Gemma Rovira Ortega

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Roviraand the second or maternal family name is Ortega.

Gemma Rovira Ortega (born 1974) is an English-Spanish translator from Barcelona, known for translating the Harry Potter series, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Kingkiller Chronicle series into Spanish. ^[1]

Biography

She studied Spanish Philology at the Universidad Central de Barcelona when a faculty for Translation Studies did not exist yet. At that time she still did not know what she wanted to do for a living. She also studied English at the British Institute of Barcelona where she obtained the Certificate of Proficiency in English from Cambridge Assessment English. ^[2]

Career

Since 1988, she has been exclusively dedicated to the English-Spanish translation. She has worked with different publishing houses: Anagrama, Minotauro, Random House or Salamandra. Rovira began translating the Harry Potter series in 2004, her first translation being that of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix . She has also translated books by Anne Tyler and The Boy in the Stripped Pyjamas by John Boyne, a best seller book in Spain in 2007 and 2008. ^[3]

She is also a member of APTIC (Professional Association of Translators and Interpreters of Catalonia) and of ACE Translators (Autonomous Section of Translators of the Spanish Association of Writers) between 2006 and 2010. ^[4]

Translated books

Source: ^[3]

• Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
  • Quidditch Through the Ages
  • The Tales of Beedle the Bard
• The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss
  • The Name of the Wind
  • The Wise Man's Fear
  • "The Slow Regard of Silent Things"
• Other books (partial list):
  • The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason
  • Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
  • The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
  • A Short History of Myth by Karen Armstrong
  • Oxygen by Andrew Miller
  • The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler
  • The Secret History by Donna Tartt

References

1. "Gemma Rovira: "Harry Potter me hizo estrella solo en mi casa"". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). 2016-09-12. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
2. "Entrevista a Gemma Rovira Ortega, traductora de El Temor de un Hombre Sabio". www.masalladelaspalabras.com. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
3. "gemma-rovira - Observatorio de la Lectura y el Libro - Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte". www.mecd.gob.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-06-16.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. "El lado menos infantil de los cuentos para niños". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-06-16.