Luis Gavilondo
RioEbro 26-3C (+ 34) 91 647 70 94 (Spain)
28935Mostoles, Madrid (+ 34) 666 88 44 80 (Spain)
Spain
Born in Havana, Cuba.Raised in Havana and New York City.
Resettled in Spainin 1993. Spanish citizen.
Higher education:CityCollege of New York and HavanaUniversity. Psychology degree from HavanaUniversity in 1969 (certified by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science).
Professional experience as an EnglishSpanish translator and simultaneous interpreter since 1960. Evaluated with high marks by the United Nations Translation Service in 1979 (translation) and 1980 (simultaneous interpretation).
Organized and directed the official English translators’ upgrading course for the Sixth World Summit of Non-Aligned Countries, in 1979.
Have done simultaneous interpreting at hundreds of international conferences in America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
Have trained dozens of translators and simultaneous interpreters.
Main fields of expertise:Medicine/Pharma, Software, Marketing, Advertising, Business Management, Web Site Localization, Environment/Ecology, General Science and Technology, Behavioral Sciences, Political Affairs, Journalism, Statistics/Sampling, Help Files, Tourism, Education.
Software capabilities: MS Office, Trados, all required tools and applications.
Some simultaneous interpreting jobs: UCB Biosciences Investigator Meeting – Prague, Czech Republic. Business Meetings of the U.S. Department of Commerce – Madrid, Spain. Novartis Sales Conference – Barcelona, Spain. McCain-Obama Election Debates – Live on TV, Madrid,Spain. St. Jude Medical International Leadership Meeting–Berlin, Germany. General Assembly of the European Federation of Loss Adjustment Experts–Vienna, Austria. Media Development Loan Fund Forum–Antigua, Guatemala. Psychological Treatment of Essential High Blood Pressure – Madrid, Spain. Seminar on ETF and Hedge Fund Investing –Madrid, Spain. Monsanto Sales Conference–Cancun, Mexico. SODEXHO Clients for Life–Villepreux, France. Leadership Training Institute–Geneva, Switzerland. 8th World Council of Prison FellowshipInternational–Johannesburg, South Africa. 26th Congress of the International Seed Testing Association–Angers, France. PriceWaterhouseCoopers Conference–Madrid, Spain. Readers for Life!–Paris, France. International Congress on Personality Disorders–Salamanca, Spain. 52nd Congress, World Association of Newspapers–Zurich, Switzerland. Alcatel's Submarine Cable Networks–Lannion, France. Newspaper Advertising Conference–Lisbon, Portugal. Newspaper Editors and Marketeers Conference–Vienna, Austria. 51st Congress, World Association of Newspapers–Kobe, Japan. Third High Level Meeting on Financial Reform in Latin America–Madrid, Spain. No Freedom, No Culture–Stockholm, Sweden. Publicity and Added value in Online Newspapers–Barcelona, Spain. SERONO Pharmaceutical Conference–Tenerife, Spain. NESTLE'S EuropeanInformationCenter–Paris, France. Newspaper Sports Coverage–Paris, France. Annual Meeting, European Union of Animal Fats Producers–Biarritz, France. 50th Congress, World Association of Newspapers–Amsterdam, Netherlands.
REFERENCES
Following are some regular clients who will provide you with professional references:
- Cusmano Communication –Montreal, Canada
Mr Domenico Cusmano
- Skinner-Davies Language Solutions – Allschwil, Switzerland
Mr John Skinner
- The Processors – Irwindale, USA
Mr. Scott Perone
- Putumayo World Music – New York City, USA
Mr Jacob Edgar
- Excel Translations – San Francisco, USA
Mr Herve Rodriguez
- Globalingua – Brussels, Belgium
Mr Charles Zandaza