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Spanish Translators

Camila De Urioste

Graduate Student

furioste92@gmail.com

319-333-5249

My mother language is Spanish. I lived in the US for 8 years growing up, so my english proficiency is that of a native speaker. I am currently a first-year MFA candidate in Spanish Creative Writing. I have worked in Bolivia as a translator for 12 years, working for international organizations such as Unicef.

Translation: $0.05/word.

Camila de Urioste

Graduate Teaching Assistant

furioste92@gmail.com

3193335249

Melanie Marquez Adams, M.F.A.

melmarquezescritora@gmail.com

423-748-2332

Melanie Marquez Adams holds an MFA in Spanish Creative Writing from the University of Iowa. Her fiction and nonfiction work in English and Spanish has been published in several anthologies and literary magazines.

Translation: $20/page.

Brenae Newhard

Graduate Student

brenaenewhard@gmail.com

765-701-5330

I have an MFA in Literary Translation and have primarily translated fiction, though I am available to translate other technical texts. I have near native fluency in Spanish (Mexican Spanish) and have done a minimal amount of casual interpreting.

Translation: $20/page.
Interpretation: $18.
Possible Pro Bono work.

Allison Stickley

Graduate Student

allison-stickley@uiowa.edu

319-536-6645

I am currently a second year MFA student in Literary Translation. I have an advanced command of Spanish, with speciality in Chilean Spanish.

Translation: $20/page.

Yamila Transtenvot, M.F.A.

yamilatranstenvot@gmail.com

319-259-3456

I am a native Spanish speaker born in Argentina, with more than four years working as a freelance translator (online portfolio at yamilatranstenvot.com). I hold a B.A. in Spanish Grammar and Literature from the University of Buenos Aires and an M.F.A in Spanish Creative Writing from the University of Iowa. I have translated brochures, websites, Philosophy and Literary texts, subtitles for movies and teasers, creative content, contracts, and product manuals.

Translation: $10-20 page
Interpretation: $20/hour

Portuguese Translators

Thomas Mira y Lopez

Graduate Teaching Assistant

thomas-miraylopez@uiowa.edu

646-300-2268

I'm the author of the essay collection The Book of Resting Places (Counterpoint Press, 2017) and an experienced teacher. I am interested particularly in translating works of fiction or creative nonfiction.

Translation: $15/page.

French Translators

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German Translators

Ulrike Carlson

Owner/Principal Teacher at Iowa Early Language, LLC.

iowaearlylanguage@gmail.com

319-321-1730

I am a native speaker of German and have translated texts from a wide range of subjects before, such as journal articles, historic letters, instructions and protocols for medical studies, to name just a few. I can also read and translate documents in Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish.

Translation/Interpretation: German (modern German, as well as historic documents and documents in older scripts such as Kurrentschrift, Fraktur and Sütterlin); Translation only: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch

Pro Bono or $25/hour.

Kirsten Kumpf-Baele, Ph.D.

Lecturer, German

kirsten-kumpf@uiowa.edu

219-840-1140

I have a Ph.D. in German Literature. I am currently a Lecturer of German. I also have 15 years of experience with Dutch/Flemish. I live in a family that is trilingual (German, English, and Dutch). I am open to all texts although medical texts would likely be the most challenging for me.

Translation: $18/page.
Available for interpretation: $20/hour, possibly Pro Bono.

Pavlina Manavska

Graduate Teaching Assistant

pavlina-manavska@uiowa.edu

319-961-7541

I studied teaching German as a foreign languages, completed MA in Applied Linguistics in Germany and currently in my second year doing MFA in Literary Translation.

Will translate Pro Bono.

Turkish Translators

Eylul Doganay

Graduate Student

eddoganay@uiowa.edu

319-333-5051

I am a Literary Translation MFA student. Translation and Interpretation graduate. Simultaneous, consecutive, liaison interpreting. Technical translation.

Will work Pro Bono.

Chinese Translators

Na Li

Graduate Student

na-li@uiowa.edu

319-331-7487

Having done both translations and interpretations in literature, education, business, psychology, and court. Interested in psychology and literature translation (fiction and poetry).

Translation: $20/hour.
Interpretation: $30/hour. Not for 2021.
Possible Pro Bono work.