Working languages:
Portuguese to Spanish
English to Spanish
Spanish (monolingual)

Silvia Vasconsellos-Riva
Legal Language Specialist, LLM.

Narberth, Pennsylvania, United States
Local time: 00:21 EDT (GMT-4)

Native in: Spanish (Variants: Colombian, Canarian, Uruguayan, Guatemalan, Latin American, Panamanian, Peruvian, Rioplatense, Chilean, Bolivian, Venezuelan, Costa Rican, Dominican, Argentine, Salvadoran, Puerto Rican, Nicaraguan, US, Ecuadorian , Cuban, Mexican, Paraguayan, Standard-Spain, Honduran) 
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Services Interpreting, Editing/proofreading, Project management, Subtitling, Training, Transcreation, Transcription, Translation, Voiceover (dubbing), Native speaker conversation, Language instruction
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Specializes in:
Law (general)General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
GeographyHistory
Government / PoliticsSocial Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
EconomicsCertificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs
Finance (general)Linguistics

Volunteer / Pro-bono work Open to considering volunteer work for registered non-profit organizations
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Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 1
Translation education Master's degree - Temple University Beasley School of Law & Salamanca University School of Law
Experience Years of experience: 12. Registered at ProZ.com: Apr 2020.
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Credentials English to Spanish (Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC))
Spanish to English (Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC))
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CV/Resume English (PDF)
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Bio

I am committed to providing the highest standard of interpretation, translation, and legal services available, bringing my skills and experiences to the table, along with a strong work ethic, compassion, and personal commitment to learning.

I am the owner and  operator at Legal Language Professionals, Linguistic Solutions for Attorneys.  I have also worked as an immigration paralegal in several legal offices over the past fourteen years, ranging from internships at the Mexican Consulate and at Esperanza Immigration Legal Services (EILS) in Philadelphia, PA, to employment at high-pace law offices with heavy caseloads such as Sachs Law Group, L.L.C. (SLG) in Philadelphia, PA, and The Law Offices of David E. Piver (Piverlaw) in Wayne, PA.  

I presently offer translation/interpretation services & freelance affidavit writing. I am also currently engaged in building a portfolio of extra services that I can offer on a freelance basis. These services include streaming Spanish lessons and travelling Spanish workshops, focused on legal language for immigration attorneys.Concurrently I am also writing a pocket phrasebook for Immigration attorneys, which again focuses on Legal language. Additionally, I am developing a comprehensive package of legal templates covering a variety of legal fields and geared towards precise and efficient attorney/client communication. I aim, in time, to expand these services to cover medical and insurance related language as well.  

My long-term goal is to continue building a career working in the linguistic field, and in family-based and employment-based immigration law, dedicating myself to the clients’ success and to achieving the most secure immigration status available to them. 

Keywords: Legal, immigration, law, documents, court, hearing, affidavits, geography, history, medicine. See more.Legal, immigration, law, documents, court, hearing, affidavits, geography, history, medicine, science. See less.


Profile last updated
May 23, 2021



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