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

Jenny Westwell
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United Kingdom
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Native in: English 
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• I am a creative and flexible linguist with a passion for translating, and a strict adherence to Mark Twain's maxim that the difference between the almost right word and the right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.

• I have 18 years of bilingual work experience in Spain as a translator, interpreter, proofreader and language tutor. I currently work as a freelance Spanish-English translator and EFL tutor.

• Specialist fields: Legal, Non resident taxation, Government and International Politics, Tourism, Property, Arts, Literature

• I regularly translate journalistic articles commenting on the U.S. political scene and American foreign policy for Watching America: http://watchingamerica.com/News/174295/slaughter-in-benghazi/

Recent translation work includes the following.

Contemporary art history: extracts from a forthcoming book on the Second Havana Biennial

Tourism: Spanish-English website translation; English-Spanish website translation; Spanish text localization; English proofreading; researching and writing new English text on outdoor pursuits in the Sierra Nevada region of Spain; tourist brochures on Seville and Valencia.

Market research/tourism: 3 major projects for a UK-based consultancy company on tourism in La Rioja, Andalusia and the Costa Dorada

Legal: Certificates; contracts and agreements; powers of attorney; town planning regulations; Owners' Association statutes, internal rules and regulations; extracts from the Spanish Civil Code

General: letters and emails
This user has earned KudoZ points by helping other translators with PRO-level terms. Click point total(s) to see term translations provided.

Total pts earned: 401
PRO-level pts: 397


Top languages (PRO)
Spanish to English296
English to Spanish77
English24
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Other91
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Tech/Engineering27
Art/Literary20
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Law (general)108
Law: Contract(s)67
Business/Commerce (general)32
Poetry & Literature16
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Construction / Civil Engineering16
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters12
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Mar 15, 2021



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