Carlos Mayor has degrees in Translation (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 1991) and Journalism (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 1994). He started translating professionally in 1989 and has also worked as a journalist, as a proof-reader and as an editor. He teaches translation since 1992 (University of the West Indies, Cálamo & Cran). He was co-editor of Dos.Dos magazine and has edited an Henri Cartier-Bresson monography. He is also a founding member of Barcelona Kontext, a team of translators specialising in exhibition projects and art books.
He specialises in the translation of literature, art critique and history and children's books. He has translated authors such as Tom Wolfe, Doris Lessing, Vita Sackville-West, Saki and Rudyard Kipling.
MAJOR CLIENTS IN SPAIN, THE UK AND THE USA
Publishers – Ediciones Polígrafa, Dorling Kindersley, Haymarket, Ediciones B, Bruguera, Vergara, Vicens Vives, Anaya, Zinco, Time Life Books, Salvat, Juventud, Actar, Lunwerg, Océano, RBA, Electa, Edicions de l'Eixample, JRP|Ringier, Renart Edicions, Navona Editorial, Editorial Minúscula.
Periodicals – Dos.Dos, Nosotras, El País, La Vanguardia, El Temps, Digital Vision, Claro que sí.
Museums and art foundations – Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (Macba), Fundació La Caixa, Museu de la Ciència de Barcelona, Fundació Caixa de Catalunya, Select Foundation, Institut de Cultura de Barcelona, Museu d'Història de la Ciutat de Barcelona, Saló del Tinell, Venice Biennale, Fundación Santander Central Hispano, Museo Centro Nacional Reina Sofía, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León (Musac), Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Fundación Cisneros, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea (CGAC), Dia Art Foundation, NYU's Grey Art Gallery, Museu de les Arts Decoratives, Casa Asia, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (Ivam).
Companies – Wordbank, Atlas Translations, Zeitgeist, Jeanne Collins & Associates, Hewlett Packard, United Parcel Service (UPS), Kodak, GNC Foods, Visa International, Arthur Andersen, Amazon.com, Agfa, Unisys, Schneider International, Airbus Industrie, Burberrys, Educa, Oracle, Invensys, Lycos, Aer Lingus, Adidas, Puma, Bayer, Habitat, Hertz, Sun, Dyson, Mazda, Toyota, Vodafone, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Hilton Hotel Group, Canal +, Discovery Channel, Antena 3, TVE, TV3, Disney, Dreamworks, Universal Pictures.
RECENT PROJECTS
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