Amaia Z

Amaia Z – Translator

+15 years of experience. EN to ES translator/proofreader. Children’s fiction + non-fiction. English philologist. Specialised in literature.

Overview

As a professional translator since 2007, I’ve worked for companies such as Booking.com, Trip.com, and Amazon. In 2021, after taking part in various courses related to literary translation (comic translation, children and young people literature translation, science fiction, horror, and fantasy literature translation, professional proofreading, noir literature translation…) I started translating for independent publishers such as Tramuntana Editorial and Zahorí Books. I’ve proofread and translated different children's books, both fiction and non-fiction (mostly related to nature and the environment).

I like to spend my free time with my friends and my dog Arya, and practicing a lot of different hobbies related to creativity (screen printing, scrapbooking, embroidery, watercolor painting, jewelry making, graphic design, and photography, among others). I would love to translate books about these subjects!

The translation process

You just have to send me your project (in Word or PDF). I’ll take a look at it, and read some chapters to get into the subject and the style and to assess the difficulty of the translation. We agree on the deadline and the price and I start translating!

It will be an authentic pleasure to help you to show your talent to the Spanish-speaking world!

Services
Fiction
Children's Contemporary Romance Young Adult
Non-Fiction
Children’s Non-Fiction
Languages
English to Spanish

Work experience

Self-employed

Apr, 2010 — Present
I translate and proofread young adult and children’s fiction and non-fiction books for different publishers.

Booking.com

Nov, 2007 — Nov, 2009 (about 2 years)
Translation (EN and FR into ES) of commercial texts, contracts and press releases, among other things.

Portfolio

Book Translation
Mi querido gruñón (Spanish Edition)

Moody, Alexandra

ALFAGUARA IJC

Book Translation
Mi querido rival / Rival Darling (Spanish Edition)

Moody, Alexandra

Alfaguara Juvenil

Book Translation
Book Translation
Book Translation
Book Translation
Book Translation
Ojalá pudiera decirte

Sénéchal, Jean-François

Book Translation
La niñera de la mafia 2

Matter, Violet

Random Cómic

Book Translation
Book Translation
Book Translation
Vacaciones

Hannah, Joli

Book Translation
Book Translation

Amaia has 1 review

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Sam R.

Sam R.

Oct, 2025

Amaia was great to work with.
Amaia Z.
Thanks a lot for your review, Sam. Working with you was a real pleasure!

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