BACKGROUND
EDUCATION
Diplom-Übersetzerin für Englisch und Spanisch
Fachhochschule Köln, Germany, 2006
Traductor Técnico, Científico y Literario de Inglés
Instituto Superior en Lenguas Vivas J.R. Fernandez, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995
CERTIFICATION
Certified by German Courts, Dusseldorf Regional Court, 2015
ASSOCIATIONS
Federal Association of Interpreters and Translators
www.bdue.de/en/bdue
American Translators Association Member
Certified from English into Spanish
www.atanet.org
PUBLISHED TRANSLATIONS
– Made in Latin America: Experiences of Human Rights Activism (Hecho en América Latina.
Experiencias de Activismo en Derechos Humanos) Universidad de San Andrés & Ford Foundation, 2012. Spanish<English co-translator.
– Derecho a exigir respuestas. Reclamos de la sociedad civil ante el Panel de Inspección del Banco Mundial (Demanding Accountability: Lessons from the World Bank Inspection Panel by Dana Clark) Siglo XXI, 2005. Project coordinator and English<Spanish co-translator.
– Círculo de Derechos. Una herramienta de entrenamiento para el activismo en defensa de los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales (Circle of Rights. Economic, Social & Cultural Rights Activism: A Training Resource by several authors) Washington, D.C.: International Human Rights Internship Program, 2001. Project coordinator and English<Spanish co-translator.
– Humo y Espejos. La Paradoja de la Guerra contra las Drogas (Smoke and Mirrors. The Paradox of the Drug Wars by Jaime Malamud Goti) Buenos Aires: Editores del Puerto, 1994. English<Spanish translator.
– La industria del control del delito. ¿La nueva forma del holocausto? (Crime Control as Industry. Towards GULAGS, Western Style? by Nils Christie). Buenos Aires: Editores del Puerto, 1993. English<Spanish translator.
CLIENTS
EUROPE
2001 – today
Germany
KrimDok (University of Tübingen)
GIZ (German Development Cooperation)
Bertelsmann AG
Ferrostaal AG
KPMG AG
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Berliner Festspiele
Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf
Hebbel Theater Berlin
Hannover Staatsoper
Spain
Pinturas Dyrup, S.A.
USA
2001 – today
International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net)
International Center for Transitional Justice
National Economic & Social Rights Initiative
ARGENTINA
1991 – 2001
PwC Argentina
Abeledo Gottheil Abogados
Marval & O’Farrell
Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (www.cels.org.ar)
Editores del Puerto
IdiomaNet
OTHER PLACES I ENJOY
CONTACT
sara.costa@t-online.de
40223 Düsseldorf
Germany
Tel: +49 151 5045 1752