449 Anastasia Ave. Suite 12 • Coral Gables, FL 33134
| Phone (786) 877-6825 • E-mail jitanjafora@earthlink.net
| Félix Lizárraga
Professional experience
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| 1997 – Present Trans-Lingual Communications, Inc. Miami, FL
Vice-President/Partner/Freelance Writer, Translator and Editor
Translation, editing and proofreading of academic materials, business, legal and government documents from English to Spanish/Spanish to English
Recent Projects:
Translator and editor/English to Spanish for major educational publishers in the U.S. since 1998.
Harcourt Math, 2004, Grade 3 TE
Steck Vaughan GED Series 2002
Quality Control for SRA Open Court Reading, 2002 Grade 3 TE, PE, & BLMS
Scott Foresman, Social Studies, 2001 Grade 4 TE, PE, & BLMS
Harcourt Brace, Reading, 2001, Grades 2-3 TE, PE & BLMS
Harcourt Brace, Social Studies, 2001 Grade 3 TE, PE & BLMS
Harcourt Brace, Mathematics, 2000, Grades 3-4 TE, PE & BLMS
McDougal Littell, English, 2000, Grades 10-12 TE & PE
Scholastic's Solares 2000, Spanish Reading Program for elementary school.
Production Editor. Reviewed and corrected color proofs at plant in Madison, WI for Scholastic's Solares 2000.
Writer and Copy Editor. Generated questions for Spanish-language textbooks for Scholastic's Electronic Library 1998.
Commercial Office of Spain, Opportunities and Challenges for the Spanish Furniture Industry in the Unites States, Comprehensive Marketing Study, English into Spanish
Commercial Office of Spain, various legal contracts.
Translator and Editor/English to Spanish for websites such as Consumer Health Interactive and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.
1999 – Present ABSí Translations, Inc. Miami, FL
Freelance Translator
Transcription and translation of recorded materials from Spanish into English, as well as translation, editing and proofreading of legal and business documents from English into Spanish/Spanish-English.
| publications
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| Nuevos narradores cubanos, Editorial Siruela, Madrid, 2000 (Spanish, Fiction)
Los panes y los peces, Strumento Editions, Miami, 2001 (Spanish, Poetry)
A la manera de Arcimboldo, Editions Deleatur, France, 1999 (Spanish, Poetry)
Farsa maravillosa del Gato con Botas, a play for children of all ages, was staged by the Prometeo Theatre Group of Miami-Dade Community College in 2002.
Matías y el Aviador, a play inspired by Saint-Exupery’s The Little Prince, was staged by the Prometeo Theatre Group of Miami-Dade Community College in 2002.
Busca del unicornio, La Puerta de Papel Editions, Havana, Cuba, 1992 (Spanish, Poetry)
Beatrice, Unión Editions, Havana, Cuba, 1982 (Spanish, Novel; Winner of the David Award for Literature, 1981)
| Education
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| 1983 University of Havana Havana, Cuba
Bachelor of Arts
| References
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| Available upon request
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