1. TRANSLATOR
LAURA.PLA.COBLES@GMAIL.COM
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LAURAPLACOBLES
SKILLS
I am a hardworking, adaptable,
multi-skilled and reliable
Translator and Multilingual
Project Manager, with an ability
to learn quickly and absorb
new ideas. Highly motivated
by the love I profess to
languages and Translation
itself, I am open to all kinds of
challenges.
LANGUAGES
SPANISH & CATALAN (Mother
tongues)
ENGLISH (Proficiency)
FRENCH (DALF)
MOST RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
TRANSLATOR/FREELANCE
From July 2014
• Translation and proofreading of web page content, applications on
mobile devices, and online and printed catalogues.
• Translation of press releases and other documents generated by the
Communication Departments of my clients.
• Transcreation of advertising content.
• SEO localization.
MULTILINGUAL PROJECT DIRECTOR AND
TRANSLATOR/DATAWORDS
From September 2009 to May 2014
• Translation and proofreading of web pages, applications on mobile
devices (Smartphones and tablets), online and printed catalogues, and
SEO projects.
• Translation project management for printed magazines, press releases,
and updates in web pages in all their versions (desktop and mobile).
• Project management for the localization of DTP and SEO documents.
• Problem solving tasks: Technical bugs as well as other translation
quality issues.
• Translation project management for iPad applications.
• YouTube Channel management: Project management to localize videos
published in YouTube.
• Project analysis to create a production schedule and to establish an
official inter-agency communication flow.
• Communication with other agencies involved in the projects in order
to apply the commonly agreed production flow and detect potential
risks.
• Client communication and negotiation.
• Client's affiliate contact to validate translations and communicate
project information.
• Freelance translators’ recruitment and management.
• Creation of translation memories and glossaries to be shared by in-
house and freelance translators.

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EDUCATION
BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN TRANSLATION AND
INTERPRETING/2008
Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain).
Second year in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) under the Erasmus student
exchange programme.
BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN HISTORY/1999
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain).
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
• The Rosetta Project: Translation of “The Adventure of Walter and the
Rabbits” into Catalan.
http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/Adventure_of_Walter_and_the_Ra
bbits/index.htm
• Empanzipation ad Humanum: Translation of “Response to Daily Global
Terror”, by Wolfgang Fischer, into Spanish.
http://emanzipationhumanum.de/espanol/humano/pecado.html
• Volunteer translator for ACF (Action contre la Faim).