Hector Lara (translator)

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Certified translator (FR-SP, SP-FR)

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s degree in Professional translation, 2015 to 2017

Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec

Gestion et mercatique hôtelières et en Arts de la table, 2003 to 2004

Lycée Technique et Hôtelier de Monte-Carlo, Monaco

Gastronomy Degree, 1998 to 2002

Instituto Internacional Universitario, Mexico

High School (physics and mathematics), 1993 to 1996

Universidad Latinoamericana, Mexico

 

SKILLS

Languages: Spanish (5/5), French (5/5), English (4/5), Japanese (2/5).

Software: SDL Trados, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Subtitle Workshop, Express Scribe.

Personal: Sense of responsibility and organization, analytical capability, good interpersonal relationships, patience, open minded, easily adaptable, capacity for synthesis, precision and strictness, sense of observation.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Translator­-Reviser

Canada Revenue Agency, Montréal, 2016

• Review, translate, and correct different texts.

• Ensure document’s quality and consistency.

• Publish a reference guide for proofreading, editing and writing in English and French.

• Publish articles in the Agency intranet site.

 

Chef and Pastry cook

Restaurant Chipotle et Jalapeño, Montréal, 2011 to 2013

Restaurant Winston Churchill’s, Mexico City, 2009 to 2011

• Oversee general kitchen operation and supervise human resources.

• Elaboration and serving dishes, appetizers, desserts, etc.

• Buffet set up and decoration; molding ice sculptures.

• Menu elaboration.

• Resolve unpredictable problems immediately.

• Elaborate, create and standardize recipes and menus.

• Supervise trim and set up of dishes.

• Control suppliers’ quality products.

• Ensure customer satisfaction.

 

OTHER EXPIRIENCES

Volunteer translator for Green Teacher (greenteacher.com); current

Volunteer tutor (French and Mathematics, secondary level). Downtown YMCA, Montréal, 2014

Volunteer for Oxfam and Les Cowboys Fringants. Sherbrooke, 2017

Native language: Spanish
Translates from: English, Spanish, French
Translates into: Spanish, French


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