Lisa McCarthy
Contact details
676190391
Barcelona
Barcelona
08004
Spain
Barcelona
08004
Spain
Professional profile
Activities
Editing
Proofreading
Transcreation
Translating
Proofreading
Transcreation
Translating
Language pairs
Catalan > English
Spanish > English
Spanish > English
Areas of expertise
Business and Finance
Environment
Marketing
Medicine and Health
Natural Sciences
Tourism
Environment
Marketing
Medicine and Health
Natural Sciences
Tourism
Qualifications and experience
- Diploma in Translation - Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIoL), London
- MA in Spanish - University College Cork, Ireland
- Joint Hon's BA French and Spanish, University College Cork, Ireland
- CELTA Certificate (Teaching Business English to Adults), International House, Barcelona.
* More than 15 years' experience as a translator, 25 as a proofreader.
* Passionate about all things related to sustainability, environmental protection and nature conservation. I also love to work on projects that benefit society in some way.
Continuing professional development
METMs
Workshops
- Human nutrition and climate change: a knowledge update for language professionals
- Spotlight on specialization: a three-part medley
- How to create and implement a marketing plan that actually works for your business
- Tagging along: dangling participles, adverbial disjuncts and other hangers-on
Parsing the parts of our speech: filling the gaps in our understanding of syntax - Editing non-native English
- Two aspects of information ordering that affect flow within sentences and beyond
- How to become your most efficient, creative and serene self
Other
Conferences:
MET Conference 2023
BP Conference 2022
Elia Together 2018
Canary Translators 2018
Proz.com 2014
Courses:
Translating for the Renewable Energy Sector
Carbon Literacy
Copywriting
Other professional memberships:
APTIC & ASETRAD
