Editing, Translating & Interpretation

Professional editing of texts for: use of English, grammar, word use, flow, and readability.
Live Interpretation English-Spanish: In the field, conferences, projects, meetings, & more.
Text translations: from Spanish to English.

Edición profesional de textos para: uso del inglés, gramática, vocabulario, fluidez y legibilidad.
Interpretación inglés-español: En el campo, conferencias, proyectos, reuniones y más
Traducciones de textos: de español a inglés.

Edited Research Papers

León-Parrales, Stefania, Taryn Ghia, Jaime Salas, and Andrea Narvaez. 2024. “Preliminary assessment of beetle diversity in a fragmented landscape of the Ecuadorian tropical dry forest”. Revista Peruana De Biología 31 (2): e26750. https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v31i2.26750.

Cruz-García K, Barreno M, Cuadrado S, Moretta-Urdiales MDM, Molina N, Salas JA, Torres-Domínguez A, Narváez AE (2023) Amphibians and reptiles of Isla Santay (Durán, Ecuador). Check List 19(3): 347-369. https://doi.org/10.15560/19.3.347

González-Zeas, D., Rosero-López, D., Muñoz, T., Osorio, R., De Bièvre, B., & Dangles, O. (2022). Making thirsty cities sustainable: A nexus approach for water provisioning in Quito, Ecuador. Journal of Environmental Management, 320, 115880.

Crespo-Pérez V.*, Kazakou E., Roubik D. W. & Cárdenas R. E.* (2020) The importance of insects on land and in water: a tropical view. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 40: 31-38

Espinosa, R., Andino, P., Cauvy-Fraunié, S., Dangles, O., Jacobsen, D. y Crespo-Pérez, V. (2020) Diversity patterns of aquatic macroinvertebrates in a tropical high-Andean catchment. Revista de Biología Tropical 68 (Suppl. 2), S29-S53.

Other Editing Experience

Websites

https://thecuriousbeetle.com/en/

Other

Master's Thesis

Paper abstracts

Cover letters and motivation letters

Travel Itineraries

Text Translations: Spanish to English

Pruna, W., Carpio, C., Moret, P. y Barragán, Álvaro. (2025). Effects of fire on the populations of ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in an equatorial Andean páramo. Caldasia, 47, e109076. https://doi.org/10.15446/caldasia.v47.109076

Various research paper abstracts (See example here)

Live Interpretation Experience (ENG-ESP)

Live Interpretation for Biologists in the Field - Tesoro Escondido Reserve, Multiple occasions 2022-2025

Simposio Internacional "Synergistic Strategies for in situ and ex situ Conservation of Endangered Plant Populations in NW Ecuador’s Biodiversity Hotspot" at PUCE Santo Domingo.

Testimonials

Jean Linksy, USA

I connected with Kirstynn during a conference in Ecuador in March 2024. Kirstynn worked on English<>Spanish translation during a live conference presentation and did a fantastic job. She jumped in on a relatively last minute request and worked to get up to speed on the content and context. She is very professional, thoughtful and really engaged in her work in science communication.

Amber, UK

I visited the Tesoro Escondido Conservation Reserve in August 2023 where I met Kirstynn who was assisting the reserve as a translator for the foreign volunteers. I arrived with very basic Spanish and Kirstynn was so helpful in helping me to communicate with the reserve staff while I was volunteering! She was also incredibly encouraging when it came to me trying to communicate with the staff myself using my basic vocabulary and she gave me great confidence and help when I needed it!

Verónica Crespo-Pérez, Ecuador

I highly recommend Kristynn's English editing services. She helped us with two manuscripts and her edits greatly improved the quality of our papers.

Alejandra Presa, Argentina

From my consultancy The Curious Beetle, I had the opportunity to work with Kirstynn,. She was the english editor for our website in the ENGLISH version https://thecuriousbeetle.com/
Her work was very good ,with great responsibility and commitment! Thank you very much Kirstynn, your support was key in the development of our website!!

Roberto Fabara, Ecuador

Kirstynn has edited multiple research papers for me on social development studies. She has great attention to detail and really helped me to better the English in my papers, in terms of spelling and grammar and overall flow/readability. She was great to work with and delivered quality work in good time. I wouldn’t hesitate to work with her again or to recommend her work.

Rodrigo Espinosa, Ecuador

Kirstynn helped me a lot by editing the English in a scientific paper before publishing, I would highly recommend her work!!!