.

"Madrid, ciudad de perdición", in Isidora, revista de estudios Galdosianos nº 19, Madrid.

Translations:
El círculo carmesí. Editorial Castalia, Madrid. ISBN: 978-84-9740-384-9

Tigres en el barro, (with Fernando Moliné Royo). Editorial Platea, 2012. ISBN: 978-84-9388-632-5

Papers:
September 2011: 'The impact of the Cuban War and the end of the Spanish colonial empire on the ideals and work of Benito Pérez Galdós. Forms, problems and perspectives of coexistence in the Greater Caribbean and Central America at the beginning of the 21st century, University of Potsdam.

February 2012: "La vuelta al mundo en la Numancia: un viaje transcontinental y transoceánico de la literatura española". TransPacific: Connections and Coexistence in Asia-America, University of Potsdam.

March 2012: "Liberalism as Novel Subject. The National Episodes of Benito Pérez Galdós". Interculturality through literature, linguistics and translation, Free University of Moldova, Chisinau.

Winter Semester 2010

Basic Spanish Course B1 (Berlin Kolleg, Berlin, 90 hours)

Basic Spanish Course B2 (Berlin Kolleg, Berlin, 90 hours)

Basic Spanish Course A2 (Berlin Kolleg, Berlin, 90 hours)

Advanced Spanish Course B2 (Berlin Kolleg, Berlin, 120 hours)

Advanced Spanish Course C1 (Berlin Kolleg, Berlin, 120 hours)

Advanced Spanish Course C2 (Berlin Kolleg, Berlin, 120 hours)

Summer Semester 2010

Basic Spanish Course B1 (Berlin Kolleg, Berlin, 90 hours)

Basic Spanish Course B2 (Berlin Kolleg, Berlin, 90 hours)

Basic Spanish Course A2 (Berlin Kolleg, Berlin, 90 hours)

Advanced Spanish Course B2 (Berlin Kolleg, Berlin, 120 hours)

Advanced Spanish Course C1 (Berlin Kolleg, Berlin, 120 hours)

Advanced Spanish Course C2 (Berlin Kolleg, Berlin, 120 hours)

Summer Semester 2012

Spanish - New beginners course - Level A1 (VHS, Brandenburg an der Havel, 30 hours)

Winter Semester 2013

Spanish - Continuation Course - Level A1 (VHS, Brandenburg an der Havel, 30 hours)

Spanish - New Beginners' Course - Level A1 (VHS, Brandenburg an der Havel, 30 hours)

Summer Semester 2013

Spanish - Level A1 - Continuation course for beginners (VHS, Brandenburg an der Havel, 20 hours)

Spanish - Level A1 - Continuation Course (VHS, Brandenburg an der Havel, 30 hours)

Spanish - Level A1 - Continuation course for beginners (VHS, Brandenburg an der Havel, 8 hours)

Literary Translation I (University of Potsdam, 50 hours)

Literary Translation II (University of Potsdam, 50 hours)

Winter Semester 2014

Spanish - Level A1 - New beginners course (VHS, Brandenburg an der Havel, 30 hours)

Spanish for the Holidays - Level A1 - New beginners' course (VHS, Brandenburg an der Havel, 34 hours)

Spanish - Level A1 - Continuation Course (VHS, Brandenburg an der Havel, 18 hours)

Summer Semester 2014

Spanish - Level A2 - Continuation Course (VHS, Brandenburg an der Havel, 20 hours)

Spanish - Level A2 - Continuation Course (VHS, Brandenburg an der Havel, 18 hours)

Spanish for Holidays - Level A1 (VHS, Brandenburg an der Havel, 30 hours)

Spanish - Level A2 - Continuation Course (VHS, Brandenburg an der Havel, 30 hours)

Spanish for Beginners/Basic Course (VHS, Havelland, Falkensee, 44 hours)

Spanish for Beginners/Basic Course (VHS, Havelland, Nauen, 44 hours)

Spanish for Beginners/Basic Course (VHS, Havelland, Falkensee, 44 hours)

Spanish. Level A1 - New beginners course (VHS, Brandenburg an der Havel, 30 hours)

Winter Semester 2015

Spanish - A1 2nd Semester (VHS, Havelland, Nauen, 44 hours)

Spanish for beginners/Basic course - A1 2 (VHS, Havelland, Falkensee, 44 hours)

Spanish A1 (VHS, Havelland, Falkensee, 30 hours)

Spanish Basic Level 1 (A1.1) (VHS, Spree-Oder, 45 hours)

Spanish for Holidays - Level A2 - Continuation Course (VHS, Brandenburg an der Havel, 20 hours)

Spanish - Level A2 - Continuation Course (VHS, Brandenburg an der Havel, 20 hours)

Spanish - Level A1 - New Beginners' Course (VHS, Brandenburg an der Havel, 30 hours)

Summer Semester 2015

Spanish for Holidays - Level A2 - Continuation of the previous course (VHS, Brandenburg an der Havel, 20 hours)

Spanish - Level A2 - Continuation of the previous course (VHS, Brandenburg an der Havel, 20 hours)

Spanish - Level 2 (A1.2) (VHS, Spree-Oder, 45 hours)

Spanish for Holidays - Level A2 - Continuation of the previous course (VHS, Brandenburg an der Havel, 6 hours)

Spanish Level A1 - Continuation of the previous course (VHS, Brandenburg an der Havel, 4 hours)

Spanish for Holidays - Level A2 - Continuation of the previous course (VHS, Brandenburg an der Havel, 20 hours)

Spanish - Level B1 - Continuation of the previous course (VHS, Brandenburg an der Havel, 30 hours)

Winter Semester 2016

Spanish - Level A1 - Continuation of the previous course (VHS, Brandenburg an der Havel, 22 hours)

Spanish - Level 2 / F1 (A1.2) (VHS, Spree-Oder, 45 hours)

Spanisch Stufe A1 - Continuation of previous course (VHS, Brandenburg an der Havel, 26 hours)

Spanish for Holidays - Level A2 (VHS, Brandenburg an der Havel, 8 hours)

Spanish - Level B1 - Continuation of the previous course (VHS, Brandenburg an der Havel, 24 hours)

Spanish for Holidays - Level A2 - Continuation of the previous course (VHS, Brandenburg an der Havel, 20 hours)

Spanish A2 (VHS, Havelland, Falkensee, 36 hours)

Spanish A1.2 (VHS, Havelland, Falkensee, 36 hours)

Spanish A1.3 (VHS, Havelland, Falkensee, 36 hours)

Spanish A1.4 (VHS, Havelland, Falkensee, 36 hours)

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