Self-employed French/Spanish to English translator and proofreader since 2004


2004 - 2006: Freelance translator based in Madrid
Since August 2006: Freelance translator based in UK

• General business (business plans, contracts, audits, IT user manuals, customer correspondence, minutes, insurance surveys, in-house organizational procedures, employee surveys, job descriptions)
• Energy (nuclear, gas, renewables – newsletters, press releases, company presentations)
• Oil and gas industry (health and safety reports, technology)
• Automotive (technical data sheets, marketing, internal sales & marketing procedures, health & safety reports, new technology, e-mobility)
• Market research (consumer reports, employee questionnaires, verbatims)

All documents are translated with Studio 2022 

Feedback 

I wanted to thank you specially for all the energy you put in all the projects I have entrusted you with. I was very happy to work with you, it has always been smooth, excellent work with always pleasant communication! Thanks for this great collaboration (PM, French translation agency, December 2019) 

I’m a proofreader at XXX and I just wanted to drop you a line to say that the client was very happy with the translation, which is saying something since he is quite picky and complains often. (Proofreader, French translation agency, February 2017)

I, the undersigned, certify that we have worked regularly with Mr. John Simpson on translations in various technical fields, including the nuclear industry, since November 2005.
His work is of consistently high quality and delivered on time.
It is a pleasure to do business with him and we are very satisfied with the quality of his work.
(Translation agency, October 2013)

Education

1999 - 2000 Postgraduate diploma in Interpreting and Translation, University of Bath

1993 - 1997 BA (Hons) Applied Modern Languages, University of Northumbria at Newcastle 2.1 with distinction in spoken French - Awarded the Spanish course prize

1995 Licence <ès Langues étrangères appliquées>, Dijon University, France - Dual qualification undertaken in one year

Other information

Available from 9.00 to 17.30 Monday to Friday (UK time)

Rates: €0.07 per source word for texts in Spanish
€0.07 per source word for texts in French
Special Studio 2022 rates

IT: Trados Studio 2022, Windows 11, Microsoft 365