Full-time translator/interpreter – over 10 years of experience – highly updated with what’s new in terms of translation tools and highly motivated in delivering the best translation on time.

Language specializations [Mother tongue: Portuguese (Brazil)]
-Pairs English>Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish>PT-BR and PT-PT>PT-BR
-Fields Business, Human Resources, Financial, Religion, Marketing, IT, Sports
-Specific areas of specialization Translation, proofreading and post-dtp of: Brochures, consent forms, press releases, manuals, phone interpreting, financial reports, code of ethics, brand name checking (localization), movies (subtitling translation, proofreading, rematch and image check), dictionaries, encyclopedias, web conferences (real time translation); Slide presentations; video game manual; text messaging software (glossary creation and word validation), etc.

Rates:
Negotiable on a project basis
Payment means: Wire; Xoom, Moneybookers and PayPal

Formal Education:
-Language specific Post-graduate degree in Portuguese Language
Castelo Branco University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Bach. degree in Translation/Interpreting
Adventist University of São Paulo – Brazil
-Other English Courses in San Diego, CA – USA
(9 months immersion course at EF, USA)
Spanish Courses in Colombia and Argentina
(9 months immersion course, Colombia)
-Accreditations TOEFL and TWE – Written and spoken English skills at high-advanced level
Certificate of Advanced Level in both written and spoken Spanish
Industrial University of Santander – Colombia

Previous Work Experience:
- 5 years at Banco do Brasil (Brazilian’s major bank) as cashier and account manager
- 1 year at IBM – Brazil as a senior assistant for Americas

Linguistic Experience:
Finance/Banking:
- More than 500.000 words for Bank of America; Citigroup; Unibanco; Prudential Financial, Rohm and Haas, Tyco, among others.
Human Resources:
- - Translations of various Codes of Ethics for Samsonite; Prudential Financial; Tyco; Covidien; Interpublic Group, etc.
Marketing:
- Baby toy translations for Lamaze, Kids II; Promotional e-mails for McDonald’s, etc.
Technical:
- Camera manuals for Sakar, Inc.; Camera descriptions for Kodak and its accessories.
IT:
- Product descriptions for Lenovo; Intel; Motorola, among others
Subtitling:
- Translation, proofreading and rematching of movies, tv series, cartoons and value added materials for Warner, Sony, Paramount, Universal, Disney and Fox.
Press releases:
- Weekly/daily releases for RBD website; quaterly releases for Dade Behring, etc.
Product localization and Brand/Cultural Name Checking:
- Pharmaceutical products; Children’s toys; Barbie website (glossary).
Real-time translations:
- Webconference translations for Arcelor and Arcelor-Mittal.
E-training courses:
- Translation of e-training material for Microsoft Office 2007
Tourism:
- Translation of hotel descriptions for websites.
Cuisine:
- Translation of restaurant menus for cruise ships.
Volunteer:
- Voluntary translation for the Katrina Hurricane Resources website.
Games/Sports:
- Star Wars video game manual for cell phones
- Many articles on football for Fifa/Yahoo website.
Religion:
- Illustrated biblical dictionary published by Edições Vida Nova;
- Philosophy/biblical book published by Edições Vida Nova;

Technical Tools/Skills:
SDLx; Trados; Wordfast; Déjà vu X; MS Office Suite; 24/7 DSL Internet conexion; IBM thinkpad; etc.

Client List:
Sony, Paramount, Warner, Universal, Fox; MTV; Sakar; Citibank, Flowserve, Bank of America, Samsonite; Prudential, Arcelor; Rohm and Haas; McDonald’s; Carrefour; FCI Automotive; Lamaze; Gerdau; ZiCorporation; Adra, Tyco, Dade Behring, Siemens, Kodak, Kimberly-Clark; Fisher Price, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and growing... ;c)