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Antonio Fernández Lera
Curriculum Vitae (Technical)
Apartado 122 | E-28320 Pinto/Madrid/Spain
Tel/Fax (34) 91 692 41 60 | Mobile (34) 629 113 088
aflera@aflera.com

TRANSLATIONS from ENGLISH and FRENCH into SPANISH
SWORN TRANSLATOR from ENGLISH into SPANISH
Free-lance translator since 1986, with translation experience since 1972
Education/Qualifications
Sworn Translator/Interpreter (Foreign Affairs Ministry certification, 1994). Cambridge Univ. 1st Certificate grade A, (1981). Degree in Journalism (1973). Journalism Studies in Escuela Oficial de Periodismo, Madrid (1969-1973).

Translation experience
Literature (novels, theatre plays, poetry), technical, commercial and legal translations, social sciences, international policy, medicine, economy, marketing, communication, telecommunications, machinery and equipment, automotive industry, computers and software, websites, technical manuals and guides, press releases, business magazines, photography, art, performing arts. Work with publishers, companies and public organizations in Spain, as well as with translation companies in the United Kingdom, United States, Japan and France. About 500,000 words translated every year since 1986.

List of Clients

United Kingdom
Biznet Services Ltd | Carmona UK Translations | Cicero Languages International | Eclipse Translations Ltd (formerly The Language Service) | Euro Business Services | Idioma Language Services | Kudos Partnership Ltd | MW Translations | Polylang-SDL Ltd | Romo Translations | Thames Translations International | Wordbank Ltd | Xenofile.

USA
Fonétika | IAC International Access/Ability Corp | International Language Engineering (ILE Corp) | Lexicomm International | LMI - Language Management International | Multi-Lingua Translations International (MLTI).

Japan
Name of client not disclosed because of confidentiality agreement.

France
Elsevier, Editions Scientifiques et Medicales (France) | LIM, SA (Logging-Instrumentation-Mesure) | Trabalenguas.

Spain

Business companies and public bodies: BWI Inex Vision Systems Spain | Caleidos (formerly Bowne Global Solutions Spain, formerly Me&Ta) (Madrid) | Comunica SC | Consejo General de Colegios de Economistas | Eurorevision/Ascott | Fuinca (Telefonica) | Fundación Telefónica | Fundesco (Telefónica) | Libsa | Payma Comunicaciones | Tilde (revista Educación y Biblioteca) | TM Telefónica Moviles.

Publishers and theatre companies or public bodies: Alba Editorial | Alberto Corazón | Celeste Ediciones | Centro de Arte de Salamanca | Centro de Documentación de Títeres (Bilbao, "Puck" magazine) | Centro de Documentación Teatral (Ministry of Culture, "El Público" magazine) | Centro de Fotografía (Salamanca) | Centro de Investigación del Desarrollo Urbano y Rural (CIDUR, "Alfoz" magazine) | Editorial Gustavo Gili (Barcelona) | Espacio Cero Teatro | Fundación Teatro de la Abadia (Madrid) | Fundación Telefónica (Telos magazine) | La Carnicería Teatro | Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona (MACBA) | Tropismos/Ediciones Témpora (Salamanca) | Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca | Verba.

Others
World Health Organization (Geneva, 1992) | Reports from NAFO, FAO, UE.

Literary Translations

Authors translated and published (partial list, alphabetical order): W. H. Auden, Geoffrey Batchen, Stephen Berkoff, Ken Bruen, Victor Burgin, Michael Chejov, J. M. Coetzee, Martin Crimp, Ronald Duncan, M. I. Fornes, Edward P. Jones, Sarah Kane, Heiner Müller, Kris Nelscott, Presniakov Brothers, Jacques Rancière, William Shakespeare, Jim Shepard, Ritsaert Ten Cate, Serge Tisseron, Jeff Wall.

Professional Membership

ACEtt (Spanish Translators Association)
APM (Asociación de la Prensa de Madrid)
SGAE (Sociedad General de Autores de España)

Other professional experience (Journalism)

Practice as young journalist in EFE press agency, International Department (1972)
Pyresa press agency (1973-1980)
Press Office, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (1981-1982)
Editor of Odiel daily newsparer in Huelva (Spain) (1983-1984)
Staff-editor in El Público monthly magazine, specialized in the performing arts (1984-1989)
Staff-member of Theatre Documentation Centre, Ministry of Culture (archives and library) (1984-1998)
Press Office, Centro Dramático Nacional (María Guerrero & Valle-Inclán theatres) (2006)

Equipment

Hardware: 2 Intel Pentium desktop PCs, 1Gb RAM, 80Gb and 20Gb HD, CDRW, DVDRW | Macintosh PowerBook G4 17" notebook, 1.5 Gb RAM, 80Gb HD, CDRW, DVDRW | ADSL broadband Internet connection | Xerox Phaser 6100 color laser printer | Microtek scanner | LaCie 60Gb external HD | USB external memories | Voice recorders | Panasonic video camera | Nikon photo camera | etc.

Operating systems: Windows 2000 Professional | Mac OSX 10.3.9 | Suse Linux 10.1

Software: MS Office and OpenOffice for Windows | OpenOffice for Linux | NeoOffice (OpenOffice for Mac) | SDL Trados 2006 & Trados Freelance 3 | Standard and specialized software for Windows, Macintosh and Linux | etc.


For more details:
Please contact here
Antonio Fernandez Lera
Aflera Producciones SL
Apartado postal 122
E-28320 Pinto (Madrid, Spain)
Phone/Fax 34 91 692 41 60
Spanish: Aflera Traducciones

[Last update: September 4, 2006]