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Member since Aug '08

Working languages:
English to Portuguese
Portuguese to English

Alexandra Gouveia
Translations into European Portuguese

United Kingdom
Local time: 22:03 GMT (GMT+0)

Native in: Portuguese Native in Portuguese

Account type Freelancer, Identity Verified Verified member
Expertise
Specializes in:
Education / PedagogyHuman Resources
International Org/Dev/CoopLinguistics

KudoZ activity Questions answered: 203, Questions asked: 14 Easy / 194 PRO, PRO-level points: 338
Glossaries Alexandra's Bio Gloss, Alexandra's Chem Gloss, Alexandra's ENGINEERING GLOSS, Alexandra's Enviro & Ecology Gloss, Alexandra's Finance Gloss, Alexandra's Gloss, Alexandra's Government/Politics Gloss, Alexandra's Law Gloss, Alexandra's MECHANICS Gloss, Alexandra's Medical Gloss

Experience Years of translation experience: 10. Registered at ProZ.com: May 2005. Became a member: Aug 2008.
ProZ.com Certified PRO certificate(s) N/A
Credentials N/A
Memberships N/A
Software Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Windows Vista, Powerpoint
Professional practices Alexandra Gouveia endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines.
About me

Areas of Expertise:

* Biology and Biochemistry
* Chemistry and Chemical Industry
* Call Centre Environments
* Telecommunications
* Occupational Safety and Health
* Movie Translation and Subtitling
* Commercial and Corporate Documents

Skill Set:

* Seven years of editing, translating, revising and updating
software and corporate telecoms and manuals
* Two years's teaching & training in high school & IT human resource training environments
* Two years' team coaching, induction training and supervision in a call centre context
* Two years' teaching of Business English, negotiation skills, business presentations, memo/email/letter writing, telephone skills and interviewing techniques
* Two years' residence in the United Kingdom
* 10 years' fulltime experience in a multinational, multicultural environment

Training:

* Microsoft Word 2007 - Self-Taught
* Microsoft Excel 2007 - Self-Taught
* Microsoft Powerpoint 2007 - Self-Taught
* Windows Vista - Self-Taught
* 180 hours: Training of Trainers in Gender Equality Issues
* 200 hr. course: Supporting Microsoft Windows 95
* 17.5 hr. course: Microsoft Excel 5.0
* 50 hr.course: Microsoft Access 2.0
* 1, 200 hr. course: Relational Database Management Systems (Oracle & Informix)
* 200 hr. course: Microsoft Applications (Access, Excel, Word & MSDOS)

This user has earned KudoZ points by helping other translators with PRO-level terms. Click point total(s) to see term translations provided.

Total pts earned: 385
PRO-level pts: 338


Top languages (PRO)
English to Portuguese214
Portuguese to English124
Top general fields (PRO)
Tech/Engineering88
Other87
Medical48
Bus/Financial48
Law/Patents43
Pts in 3 more flds >
Top specific fields (PRO)
Medical: Pharmaceuticals32
Law: Contract(s)28
Other24
Finance (general)24
Business/Commerce (general)20
Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng19
Government / Politics19
Pts in 27 more flds >

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Profile last updated
Oct 28, 2008



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