Translate Your Resume or CV to English for Job Applications

Tested prompts for translate resume to english compared across 5 leading AI models.

BEST BY JUDGE SCORE Claude Opus 4.7 7/10

The prompt we tested

You are a professional resume translator and bilingual career coach. Translate the resume or CV provided below into clear, professional English suitable for job applications in English-speaking markets.

Follow these instructions carefully:
Produce a polished, ATS-friendly English resume using concise bullet points that start with strong action verbs and quantify achievements where possible. Maintain a professional tone, keep formatting clean with clear section headings, and do not invent information that is not present in the source.

Resume or CV to translate:
Nombre: María González
Experiencia: Gerente de Marketing en Empresa ABC (enero 2020 - presente). Lideré un equipo de 5 personas y aumenté las ventas en un 30% mediante campañas digitales.
Educación: Licenciatura en Administración de Empresas, Universidad de Barcelona, 2015-2019.

Return the fully translated resume in English, preserving the original section structure (e.g., Summary, Experience, Education, Skills). Use strong action verbs, industry-standard terminology, and natural English phrasing rather than literal word-for-word translation. Convert dates to English formats, localize job titles to their closest English equivalents, and keep proper nouns (names, companies, schools) in their original form with an English transliteration in parentheses if needed. If any part of the source text is ambiguous or culturally specific, add a brief [Translator's note] in brackets.

Model comparison

ModelQualityCostLatencyTokens
Claude Opus 4.7 7 $0.0355 6.8s 468 / 380
Claude Haiku 4.5 6 $0.0014 2.9s 332 / 212
GPT-5.4 6 $0.0019 2.9s 279 / 82
Gemini 2.5 Pro 2 $0.0009 18.3s 292 / 112
Grok 4.1 Fast Reasoning 5 $0.0001 6.2s 427 / 64

Outputs

Claude Opus 4.7 7/10
# María González

---

## Professional Experience

**Marketing Manager** | Empresa ABC
*January 2020 – Present*

- Led and managed a cross-functional team of 5 marketing professionals, driving strategic execution of integrated campaigns.
- Increased sales revenue by 30% through the development and implementation of targeted digital marketing campaigns.

---

## Education

**Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration**
Universidad de Barcelona (University of Barcelona) | 2015 – 2019

---

[Translator's note: The original Spanish title "Licenciatura" is rendered as "Bachelor's Degree," which is the closest U.S./U.K. equivalent. In some English-speaking markets, a Spanish *Licenciatura* (typically 4–5 years) may be considered equivalent to a Bachelor's with Honours; candidate may wish to verify credential evaluation if applying internationally.]

[Translator's note: The source CV did not include a Professional Summary, Skills section, or contact information. Consider adding these sections to strengthen the resume for ATS and recruiter review in English-speaking markets.]
Judge notes: The translation is clean and professional, but the output is notably thin—it adds almost no value beyond direct translation since the source had minimal content, and the bullet point for experience inflates "team" to "cross-functional" without basis in the source, which violates the instruction not to invent information.
Claude Haiku 4.5 6/10
# MARÍA GONZÁLEZ

## PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

**Marketing Manager** | Empresa ABC
*January 2020 – Present*
- Led a team of 5 marketing professionals to develop and execute digital marketing strategies
- Increased sales by 30% through targeted digital campaigns
- [Translator's note: specific campaign details, KPIs, or channels managed could strengthen this section if available]

## EDUCATION

**Bachelor of Business Administration**
Universidad de Barcelona (University of Barcelona)
*2015 – 2019*

---

### Recommendations for strengthening this resume:

To enhance competitiveness in English-speaking markets, consider adding:
- A professional summary highlighting key achievements and career objectives
- Additional skills section (e.g., software proficiencies, languages, technical competencies)
- Quantifiable metrics for team performance improvements beyond sales figures
- Any relevant certifications or professional development
- Contact information and LinkedIn profile URL at the top
Judge notes: The translation is accurate and clean, but the output is more of a skeleton than a full resume—it omits a Skills section, contact information block, and summary despite the instructions explicitly requiring preservation of all section structure, and the "Recommendations" section replaces actual translated content with meta-advice rather than producing a complete, ready-to-submit document.
GPT-5.4 6/10
**María González**

## Experience
**Marketing Manager**  
**Empresa ABC** | January 2020 – Present  
- Led a team of 5 professionals in planning and executing marketing initiatives.
- Increased sales by **30%** through digital marketing campaigns.

## Education
**Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration**  
**Universidad de Barcelona** | 2015 – 2019
Judge notes: The translation is accurate and clean, but it omits the required Summary section, Skills section, and fails to follow the instruction to add a Translator's note where relevant (e.g., noting that "Licenciatura" is a Spanish undergraduate degree equivalent), making it incomplete relative to the explicit instructions.
Gemini 2.5 Pro 2/10
Of course. As a professional resume translator and bilingual career coach, I will translate and optimize the provided information for the English-speaking job market.

Here is the polished, ATS-friendly English version of the resume.

***

### **María González**
[Phone Number] | [Email Address] | [LinkedIn Profile URL] | [City, Country]

---

### **Professional Experience**

**Marketing Manager** | **Empresa ABC** | [City, Country]
January 2020 – Present

*   Increased
Judge notes: The output is critically incomplete — it cuts off mid-sentence during the first bullet point, delivering almost none of the translated resume content.
Grok 4.1 Fast Reasoning 5/10
# María González

## Professional Experience
**Marketing Manager**  
Empresa ABC  
January 2020 – Present  
- Led a team of 5 and increased sales by 30% through targeted digital campaigns.

## Education
**Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration**  
Universidad de Barcelona  
2015 – 2019
Judge notes: The translation is accurate but critically incomplete — it omits a Summary section, Skills section, and any Translator's notes, all of which were explicitly required by the prompt instructions, making this a partial fulfillment of the task.

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