Dr Isabel del Rio FITI

Isabel is a British-Spanish writer and linguist. She has extensive experience as a United Nations translator, reviser and terminologist, having worked as a full-time linguist for the International Maritime Organization (IMO), a UN agency in London, initially as a translator/reviser and then as Head of the Terminology and Reference Section. She has also worked as a full-time journalist, broadcaster and linguist for the BBC World Service. As a language practitioner, she has a strong background in several language-related fields: institutional, literary and technical translation; lexicography and terminology; journalism and writing; broadcasting; scriptwriting and screenwriting; language technologies; and tutoring in creative writing and translation. She is also a voice-over artist, with considerable expertise in public readings, Performance Poetry and Spoken Word. As an established writer, she has published poetry and fiction in both English and Spanish (check her website). Isabel has a five-year degree from Universidad Complutense in Madrid ('Ciencias de la Información' - Level 7, EQF) and a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of West London (UWL). My union memberships: Equity, Society of Authors (SoA).

WARNING: I am NOT a sworn translator and do NOT translate legal documents or documents requiring certification or an apostille, and I do NOT engage in Machine Translation Post-Editing (MTPE). Therefore, I will NOT respond to requests relating to the translation or editing of any such documents. ALL emails or messages making any such requests, disregarding my warning, will be reported.

ITI membership category: FITI

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Translation

English Spanish
ITI Assessed

Specialisms

  • Archaeology
  • Arts
  • Biography
  • Business
  • Education and training
  • Film
  • TV and Video
  • History
  • Humanities
  • Literature - Childrens
  • Literature - Fiction
  • Marketing
  • Music
  • Philosophy
  • Photography
  • Sociology
  • Theatre
  • Tourism and travel
  • Visual media

Associated skills

  • Adaptation
  • Copywriting
  • Editing
  • Language training
  • Machine translation - post editing
  • Revising
  • Voiceovers

Technology

  • Adobe Acrobat

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