Hello!
I’m miguel falquez-Certain
Spanish-English interpreter, transcriber, copyeditor, proofreader, writer, voiceover talent, voiceover supervisor, and multilingual (French, Italian, Spanish, English, and Portuguese) translator
About me
Author, Poet, Interpreter, and Translator in New York City
Interpreter and translator with a passion for accuracy and precision.
Spanish-English interpreter, transcriber, copyeditor, proofreader, writer, voiceover talent, voiceover supervisor, and multilingual (French, Italian, Spanish, English, and Portuguese)
Experience
Senior language coordinator
Marsolaire Enterprises
1996 – Present
- Translation of legal, financial, medical, advertisement, technical, journalistic, and literary texts, as well as of websites from Romance languages into English and from English, French, Italian, and Portuguese into Spanish.
- Copyediting and proofreading of books, magazines and documents in both English and Spanish.
- Voiceover for video and radio spots
- Transcription of tapes (English/Spanish)
- Literary consultancy
- Copyediting and proofreading of books, magazines and documents in both English and Spanish.
- Typesetting and camera-ready books for publication
- Book, movie, and theater reviews
- Workshops on Theory and Practice of the Short Story
Associate Editor
Ollantay Theater Magazine
New York, N.Y.
1993-2000
- Select, copyedit and proofread English and Spanish texts for publication
- Write introductions and drop quotes in both languages
- Occasional translations into English of original texts in Spanish
- Review Hispanic plays in New York, interview actors and directors
Translator
Federal Reserve Bank
New York, NY
1986 – 1996
- Translation of financial and legal documents as well as of faxes, cables, telexes, letters and S.W.I.F.T. messages from French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese into English
drama teaching assistant
New York University
New York, NY
1981-1985
- Under professor John Chioles at Comparative Literature Department
- Substitute professor when absent
- Grade papers, advise undergraduate students
- Type, copyedit, and proofread documents
Freelance interpreter and translator
Interpreting Agencies
New York, NY
1981-1985
- Consecutive interpreter at Social Security, Civil and Federal Courts
- Translator of sociology polls, advertisement, legal and financial texts
- Spanish tutor
translator
Maufacturers Hanover Trust
New York, NY
1980-1981
- Translation of financial and legal documents, as well as of cables, letters and telexes from Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese into English
- Occasional translations of texts into Spanish, French and Italian.
Education & SKills
Skills
Publications: Six volumes of poetry, six plays, one book of short fiction, editor of book of essays on Latin-American literature
His poetry and fiction have been included in several anthologies in Colombia, Ecuador, Greece and the U.S.A.
English translator of plays by García Márquez, and Arrabal, among others
Translator of American, British, and Irish poets into Spanish and of Latin American writers into English
Translator of screenplays into Spanish, e.g., The Argentine and Guerrilla (Che), by Steven Soderbergh
Awards received: Excellence in poetry, fiction, and drama in several competitions
languages
English
Spanish
French
Italian
Portuguese
Galician
Catalan
New york University
M.A./Ph.D. (A.B.D.) Comparative Literature
New York, NY • 1981 – 1985
Full academic fellowship with stipend
Hunter College
Spanish and Latin American literatures (major)
French literature (minor)
New York, NY • 1978-1980
Dean’s list, honor student, Cervantes Award, Edna Kunk Award (graduate scholarship), cum laude.
École Internationale de Langue
Diplôme de Langue Française
Paris, France • 1974-1975
Universidad Libre
Law School
Barranquilla, Colombia • 1971-1973
Université de Paris (Sorbonne)
Certificat Pratique de Langue Française
Paris, France • 1970-1973
Universidad del Atlántico
Department of Economics
Barranquilla, Colombia • 1970-1973
Universidad de Cartagena
School of Medicine
Cartagena, Colombia • 1967-1968
Let’s Work Together
(212) 229-2373 • (646) 319-8549