Katrina Barnes

"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world"

Ludwig Wittgenstein

 

 

 

My goal is to help you overcome these limits.

 

I am Katrina Barnes, and I am a freelance translator, interpreter and tutor, currently based in Berkshire, UK. I hold a BA Honours degree in Modern and Medieval Lanuages (French and Spanish) from the University of Cambridge, and am currently writing my final thesis for my MA in Translation and Interpreting at the University of Westminster.

 

 

 

Services:

 

- I provide written translations from French, Spanish and Portuguese into English.

- I provide consecutive and simultaneous interpretation between Spanish and English.

- I offer private and group classes for students of French, Spanish, English as a Foreign Language and English literature, both in person and on-line.

 

 

 

Specialisms:

 

- Academic papers, didactic texts and journal articles

- Travel literature: travel writing, advertising brochures, tourist information

- Arts and cultural material: brochures, exhibition blurbs, magazine articles

 

 ***I am also very interested in writing and translating literature (fiction and non-fiction), which I studied as an undergraduate and which I continue to work on in my free time. If you would ike to collaborate with me (either as an author or as a translator) then please get in touch - I would love to hear from you!***

 

 

Other texts handled:

 

- Legal contracts and policy documents

- Marketing material

- Institutonal documents (EU and UN)

- Not-for-profit reports and general documents

- General documentation: CVs, cover letters, birth certificates

 

 

 

Other texts handled:

 

- Legal contracts and policy documents

- Marketing material

- Institutonal documents (EU and UN)

- Not-for-profit reports and general documents

- General documentation: CVs, cover letters, birth certificates

 

 

Affiliations:

 

- Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI)

- The Atlantis Project (Azores, Portugal)

- Emerging Translator's Network

- Proz.com

 

 

 

Software:

 

- SDL Trados Suite 2014 (cert)

- MemoQ

- WordFast

- Amara Subtitling

- Adobe

- Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel