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Account type
Freelance translator and/or interpreter, Verified member
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English to Portuguese - Rates: 0.09 - 0.12 EUR per word / 40 - 40 EUR per hour French to Portuguese - Rates: 0.09 - 0.13 EUR per word / 40 - 40 EUR per hour German to Portuguese - Rates: 0.12 - 0.14 EUR per word / 45 - 45 EUR per hour Spanish to Portuguese - Rates: 0.12 - 0.14 EUR per word / 42 - 42 EUR per hour
English to Portuguese - Rates: 0.09 - 0.12 EUR per word / 40 - 40 EUR per hour French to Portuguese - Rates: 0.09 - 0.13 EUR per word / 40 - 40 EUR per hour German to Portuguese - Rates: 0.12 - 0.14 EUR per word / 45 - 45 EUR per hour Spanish to Portuguese - Rates: 0.12 - 0.14 EUR per word / 42 - 42 EUR per hour
General rate: 0.11 EUR per word / 40 EUR per hour
QUALIFICATIONS
• Specialized Translator Course (BA) – ISLA – Instituto Superior de Línguas e Administração – Class of ’73 – English and German - Lisboa, Portugal
• Certificate of Proficiency in English (with Honors – May 1975)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
• Qualified Member of ITI – Institute of Translation and Interpretation (UK) since 2008
• Proz.com
LANGUAGE VARIANTS
• European Portuguese.
• Also Portuguese spoken in Angola, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde, São Tomé e Príncipe (PALOP countries), Macao and East Timor
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Government & Politics, European Union Bodies
(Over 5 million words /15,000 pages translated for EU Bodies alone) since 1990:
Cooperation and development, finance projects, competition/state aids, culture, employment, social affairs, education, training, vocational training, youth, health and consumer protection. European Commission programmes and websites, European Parliament legislation documents. Also technical assistance, emergency assistance, social security.
US FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) - Homelessness, Emergency accommodation.
Public transport - Safety manuals. Bus travel, bookings.
Utilities - Electric companies - Consumer information.
4 successive freelance contracts with the European Central Bank (ECB): 2009/2013, 2013/2017, 2018 (Pool B), 2023 (Pool B).
International Organizations
OECD, Eurobarometer/Flash, WHO (malaria)
Corporate / Consumer
Marketing and Advertising (25 years with leading multinational advertising agency McCann-Erickson), many other communications and advertising agencies in Portugal and abroad. Creative copy, legal (contracts), business reporting, in the above areas.
Human Rights, Children’s Rights, Women in Development, HIV/AIDS, Housing, Refugees – Working directly and via agencies with Amnesty International, Save The Children, Jesuit Refugee Service.
Fragile Countries
OTHER AREAS / SKILLS
Press searches (for instance, "bad press" searches on companies and individuals).
Linguistic evaluations, such as brand and product names
Cultural consultancy
Disaster checks
Cryptocurrency / Bitcoin
Airport parking / Airport management
Webchat / Messaging scripts
Fitness
Archaelogy
Wildlife
Quizzes
Household appliances - catalogues
Apps
CV’s and Certificates / School transcripts / Educational DVD’s
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Member since Jun '10
