Chapter 1
“It is a truth universally acknowledged
that every author in possession of a great novel
must be in want of a worthy translator”
Cristina Huelsz, editor and translator
Cristy was born in Mexico and for the past few years has been living in Washington with her beloved husband, her faithful companion in adventure.
After studying at the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro and working as an English teacher for a few years, she decided to venture into the field of literary translation, inspired by the novel The Man Who Loved Jane Austen by Sally Smith O'Rourke.
She is the founder and director of Cris Translates, a company whose mission is to bring great classic and contemporary works to the Hispanic and Latin American public.
She has taken master's level courses and diplomas in translation at the University of Guanajuato and the Mexican Association of Literary Translators (in collaboration with UNAM).
She is a life member of the Jane Austen Society of North America and since 2019 has annually organized, edited and translated into Spanish this Christmas anthology project with various international JAFF authors.