YENNY F. FERNANDEZ
800 OCEAN PARKWAY, APT. 3A, BROOKLYN, NY 11230 ▪ (917) 995-5169 ▪ yeortroy31@gmail.com
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
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Spanish native speaker with more than 8 years of experience with English to Spanish translations
Exceptional attention to detail, time management and organizational skills
Excellent command of both English and Spanish grammar and vocabulary
Extensive experience working with culture-specific translations in the education, medical and social
science fields
Solid editing skills in both English and Spanish and outstanding research skills
Remarkable interpersonal and team working skills
High ethical standards and a passion for translation work
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
10/07/2015 – Present:
Community Housing Works, San Diego, CA
Volunteer Translator
 Translate online volunteer application from English to Spanish
07/2015 – Present:
Banana Link, Norwich, UK
Volunteer Translator
 Translate workers’ testimonies, newspaper articles, World Banana
Forum documents, funding proposals, meeting minutes, trade union
bulletins and other documentation from English to Spanish
06/2015 – Present:
U.S. Together, Columbus, OH
Volunteer Translator
 Translate take-home parent documents for school districts from
English to Spanish
03/06/2015 – 03/08/2015:
The Research Alliance for New York City Schools, New York, NY
NYU Steinhardt – NYC’s Expanded Success Initiative
Survey Translator
 Translated study’s survey instruments to be administered to public
schools’ high school students from English to Spanish
03/24/2014-07/27/2014:
The Research Alliance for New York City Schools, New York, NY
NYU Steinhardt – NYC’s Expanded Success Initiative
Survey Translator
 Translated study’s survey instruments for public high school students
from English to Spanish
04/2013 - 05/2013:
The Research Alliance for New York City Schools, New York, NY
NYU Steinhardt - NYC's Expanded Success Initiative
Survey Translator
 Translated study documents, including parent notification letters,
student surveys and a survey administration protocol from English to
Spanish using culture - specific language
8/2011:
Cavazos Film, Brooklyn, NY
Script Translator
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09/2006 – 08/2011:
Translated MOM’s script dialogues using localized language from
English to Spanish
New York University Child Study Center, New York, NY
Institute for Prevention Science
Latinos in Context (LINCS); Cultural Adaptation of Hispanic Parents
(CAHP)
Project Associate/Translator/Interpreter/Transcriber
 Translated IRB Documents, consent forms, questionnaires, training
manuals, focus group scripts for multiple research studies
 Translated and edited 20 parent training workshop modules of 20+
pages each from English to Spanish
 Served as language consultant for the design of multiple survey
instruments used in data gathering for grant funded research studies
 Provided recommendations for culturally appropriate language in
study’s data collection instruments administered to Dominican and
Mexican families
 Served as interpreter for Latino families participating in studies during
assessments and parent meetings at the Child Study Center, day care
centers and Public Schools
 Transcribed and coded qualitative interviews for longitudinal study on
Latino parents using SONY Digital Voice Editor
EDUCATION:
01/2014
HUNTER COLLEGE, NEW YORK, NY Masters of Science in Social
Research
06/2005:
HUNTER COLLEGE, NEW YORK, NY Bachelor of Arts, Sociology
06/2003:
BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, NEW YORK, NY
Associate of Arts, Liberal Arts and Sciences - Honors Graduate
SKILLS:
Computer:
Microsoft Office Suite, Open Office, Libre Office, Command Prompt
execution, Adobe PDF creator and editor and Foxit Phantom PDF.
Translation Tools:
Babylon, Google Translator Toolkit, Lexicool Lingo, Lingvo, Word Magic,
Word Reference.com, WorldLingo.
Transcribing Tools:
SONY Digital Voice Editor
Professional Memberships:
American Translators Association, New York Circle of Translators,
American Sociological Association