Not only do I hold relevant degrees from prestigious educational institutions in my country, but I also passed the ATA certification exam for English to Spanish translation. This translation exam has a very low pass rate (fewer than 600 translators have passed the English to Spanish test).

I have more than 10 years of professional experience, and between 2006 and 2016 I translated over 5.8 million words.

I work closely with another ATA-certified colleague in my language pair (Virginia Rech), which means I can offer an integral translation + editing service, or provide recommendations when I am too busy or taking time off.

I have an eagle eye for spotting the types of errors you don’t want to see in your oh-so-carefully thought-out materials: typos, double spaces, punctuation mistakes, grammatical errors, etc.   

I work with several CAT tools (most frequently Trados, memoQ, and XTM). This helps me keep consistency in my projects and streamline the whole translation process.  

She is a Reliable, Responsive and Efficient Linguist.

I have worked with Mercedes for several years. She excels at providing English to Spanish translation. She is an extremely responsive and skilled linguist. I am always very pleased with the quality of work she produces and the time frame in which she completes each task. I would highly recommend Mercedes!

I know Mercedes from the Translator Training College. We were classmates and I soon noticed that she was a talented person. Her knowledge of English was very good and she had an interest in understanding other cultures, which I think is key in a linguist. She was and still is kind, smart and a person with solid personal and professional values, and a great sense of humor, which doesn´t hurt either! She is candid and responsible, so that including her in a translation project will definitely equal deadlines being met and any arising issues being solved promptly and efficiently. I recommend her wholeheartedly.

Very professional, diligent, skilled and reliable. Always a pleasure to work with. Highly recommended!

Mercedes una traductora todoterreno, meticulosa y hábil como pocas, que cumple fielmente con sus plazos de entrega y tiene una calidad profesional de máximo nivel. ¡No les defraudará! Y yo espero poder tener el privilegio de seguir trabajando con ella por muchos años. 

“Top of the line” comes to my mind when describing Mercedes’ translation work. During almost two years I worked with Mercedes, she consistently delivered high quality translation and editing work. Moreover, Mercedes proved instrumental to me in satisfying a mercurial client with her sharp eye for detail, respect for instructions, and great record of details across projects.  

Throughout my work as a Senior Project Manager at Language Scientific, I have known Maria Mercedes for over four years. During this time, Maria worked on numerous multilingual initiatives (ranging from medical translation to marketing consulting) within the pharmaceutical industry always delivering high quality work and meeting tight deadlines. Maria established herself as an industry expert, taking on projects that required both high levels of expertise and technical skills. She is fluent in all the appropriate software and has shown initiative in learning new skills and expanding her talents outside of traditional translation work. I highly recommend Maria for any endeavor she chooses to pursue. 

I was preparing my Australian visa application and Mercedes did a great job with all the translations I needed. She was very professional, committed and efficient; we could coordinate all easily despite being at different cities. I really recommend her as a translator! 

We worked with Mercedes a few months ago on a large project — the localization of a platform for buying, selling and trading musical instruments and gear. The job required a great deal of terminology research, attention to detail, and most importantly, creative writing. As the deadline was quite tight, more than one linguist was needed to complete the job on time. Mercedes collaborated seamlessly with the team to ensure the project was consistent throughout. Our client was very satisfied with the final result. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Mercedes' services!

I have only worked with Mercedes in an extensive 4 months project, but I hope we can meet on a project again very soon, because her commitment, quality and professionalism makes working with her a pleasure. She is a very valuable translator and linguist; I would not hesitate to recommend her to any organization that requires excellent attitude and quality.

Mercedes is an excellent translator/editor who can always be depended on to deliver excellent quality translations. I really appreciate the level of work she puts into working out exactly what is required of a translation/editing task and I can always trust her subject matter expertise. Moreover, she is great fun to work with.

I have been working with Mercedes for many years and have always been fully satisfied. She’s an excellent translator, meticulous reviewer, and has gathered a lot of experience in subject matters such as software and marketing texts. Mercedes is also very reliable and a joy to communicate with.

As a project manager at Spansource and also Pampa Translations I have worked with Mercedes extensively at times for translation projects.Mercedes does very good work and I have never had quality issues with translations that she has worked on. She is very communicative with projects and delivers on time. If there are potential issues with project she always makes me aware of them early on so I can discuss with client.Mercedes is exactly the type of translator/editor I look for when entrusting my projects to a linguist and I give her a strong recommendation.