Valentina Reyes-Mora

Profile

Bilingual legal and financial translator with 11 years of experience converting high-stakes documents between Spanish, English, and Portuguese for Fortune 500 clients and international arbitration panels. Specializes in securities filings, merger agreements, and regulatory compliance texts, maintaining a 99.6% on-time delivery rate across 4,200+ projects. ATA-certified (Spanish↔English) with additional certification in Brazilian Portuguese business translation from the University of São Paulo.

Work Experience

Senior Translator & Project LeadMar 2019 - Present

Meridian Language Solutions, Miami, FL

Translated 1.1 million words of SEC filings, ISDA master agreements, and cross-border M&A contracts annually, reducing client revision requests by 38% through a proprietary glossary system covering 6,200 domain-specific terms.
Led a three-translator pod on a 90-day LATAM regulatory overhaul project for a $4.2B asset manager, delivering 340,000 words on schedule and under budget by 11%.
Implemented SDL Trados translation memory workflows that cut turnaround time by 22% firm-wide and increased per-translator output capacity from 2,500 to 3,100 words per day.

Staff TranslatorJun 2015 - Feb 2019

Iberolex Translation Services, Coral Gables, FL

Produced certified translations of 800+ immigration and civil litigation documents per year for 14 law firms, achieving a 100% court-acceptance rate over four consecutive years.
Collaborated with a team of 6 to localize a 220-page employee handbook for a multinational retailer entering the Colombian and Peruvian markets, completing the project 5 days ahead of a hard regulatory deadline.
Mentored 2 junior translators, reducing their error rate from 4.1% to 1.3% within 6 months through structured peer-review sessions and customized style guide training.

Freelance Legal TranslatorAug 2013 - May 2015

Self-Employed, Remote

Built a roster of 19 recurring clients including immigration attorneys and notary publics, generating $68,000 in revenue in the final 12-month period.
Translated and certified 1,500+ pages of apostilled documents — birth certificates, power-of-attorney filings, and criminal records — with zero rejections from USCIS or state courts.
Developed a client intake and delivery system using Trello and Google Workspace that cut administrative overhead by 4 hours per week and improved invoice turnaround by 30%.

Education

M.A. in Translation Studies2011 - 2013

University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

Thesis: Terminological Consistency in Cross-Border Securities Disclosures; GPA 3.94

B.A. in Linguistics & Spanish2007 - 2011

Florida International University, Miami, FL

Graduated summa cum laude; minor in Portuguese

Skills

ATA Certification (Spanish↔English)SDL Trados Studio & MultiTermMemoQ & Wordfast ProLegal & Financial Terminology (EN/ES/PT)CAT Tool Translation Memory ManagementCertified Court Document TranslationSDLXLIFF & XLIFF File HandlingTerminology Management & Glossary DevelopmentISO 17100 Translation Quality Standards

Links

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/valentina-reyesmora · Portfolio: reyesmora-translations.com/portfolio · ATA Certification: ATA-certified translator, Spanish↔English (verifiable via ATA)