What do you need to be able to do as a professional Spanish translator?

You can become a professional translator by having completed certain schooling. This can be done at a translation academy or by taking at least a college course in interpreting and translating that is specifically focused on the Spanish language. Of course, the focus of these courses is also on the source language. Even if you are a native Spanish speaker, you will need to have completed language training before you can officially call yourself a translator.

In addition to being able to speak and write the Spanish language fluently as a translator, you must also have knowledge of the culture, norms and values of the language area. As a translator, you have to be able to crawl into a text and convert the source text into Spanish properly. In addition, it is important that you possess certain qualities such as the ability to make linguistic decisions, accuracy and diligence.

Where do our Spanish translators come from?

Beëdigd Vertaalbureau has a large network of accredited Spanish sworn translators. Many of them were born in Spain, but of course there are also Spanish translators from countries in Latin America. Through their relocation or some other connection to the Netherlands, they have ended up here.

They are carefully chosen based on qualitative standards of education and experience. We set high standards to assure you that all sworn translations into Spanish are of high quality. This way you do not have to worry about your requested translation and we are sure to deliver the desired result. The sworn Spanish translators at Beëdigd Vertaalbureau are sworn by a court in the Netherlands to make sworn translations.

What are important considerations when translating into Spanish?

If you need to translate a text into Spanish, there are several points to consider. For example, it is important to know the target area of the translation. After all, Spanish is spoken in Spain, but Spanish is also spoken in parts of South America. Word usage is in many cases very different in these two areas. For example, a (working) word can have multiple meanings or, on the contrary, not be used at all in either of these areas. An example is that in South America, "vosotros" is not used to indicate "you", but the more formal form "ustedes" is used for this purpose. Something that obviously needs to be taken into account. When you have a translation you want to use in South America, we also strongly recommend using a native translator from that country. Additionally, not only are there differences between Spanish in Spain and Spanish in South America, but the language in Spain itself can also be very different. For example, in Catalonia, a large number of residents speak more Catalan than Spanish and in the Basque Country, on the other hand, Basque is spoken.

There are also some differences with translating into Spanish than into Dutch or English, for example. Spanish words are often longer than Dutch or English words. As a result, translations into Spanish therefore tend to be longer than the original. In addition, the difference between masculine and feminine words in Spanish is obvious. But when translating from English or Dutch into Spanish, this can be tricky. You will have to choose between the masculine variant of the word or the feminine variant. This is because neutral does not exist in the Spanish language. Previously, it was mostly the masculine variants that were used, but the language is adapting to the world and as a result, feminine variants are becoming more common.

Wondering why you should go to Beëdigd Vertaalbureau for all your sworn translations into Spanish?