Verónica Albin is a native of Mexico City and has lived in the United States since 1979. She has twenty years of experience in translation and  holds certification in English<>Spanish from the American Translators Association (ATA). In addition, Vero has passed the senior level translation exam of the United States Department of State and the interpretation exam of the United States Department of Justice.  She has been a member of the ATA English into Spanish grading team for the national certification exam since 1991.  She has served the ATA in in the Certification, Ethics, and Conference Planning Committees, and she is currently a member of the Computerized Certification Exam Task Force. She is a founding member and past president of the Houston Interpreters and Translators Association (HITA), and former editor of  the Transletter, the newsletter of the HITA.

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Professional Experience

Senior Lecturer, Center for the Study of Languages, Rice University 2003-present

Lecturer, Center for the Study of Languages, Rice University 2003-2004

Lecturer, Department of Hispanic & Classical Studies, Rice University 1998-2003

Grader, ATA Certification Committee, English into Spanish, 1991- 2006

Language Chair, English into Spanish, American Translators Association, 1998-2002

Language Co-Chair, English into Spanish, American Translators Association, 1996-98

Spanish Style Editor for Vintage Books, Heterogénesis, Holocaust Museum Houston, Northwestern University Press, inter alia.

Substantive Editor for authors publishing in Spanish and English 

Interpreter, Executive Office for Immigration Review

Medical Interpreter and Translator, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital; Hermann Hospital of (U.T. Health Science Center at Houston); Harris County Psychiatric Hospital.

Medical Translator, Baylor College of Medicine; Texas Children's Hospital; MD Anderson Cancer Center and Tumor Institute.

Medical Interpreter and Translator Trainer: Texas Medical Center

Medical Translator Evaluator, MD Anderson Cancer Center and Tumor Institute

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