Haydn J. Rawlinson

Formal Education

  • General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level, 10 subjects, 1979-1982.

  • General Certificate of Education Advanced Level, 4 subjects, 1982.

  • Bachelor of Arts (Second-class Honours) in Languages (Interpreting and Translating), Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 1986.

Further Professional Education and Achievements

  • March 1991: Successful completion of a 40-hour course on legal translation, taught by Lic. Javier F. Becerra of Mexico City's Escuela Libre de Derecho.

  • July 1994: Member of the Jury for the Primer Concurso de Becas para Especialistas en Traducción Literaria, organized by Mexico's National Council for Culture and the Arts (CNCA).

  • October 1994: Successful completion of three 30-hour workshops on poetry translation techniques, moderated by the poet Sandro Cohen and organized by Mexico's National Fine Arts Institute (INBA).

  • Collegiate Member of Mexico's Asociación de Traductores Profesionales; I have also held several positions in the Association's hierarchy, including information officer and editor of the monthly bulletin.

Professional Experience

I have been self-employed since August 1988, based first in the city of Querétaro and, since July 1990, in the Federal District. The vast majority of my work is written translation into English from Spanish, supplemented by occasional contracts for simultaneous interpreting, style correction, proof-reading, etc.

Since moving to Mexico City, I have mostly worked for Mexican government departments (including the President's Office and the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Health, Fisheries, and Communications and Transport), other official agencies (such as the National Fine Arts Institute, the National Human Rights Commission, and the Mexican Petroleum Institute), and several international organizations (UNICEF, UNPF, OAS, etc.). In addition, I have provided translation and other services to a long list of corporate clients and specialized T&I agencies. The materials I translate come from many different fields: technical, legal, commercial, governmental, academic, journalistic, literary, etc.

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