I’m Victoria Lafarga

I offer several language services in English and Spanish and deliver quality, well-researched texts designed to help you break down the barriers that language and culture can sometimes put up.

I work on all sorts of formats and text types.

• Ar­ti­cles, mono­graphs, ref­er­ence works, text­books for high school and col­lege stu­dents, and other writing in the fields of psychology and linguistics
• Popular science and general education articles and texts in many other fields, as well as non-fiction like biographies, self-help books, and instructional or informational guides and blogs
• Ad­min­is­tra­tive texts, which per­tain to man­age­ment work and could range from some­thing like a com­pany’s in­ter­nal com­mu­ni­ca­tion to a man­ual on em­ployee train­ing
• Tech­ni­cal spec­i­fi­ca­tion sheets, user guides, video tutorials, op­er­a­tion man­u­als, and other straight­for­ward stuff that nonethe­less re­quires spe­cific ter­mi­nol­ogy and clear language
• Brochures, signs, maps, menus, etc. for those of you in the food, tourism, and hos­pi­tal­ity in­dus­tries
• Small websites or personal texts, such as let­ters or post­cards

I’m professional, qualified, and passionate about language.

Born in the U.S. to a multi­cul­tural family originally from Venezuela and Spain, I am a native speaker of both English and Spanish. And while second-generation Spanish-speakers in the U.S. are by no means un­common, too many are unable to maintain a certain level of native fluency.

My parents, like so many others, had their work cut out for them trying to get my sib­lings and me to answer them back in Spanish, but in sending me on several trips to both countries and creating a home environment that highlighted the importance of strengthen­ing family bonds, they success­fully cemented my relationship with the Spanish language and our family’s cultures.

Having studied topics in both languages and lived in various places, I have an excellent com­mand of both languages and a unique understanding of cul­tures with which to tailor a text to its target audience.

For more details, take a look at my résumé, also available in Spanish.

Let’s talk specifics.

In addition to subject matter and number of words, there are several aspects that determine what a language professional charges for a project, like how well-written the text is to begin with, what file format it’s in, and whether a specific piece of software is required.

For a price quote on a specific project, shoot me an e-mail.