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Gemma Rovira Ortega was born in 1974 in Barcelona, Spain. She is a talented translator who helps bring amazing stories from English into Spanish. You might know some of the books she has translated, like the famous Harry Potter series, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, and The Kingkiller Chronicle books.

Her Journey to Becoming a Translator

Gemma Rovira Ortega went to the 'Universidad Central de Barcelona'. She studied Spanish Philology there. This was before there were special schools for translation. She also learned English at the British Institute of Barcelona. She earned a special certificate from the University of Cambridge. This helped her become very good at English.

What She Does

Since 1988, Gemma Rovira Ortega has worked only as an English-Spanish translator. She has worked with many different book publishers. Some of these include Anagrama, Minotauro, and Salamandra.

She started translating the Harry Potter books in 2004. Her first Harry Potter translation was Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. She has also translated other popular books. One well-known book she translated is The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. This book was very popular in Spain in 2007 and 2008.

Gemma Rovira Ortega is also part of important groups for translators. She is a member of APTIC, which is a group for translators in Catalonia. She was also part of ACE Translators from 2006 to 2010.

Books She Has Translated

Here are some of the exciting books Gemma Rovira Ortega has translated into Spanish:

The Harry Potter Series

She translated these magical books by J.K. Rowling:

The Kingkiller Chronicle Series

She also translated these fantasy books by Patrick Rothfuss:

  • The Name of the Wind
  • The Wise Man's Fear
  • The Slow Regard of Silent Things

Other Popular Books

Here are some other books she has translated:

  • 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
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