Craig began his own translation company after learning Spanish from scratch!

July 26, 2012

In 2002 I was 33 and the multinational I worked for wanted me to move to Birmingham from London. I was well paid, in a long-term relationship, but desperately unhappy. Nothing seemed to make sense. I was drifting. I decided to train my replacement and take the payoff.

In 2003 I went to Barcelona, Spain for 3 months to learn Spanish from scratch, then Newcastle, England for a year doing low-paid English teaching. The plan? Get back to Barcelona and start my own business.

Now I’m 41 years old, married to a Spanish woman with two wonderful boys aged 6 months and 2 years. I am self-employed and collaborate with important companies in Spain translating many kinds of documents, dubbing, subtitles, publicity, marketing, IT, technical, manuals, communications, web pages, blogs, social networks, Spanish to English and visa-versa.

I also do simultaneous translation and public relations for events, meetings, conventions etc with significant experience with different cultures from around the world (European, Asian, African, Arab, Chinese, Japanese, American.)

I give English training for business and general use to the top management of these companies, combining it with fitness training in the gym too. I base my services on quality and personal attention. I do not use software to translate and work personally with clients on translations. I have been developing my own teaching method for the last 6 years for the Spanish/Catalan speaking client.

I believe that to truly know a language you need to be a master of its use and register from its most colloquial level right up to its most cultured and educated level. Bad communication is the beginning of the end in any relationship and I am committed to the use of good communication in English in an increasingly international and cosmopolitan Spain as well as facilitating communication in English between people of every other creed and culture.

I would also like to extend my work with clients in the gym and incorporate life coaching. At the age of 33 I made a difficult decision to change and here I am. It was hard work but worth it and now I’m desperate to continue improving and reach my goals. I’ve been following you on TV and internet for a while and I wanted to thank you Keri, and also my wife Raquel and whole family for the inspiration and motivation to live life and succeed.

~ Craig McCavanagh

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