Gemma Rovira Ortega (born in 1974) is an English-Spanish translator from Barcelona, known for translating the Harry Potter series, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne and The Kingkiller Chronicle series by Patrick Rothfuss into Spanish.
[1] She studied Spanish Philology at the 'Universidad Central de Barcelona' when a Faculty for Translation Studies did not exist yet.
She also studied English at the British Institute of Barcelona where she obtained the Certificate of Proficiency in English from the University of Cambridge.
Ms Rovira began translating the Harry Potter series in 2004, her first translation being that of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
She has also translated books by Anne Tyler and The boy in the Stripped Pyjamas by John Boyne, a best seller book in Spain in 2007 and 2008.