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Member since Oct '03

Working languages:
Spanish to English
Portuguese to English

Muriel Vasconcellos
Over 35 years of specialized experience

San Diego, CA, United States
Local time: 11:05 PST (GMT-8)

Native in: English Native in English

Account type Freelancer, Identity Verified Verified member
Services Translation, Editing/proofreading, Desktop publishing
Expertise
Specializes in:
LinguisticsMedical: Health Care
Medical (general)International Org/Dev/Coop
BotanySocial Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Government / PoliticsNutrition
Environment & EcologyZoology

Rates
Spanish to English - Standard rate: 0.15 USD per word / 40 USD per hour
Portuguese to English - Standard rate: 0.15 USD per word / 40 USD per hour
KudoZ activity Questions answered: 3088, Questions asked: 4 Easy / 293 PRO, PRO-level points: 5929
Glossaries Muriel 33 Medical
Translation education PHD-Georgetown University
Experience Years of translation experience: 37. Registered at ProZ.com: Oct 2003. Became a member: Oct 2003.
ProZ.com Certified PRO certificate(s) N/A
Credentials Portuguese to English (American Translators Association, verified)
Spanish to English (American Translators Association, verified)
Memberships N/A
Software Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, MS Publisher, Powerpoint
CV/Resume CV/Resume (RTF)
Professional practices Muriel Vasconcellos endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines.
About me

Translation from Spanish and Portuguese to English with specialization in medicine, public health, veterinary health, agriculture, environmental conservation, and linguistics. MT postediting.

25 years' experience as staff translator/reviser/editor for international organizations (OAS, then PAHO/WHO), working from Spanish and Portuguese into English (fully bilingual in Brazilian Portuguese); 15 additional years as freelance. More than 75% of work has been in medicine and public health. Freelance clients have included PAHO/WHO, OAS, ECLAC, Conservational International. Extensive experience as conference translator, reviser, and précis-writer.

Ph.D. in Linguistics from Georgetown University with emphasis on discourse analysis, translation theory, and Romance linguistics. Authored over 100 articles (many peer-reviewed) on translation theory, functional linguistics, MT; also wrote 200-page style manual for PAHO. Taught translation at Georgetown Univ. for 7 years.

Based in San Diego, CA (USA).
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: 6677
PRO-level pts: 5929


Top languages (PRO)
Portuguese to English3348
Spanish to English2558
English to Spanish16
French to English4
English to Portuguese3
Top general fields (PRO)
Science2521
Medical1257
Other876
Social Sciences465
Art/Literary265
Pts in 4 more flds >
Top specific fields (PRO)
Linguistics2494
Medical (general)945
Government / Politics255
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.233
Medical: Health Care191
Medical: Pharmaceuticals190
Law (general)183
Pts in 46 more flds >

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Keywords: medicine, public health, veterinary health, agriculture, environmental conservation, economics, law, linguistics, Brazil, Portuguese



Profile last updated
Oct 24



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