Nataly Kelly

Nataly Kelly is the VP of Marketing at Smartling , the cloud-based enterprise translation management company.

Her latest book, Found in Translation: How Language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the World , was published by Perigee/Penguin(USA) in October 2012.

Her previous book, Telephone Interpreting: A Comprehensive Guide to the Profession , is the first full-length book ever published on the topic, and has received praise from industry gurus and academics at leading universities. She has formally studied 7 languages, has traveled to 34 countries, and has obtained higher education on 3 continents.

A former Fulbright scholar in sociolinguistics, Nataly has published articles on various aspects of Ecuadorian Spanish in academic journals from Colombia and Mexico. She also writes about community interpreting and its impact on the integration of linguistic minorities in highly diverse societies, with a special focus on the role of emerging technologies.

Nataly is a certified court interpreter (Spanish), has worked as a freelance translator and editor, and is a familiar face on the language industry conference circuit. She has served as an elected member of the board of directors of the National Council on Interpreting in Health Care and currently serves on the American Translators Association interpreter certification committee as well as the advocacy committee for the National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators.

As a consultant, Nataly has assisted with the design of a language access curriculum for Georgetown University Medical School and presented to health care providers as a member of a national speakers bureau for Pfizers Quality Forum programs. She has served as an invited speaker on the language industry for the European Commission, and was a member of the National Project Advisory Committee for a web-based training program for culturally and linguistically appropriate disaster response offered through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health.