More than 10 years of experience. Former translator in the United Nations. Lived abroad in the USA, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ireland, Netherlands, Guinea-Bissau and Switzerland.

My areas of specialization are:
- Advertising/Marketing/Copywriting/Transcreation
- International affairs/Development/Government/European Union
- Medical/Pharmaceutical/Cosmetics
- Machinery and tools
- Art and Culture
- Social Sciences (History, Sociology, Archeology)
- Websites contents
- General subjects
- Poker (I play it)

Trados 7 and Trados Studio 2009
Intra-community VAT number
FULL TIME freelance translator
Compliance with EN 15038 (formal higher education plus 11 years of documented experience in translating)
No work outsource to other translators; total confidentiality.

SOME of my JOBS

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS/DEVELOPMENT/GOVERNMENT

- Reports for several ministries in East Timor (finance, education, defense)

- Reports for several international NGOs, like Care, Concern and Plan (including security in the field online training website, pedagogy documents)

- Reports for AUSaid

- CEDAW country report for East Timor

- Reports/communication materials for UNFPA, UNIFEM, UNICEF, UNDP, OECD, WHO, ILO, UNIDO, World Bank, ICTJ, UNEP, UNOV, UNRIC, UN-Habitat

- Reports for Amnesty International

- Reports for the European Union Electoral Observation Mission in East Timor for the Parliamentary and Presidential elections

- Non-discrimination, torture, children's rights, sustainable development reports, etc., for the European Union

- Eurobarometer and World Bank questionnaires

- Press releases, brochures, website contents and other documents for the European Commission

See also the tabs "Work in Timor" and "In-house posts" (United Nations) for more details about my work in this field.


COMPANY PROCEDURES

Documents/training materials on codes of conduct, mutual respect, confidentiality, conflict of interest, anti-bribery OECD Convention, corporate fraud, etc.


MEDICAL/PHARMACEUTICAL

- IFU for pacemakers and stents

- Surgical instrumentos and implant tools

- Ophthalmology magazine

- Immunodeficiency magazine

- Patient questionaires for drugs studies for several phamarceutical companies

- Documentation on multiple esclerosis

- Marketing materials for pharmaceutical companies on their drugs

- User manuals, list of instruments and other documents on bone implants

- User and installation manuals, and software strings for medical devices for laboratory tests

- User and installation manuals for biological filtering devices

- User manual of surgical loupes and cameras

- User and installation manuals for X-ray devices

- Operations manual for imaging device

- Document on genetic diseases

- Consent forms and questionnaires for clinical trials

- Website for brand of male enhancement products

- Document on puberty

- Drugs descriptions and QRD templates

- Dental implants (tools and procedures) and dental care products

- Cosmetics products

See also the tab "In-house posts" (Medtronic) for more details about my work in this field.


MARKETING/ADVERTISING

- Marketing and advertising campaigns (including TV and print media ads, product packages, corportare materials, press releases, corporate publications, etc.)

- Advertising work for: Coca-Cola, Seur, Jaeger-leCoultre, Bulova, Nokia, Microsoft, Chaumont, McDonald’s, Kellog’s, Ferrero, Zegna, Fanta, Scholl, Portuguese bank BCP, Spanish bank Santander, Vital Dent (dentistry), Cofidis, Nasker (food for pets), Sonasol, Ferrero, Pharmacia Corporation, Durex, Dco Doxa (IT and telecommunications), Majorete, Caffe d’autore, cosmetics brands, etc.

- Evaluation/creation of product names and taglines

I have worked as journalist from 1998 to 2000. See tab Jornalism for more details.


TECHNICAL/MACHINERY

- Automotive: Reparation manuals, list of tools, marketing materials, internal documents and company magazines for major car makers and car components manufacturers. Website for a car reparation products company

- User and installation manuals for weighting machines

- User and installation manuals for measuring machines

- User and installation manuals, and website for manufacturer of wind turbines

- User manual for horizontal machining centers

- Operation manuals and company magazine for a manufacturer of forklifts and trucks

- Website for heavy agricultural machinery

- Website for construction machinery

- Operation manual for a pressure washer

- Company magazine and marketing materials for gases production company

- Operation manual for bag dischargers


BOOKS/ART/CULTURE

I have a four years university degree in Art History and have also studied painting at the Fine Arts School of Oporto. I have 3 years of music studies also.

- Architecture (minimalist and maximalist houses, exquisite hotels, swimming pools, interior design, lofts, rehabilitation of buildings, book on Guggenheim museum, etc.)

- Tourism in the USA

- Photography: book on Cuba

- Brochures for museums in France


SOFTWARE/COMPUTERS

- User and installation manuals, and software strings for several brands of wireless devices

- User manual and software strings for an antivirus

- User manual and software strings for online shopping software

- User manual and software strings for a modem

- Software for computer remote control

- User manual and marketing materials for a manufacturer of printers


OIL INDUSTRY

- Several documents, including legislation, tenders and presentations, for Timor Sea Office

- Humun resources documents and other technical material for US oil company


OTHERS

- Manowar video (subtitling)

- Documents for East Timor Television (RTTL)


***Most of these jobs are ongoing projects for companies/agencies that I have been working for several years***


EDUCATION

Master's Degree in Contemporary History
Four years university degree in Art History
Degree in Painting (not completed)

REFERENCES and CV

References and CV will be provided upon request. Please, contact me in private.