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Member since Oct '03

Working languages:
Spanish to English
Portuguese to English

Muriel Vasconcellos
Each translation a gem!

San Diego, CA, United States
Local time: 01:51 PDT (GMT-7)

Native in: English Native in English

Account type Freelancer, Identity Verified Verified member
Services Translation, Post-editing, 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
Preferred currency USD
KudoZ activity (PRO) PRO-level points: 7499, Questions answered: 4131, Questions asked: 515
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
Website http://www.murieltranslations.com
CV/Resume English (PDF)
Professional practices Muriel Vasconcellos endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines (v1.0).
About me
Translation from Spanish and Portuguese to English with specialization in medicine, public health, veterinary health, agriculture, environmental conservation, and linguistics. MT postediting.

20 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); 16 additional years as freelance. More than 75% of work has been in medicine and public health. Direct freelance clients have included PAHO/WHO, OAS, ECLAC, Conservation International, Global Fund, Malaria Consortium, World Bank. 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 16 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: 8368
PRO-level pts: 7499


Top languages (PRO)
Portuguese to English3971
Spanish to English3501
English to Spanish20
French to English4
English to Portuguese3
Top general fields (PRO)
Science2600
Medical1739
Other1370
Social Sciences746
Art/Literary349
Pts in 4 more flds >
Top specific fields (PRO)
Linguistics2554
Medical (general)1407
Government / Politics424
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.325
Medical: Health Care265
Medical: Pharmaceuticals254
Environment & Ecology227
Pts in 48 more flds >

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




Profile last updated
Dec 4, 2011



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