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Working languages:
English to Portuguese
Spanish to Portuguese
French to Portuguese

Luis Ferrand d'Almeida
Foreign doesn't mean difficult...

Portugal
Local time: 15:10 WET (GMT+0)

Native in: Portuguese Native in Portuguese

Account type Freelancer
Services Translation, Website localization, Software localization
Expertise
Specializes in:
Computers (general)Tourism & Travel
Media / Multimedia

KudoZ activity Questions answered: 29, Questions asked: 0 Easy / 7 PRO, PRO-level points: 28
Translation education BA-INP - Lisbon
Experience Years of translation experience: 14. Registered at ProZ.com: Oct 1999.
ProZ.com Certified PRO certificate(s) N/A
Credentials N/A
Memberships APT
Software Adobe Acrobat, DejaVu, MetaTexis, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, SDL TRADOS, SDLX, Wordfast
CV/Resume CV available upon request
About me

Translations from English, French and Spanish into European and African Portuguese (Angola, Mozambique, etc.)

Technical Manuals (Audio-Video, Computer Hardware & Software), Internet, Localization, Business, Commerce, Marketing, Tourism, History, Religion

* Guide-Interpreter (Graduated by Superior Intstitute of New Professions - INP, Lisbon 1976-79)
* Working since 1994 as a full-time freelance translator.
* Jobs done for Linksys (Cisco), Markem-Imaje, Europages, Sony, Aiwa, Pioneer, Epson, Kodak, Siemens, Maruyama, Microsoft Portugal, The Leading Hotels of the World, Grupo Leche Pascual, Ferrero Ibérica, International Labour Organization, Xunta de Galicia (Regional Gov. of Galicia, Spain).


PUBLISHED TRANSLATIONS (from English into Portuguese):
- Sister Wendy's 1000 Masterpieces Published in Portugal under the title "1000 Obras Primas da Pintura Ocidental", Livraria Civilização Editora, Porto, February 2000, ISBN 972-26-1712-5 (pages 301 to 400).
- Leonardo da Vinci: A man on a World Scale, a World on a Man scale Published in Portugal under the title "Leonardo da Vinci: um Homem à  escala do Mundo, um Mundo à  escala do Homem", IPPAR (Instituto Português do Património Arquitectónico [Gov.]), Lisbon, September 1998, ISBN 972-8087-56-8 (some texts and chapters).
- Torre de Belém - Exterior Conservation Work. Published in Portugal under the title "Torre de Belém - Intervenção de Conservação Exterior" - IPPAR (Instituto Português do Património Arquitectónico [Gov.]), Lisbon, 2000, ISBN 972-8087-70-5 (pages 19 to 35).
- Catalogue of the Maritime Exhibition, published by the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia, in the Tower of Belém: "Do Touch Museum - History of the Construction of Wooden Ships in Croatia" - Published in Portugal under the title "Construção de Navios em Madeira na Croácia", Lisbon, June 1995, 55pp.
Keywords: portuguese, manuals, IT, audio, video, computers, hardware, software, internet, localization, business, commerce, marketing, travel, tourism, history

Profile last updated
Oct 23, 2008