.Thank you very much for visiting my website! My name is Daniel González Belinchón and I am a translator and proofreader since 2003.
.I have a degree in Italian Philology with a specialisation in German Language and Literature from the Universidad Complutense of Madrid.
.I’m a member of the Asociación Española de Traductores, Correctores e Intérpretes, ASETRAD.
.You can download my resume to have all the information about my professional profile in a single document.
.I started working as a freelance translator after an internship for a Spanish company in charge of a major watch portal on the Internet and for an independent German publishing house based in Berlin.
.In 2004 I settled in Germany as a freelance translator and during the following 3 years I combined this professional activity with different in-house jobs: an important German distributor of dental products, then a German manufacturer of forklift attachments and finally, simultaneously with my law studies, a law firm based in Spain.
.In all these positions I was in charge of translation, proofreading, creating glossaries and terminology for the generated content, as well as advising on all linguistic matters.
.This work experience has allowed me to acquire very good technical knowledge for my fields of specialisation.
.For the German distributor of dental products I have attended several training courses and seminars on orthodontics, endodontics, oral rehabilitation and implantology, etc., and the knowledge I acquired I still apply in all my translations on this subject.
.For the manufacturer of forklift truck attachments I completed, among other trainings, an advance course in the design, manufacture, assembly and finishing of these essential parts for the logistics sector.
.For the law firm, I was also in charge of the written communication with lawyers and procuradores, review of court summons, appeals and notifications, case law research, analysis of legal content, insurance policies, contracts, etc.
Selected projects
- 2008-present [DE>ES]: Translation and proofreading of dental articles for a leading German specialist publication for dentists and dental technicians.
- 2004-2006 [DE>ES]: Translation of safety data sheets, leaflets and descriptions of dental products for one of Germany’s leading distributors of dental products.
- 2006-present [DE/EN>ES]: Translation and proofreading of instruction manuals, product descriptions, safety data sheets, etc. for KAUP GmbH & Co KG, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of forklift truck attachments.
- 2004-present [DE/EN>ES]: Traduction and proofreading of manuals, application contents and marketing texts for the German manufacturer of GPS devices and software NAVIGON GmbH, now a subsidiary of the German company Garmin Ltd.
- 2016-2020 [DE>ES]: Translation of lighting products, their descriptions and technical characteristics, as well as advertising articles for one of the most important Internet portals in the sector.
- 2020-present [DE/EN>ES]: Translation and proofreading of smart locks and their corresponding home automation accessories for one of the leading companies in the sector.
- 2016-present [DE/EN>ES]: Translation and proofreading of proceedings of meetings, announcements, notices and all kinds of internal communications for one of the most important European organisations in charge of workers’ affairs.
- 2015-present [DE/EN>ES]: Translation and proofreading of all types of communications and content for a leading international fair trade organisation.
- 2004-present [IT>ES]: Translation of correspondence and university papers.
Other types of documents that I also translate on a regular basis
Some curious facts about my experience as a translator
.Since I started working as a professional translator, I have kept a record of data that provides an interesting snapshot of my professional career over the years:
- I can translate around 2000-4500 words per day, depending on the difficulty of the text and the workload at the moment.
- I can also proofread or correct 4000-5000 words per day under the above-mentioned considerations.
- In total, I have translated more than 6 million words (translations done as an intern excluded).
- During 2021, more than 410,000 words, more than 230 projects and more than 450 files have passed through my eyes.
- The longest project I have translated in 2021 contained 121,000 words and 152 files.
- I have lived, studied and worked in 5 different countries:
5 years in Germany.
2 years in Canada.
2 years in Colombia.
1 year in Italy. - I currently live in Switzerland.
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