Author and translator
New travel memoirs book coming soon
Translation
I provide accurate translations from Spanish to English. Although I specialise in football, tourism, business and marketing, I also have experience in many other fields.
Copywriting
As a talented writer and storyteller I also provide copywriting services. I have always had a passion for writing and I love creating the perfect content for my clients.
Book
I am currently working on ‘Chasing the Sun – Travel Tales from a Backpack Diary’. Chronicling a global adventure, it is my first book and I intend to publish it in 2026.
What people say about me
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I highly recommend Chris as a language specialist with expertise in football-related text production. His work, often adapted from Spanish source material, was always accurate, engaging, and of high quality. He is reliable, responsive, and consistently delivers on time, making him a pleasure to work with.”
André Niebler – Football Editor, Philippka
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Chris is a fantastic professional. He is reliable, formal, punctual and very friendly. It’s a pleasure to work with people like him.”
Reinaldo Paloma Páramo – Marketing Digital Content Manager, SIDN
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I have worked with Chris on many occasions, mostly on sports-related editing and writing projects, and I can’t speak highly enough of him. As well as being extremely easy to get along and collaborate with, he is also a master of his craft. His writing skills are excellent, always producing fascinating and highly engaging content; he takes great care over his work, paying painstaking attention to detail; his expert sporting knowledge, particularly of football, is clear to see in his work; and if he doesn’t know something, he will do extensive research to find the right term, information or turn of phrase. Whatever your writing and editing needs, Chris is your man.”
Jae Marple – Translator and copywriter
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Chris was a founding member of Tiki-Taka Linguistics and he was hugely influential to our content-marketing campaign, website and our business development side of the company. His tenacity and work-ethic helped us build and develop into what we are now. He has a cracking sense of humour and is an excellent creative writer, which transcends to his copy, which is what made his blogs so popular. We still use his copy for our website as it was so good. I am very happy to endorse him and I have absolutely no doubt that he will make a fantastic addition to your team.”
Adam Wallis – Translator and co-founder, Tiki-Taka Linguistics
From my blog
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Artificial Intelligence – are we all doomed?
In this post, I reflect on the rapid evolution of AI and its impact on various industries, particularly translation, writing, and creative professions. While acknowledging advancements in machine translation and automation, great concern is expressed about job losses, diminished human creativity, and the proliferation of misleading or offensive AI-generated content. The future remains uncertain, but…
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End of the road – high taxes make self-employment in Spain unsustainable
Ever since I received my Spanish residency card back in August 2022 (see main picture), I’ve tried my best to scrape a living as a translator. A few weeks ago, however, I lost my most important client and it meant I could no longer afford to stay in business. This is because even if I…
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Travel Tales from a Backpack Diary – book update
It was Benjamin Franklin who said: “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” Well, 20 years or so ago, I did something worth writing – I travelled the world for a year – and, by jingo, now I had something worth reading to write about! As I travelled, I kept a diary,…
A Geordie In Girona 