Michael Fulton, BSc, PhD, FCIL, MITI, Chartered Linguist

Spanish, Portuguese, Galician, French (plus some Catalan and Italian)
Translation into English

Telephone: 01491 680042 (UK) or +44 1491 680042 (International)
or email

My Profile

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Organic Chemistry from Birmingham University, United Kingdom, verifiable via: references@contacts.bham.ac.uk

Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) in Chemistry (Physics and Mathematics subsidiaries) from Birmingham University, United Kingdom, verifiable via: references@contacts.bham.ac.uk

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (FCIL), registration number 29392, verifiable at this link (click here)

Full (founder) Member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (MITI), registration number 18339, verifiable at this link (click here)

Brief relevant history

I am a scientist with 40+ years very-wide experience of translating Spanish (from any Spanish-speaking area), Portuguese (from any Portuguese-speaking area), and Galician and French into English in a broad range of fields (and also Italian and Catalan into English however, in the case of this language pair, solely official certificates and chemical texts).

In the past, inter alia I have held the positions of:

• Visiting lecturer in technical and specialised translation from Spanish and Portuguese into English at the University of Westminster, the course leading to an MA. Subsequently external examination assessor.
• Principal partner in a translation agency, and owner of an insurance brokerage.
• University lecturer and research team leader in Organic Chemistry at the Universidad de Chile, Chile (working medium and medium of instruction entirely in the Spanish language).
• Silicone development chemist, and subsequently silicone development team leader, in high-temperature one-part cold-curing sealants and adhesives, two-part cold-curing rubbers, and heat-curing electrically-conductive rubber.
• Assistant pilot plant manager (silicone rubbers, adhesives, sealants, pastes and similar products), with first-hand involvement in their development, scale-up, and manufacturing.
• Technical marketing executive in speciality silicone surface-treatments for synthetic fibres and textiles and two-part cold-curing rubbers, with client-visiting responsibilities in Austria, Hungary, Italy, Slovak Republic, Spain and the UK.
• Apart from the extensive experience gained in many specialist fields whilst undertaking translations, I have also been involved in interpreting in a wide range of specialised client and other third-party installations, e.g. industrial & academic technical & scientific laboratories, pilot plants, factories, workshops, mines, steelworks, engine-testing facilities, coldstore installations, food-processing units, food packaging manufacturing units, forensic science units, securities printing-works, construction sites, etc, etc, and at exhibitions/trade fairs.

Language of habitual use: Spanish at home, English (mothertongue) outside home.

I am joint author of papers published in the scientific literature, and am quoted as inventor in patents, alone or jointly with others.