Working languages: Portuguese to English
French to English
Spanish to English |
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|  Christopher Patrick Fitzsimons
qualified, experienced and professional
Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal Local time: 00:31 WET (GMT+0)
Native in: English  | | |
| Freelancer | | Translation, Editing/proofreading, Subtitling | | Specializes in: | | Law (general) | General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | | Wine / Oenology / Viticulture | Engineering: Industrial | | Real Estate | Law: Contract(s) | | Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts) | Construction / Civil Engineering | | Law: Taxation & Customs | Government / Politics |
| Also works in: | | Cinema, Film, TV, Drama | Environment & Ecology | | Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. | Cooking / Culinary | | Transport / Transportation / Shipping | Zoology | | Engineering (general) | Linguistics | | Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting | Music | | Journalism | Anthropology | | Advertising / Public Relations | Computers: Hardware | | Computers: Software | Computers: Systems, Networks | | Textiles / Clothing / Fashion | Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs | | Archaeology | Botany | | Tourism & Travel | Religion | | Idioms / Maxims / Sayings | Human Resources | | History | Food & Dairy | | Finance (general) | Economics | | Computers (general) | Energy / Power Generation |
More Less | Portuguese to English - Rates: 0.08 - 0.10 EUR per word / 20 - 20 EUR per hour
French to English - Rates: 0.08 - 0.10 EUR per word / 20 - 20 EUR per hour
Spanish to English - Rates: 0.08 - 0.10 EUR per word / 20 - 20 EUR per hour
Conditions apply Surcharge(s):
Rush jobs +5% to +10%
Complex formatting +1% to +5%
Minimum charge(s):
Minimum charge for translation in EUR: 15.00
Minimum charge for editing/proofreading in EUR: 15.00
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| 18 projects entered | Project Details | Project Summary | Corroboration |
Translation
Volume: 32025 words
Completed: Dec 2009
Languages:
Portuguese to English | European Commission- Your Europe Business Guide for Portugal
A very large project of texts to be used in the "Your Europe" Business Guide for Portugal. Designed to provide foreign entrepreneurs with all the necessary advice and information in order to set up their business in Portugal.(http://ec.europa.eu/youreurope/business/countries/portugal/index_en.htm)
Business/Commerce (general) | No comment. |
Transcription
Volume: 1138 words
Completed: Dec 2009
Languages:
Portuguese to English | Translation and transcription of news reports on counterfeiting in Portugal
Translation and transcription of a news report on counterfeiting (of drugs, clothing etc) in Portugal and the subsequent debate on the issue in Portugal and Europe.
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama | No comment. |
Translation
Volume: 28500 words
Completed: Dec 2009
Languages:
Portuguese to English | Large aerospace engineering project
A large project consisting of various documents on aerospace engineering.
Aerospace / Aviation / Space | No comment. |
Translation
Volume: 12000 words
Completed: Nov 2009
Languages:
Portuguese to English | Two articles for publication
One article for publication on poverty among the middle classes in Portugal (4000 words).
One article for publication on the persecution of homosexuals in the Portuguese New State (8000 words).
Journalism | No comment. |
Translation
Volume: 573 words
Completed: Nov 2009
Languages:
French to English | Painting Product Warranty
Warranty terms and conditions for varnish/paint products.
Forestry / Wood / Timber | No comment. |
Translation
Volume: 2553 words
Completed: Nov 2009
Languages:
French to English | Transcription and translation of a film
Translation of the French language subtitles of a Nigerien film into English and the transcription and translation of the scenes in the film spoken in French into English.
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama | No comment. |
Editing/proofreading
Volume: 1 days
Completed: Nov 2009
Languages:
French to English | Proofreading of the translation from French into English of two videos
Two videos on projects supported by the European Regional Development Fund.
Government / Politics | No comment. |
Editing/proofreading
Volume: 27000 words
Completed: Oct 2009
Languages:
Portuguese to English | Open Invitation to Tender
Proofreading of a tender document.
Law (general) | No comment. |
Translation
Volume: 1712 words
Completed: Oct 2009
Languages:
Portuguese to English | Legal Contract on Software
Translation of a contract regarding software.
Computers: Software | No comment. |
Translation
Volume: 20000 words
Completed: Sep 2009
Languages:
Galician to English | Academic Essays for Publication
A 20,000 word project consisting of a series of academic articles for publication on medieval society in Galicia and Portugal.
History | No comment. |
Translation
Volume: 9000 words
Completed: Sep 2009
Languages:
French to English | European Union initiatives regarding data protection in Belgium and France
A document on European Union initiatives regarding data protection and data protection legislation in Belgium and France.
Advertising / Public Relations | No comment. |
Translation
Volume: 1000 words
Completed: Jul 2009
Languages:
French to English | French Film Script
An excerpt from a film/television fictional film.
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama | No comment. |
Translation
Volume: 2000 words
Completed: Jul 2009
Languages:
Portuguese to English | New system in use in council offices
This text documented the successful development of the services of a Portuguese City Council and the implementation of their new online system offering services to the residents of the municipality. This was a rush job and was successfully delivered on time.
Government / Politics | No comment. |
Translation
Volume: 596 words
Completed: Jul 2009
Languages:
Spanish to English | Framework Agreement between two Universities
Law: Contract(s) | No comment. |
Translation
Volume: 1270 words
Completed: Jul 2009
Languages:
Portuguese to English | Travel Policy-Expenses-IT
A document detailing the new IT system in place to submit expenses claims
Business/Commerce (general) | No comment. |
Editing/proofreading
Volume: 2000 words
Completed: Jul 2009
Languages:
Spanish to English | Three legal documents
Two birth certificates and a marriage certificate all from Mexico.
Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs | No comment. |
Translation
Volume: 25000 words
Completed: Jun 2009
Languages:
Portuguese to English | Invitation to Tender and Construction Contract for Government Authority
This was a very large project for the Government of Macau, delivered successfuly with an extremely tight deadline.
Construction / Civil Engineering | No comment. |
Translation
Volume: 854 words
Completed: Jun 2009
Languages:
Spanish to English | Legal Document
A legal letter comprising various pages
Law (general) | No comment. |
More Less | 9 entries| Outsourcer name | Country | LWA  | Comment | Outsourcer feedback | | Hidden | Portugal | 2 | I am owed over €1000 Euros from this company! The payment is now almost one month late and despite having contacted the company repeatedly for over three weeks now nothing has happened! | Well... payment was made late, that's true. But do you really know the actual financial Crisis all companies are going through? It was a pleasure to work with you. | | Hidden | Portugal | 5 | Pluridioma is a very professional agency with excellent project managers. The work they have sent me has been interesting & they always pay on time. I would be delighted to work with them again. | ... | | Hidden | Belgium | 5 | Wonderful agency with professional, friendly staff and interesting projects. They always pay on time and are great outsourcers in general. I hope to continue to work with them for many years. | ... | | Hidden | Belgium | 5 | Extremely professional agency with very helpful staff. I hope to continue to collaborate with them. | ... | | Hidden | Belgium | 5 | Karin and Elke were an absolute pleasure to work with-friendly, professional and helpful. I would be delighted to continue to work with this company. | ... | | Hidden | Belgium | 5 | Gabriela was a pleasure to work with; I found her to be understanding, kind, courteous and very professional. I hope to work with this wonderful agency again. | ... | | Hidden | Belgium | 5 | Stephanie is an absolute pleasure to work with and I hope to continue to collaborate with her in the future. | ... | | Hidden | Spain | 5 | It was a pleasure to work with Cristina; I found her to be helpful, professional and friendly. | ... | | Hidden | Belgium | 5 | Great communication, interesting projects, quick payment . I am very happy indeed to continue to work with Johan. | ... |
More Less | | Wire transfer | Sample translations submitted: 3Galician to English: Academic Text
General field: Art/Literary
Detailed field: History | Source text - Galician
O VOLUME DEMOGRÁFICO DA CIDADE MEDIEVAL GALEGA
A medición da superficie ocupada por un núcleo urbano permítenos captar a primeira vista o seu tamaño, o cal sen dúbida garda relación proporcional co seu volume demográfico; mais o que non é tan doado é determinar –coa precisión relativa que nos sexa posible– o número de persoas que albergaba. Nunha época, non exactamente preestatística, mais si protoestatística como era a medieval, tan só estaremos en condicións de ofrecer un resultado aproximado, o cal non é pouco, pois cunha marxe de erro aceptable chegaremos a coñecer o volume de cada unha, e poderemos establecer entre elas unha xerarquía desde o punto de vista cuantitativo, todo o cal supón un balance satisfactorio.
Cómpre, naturalmente, facer unha observación oportuna: por comprensible deformación tendemos a estender a toda a Idade Media aquilo que en realidade só é aplicable a un segmento cronolóxico notoriamente máis breve que eses enormes mil anos asignados ao medievo, pois afixémonos a considerar todo o período como unha entidade homoxénea, algo ben lonxe da realidade.
| Translation - English
THE DEMOGRAPHIC VOLUME OF THE MEDIEVAL GALICIAN CITY
Measuring the surface area occupied by an urban centre gives us an initial idea of its size, which is undoubtedly proportionally linked to its demographic volume; however it is not so simple to accurately estimate the number of people who reside there. In a period such as the medieval period, which is not exactly pre-statistical but rather proto-statistical, we are only able to offer an approximate figure, which may be better than it seems, as with an acceptable error margin we can determine the volume of each community and establish a hierarchy between them from a quantitative point of view, all of which allows a satisfactory result to be achieved.
One must, of course, make a timely observation: due to an understandable distortion we tend to apply to all of the Middle Ages that which is only applicable to a chronological segment which is notably briefer than the enormous period of one thousand years designated as medieval. This is because we tend to consider the whole period as a homogeneous entity, which is far from the reality.
| French to English: Speech regarding report on EU Data Protection Legislation in Belgium and France
General field: Bus/Financial
Detailed field: Government / Politics | Source text - French
Ce rapport est d’autant plus important qu’il se fait l’écho du travail remarquable accompli par les différentes délégations nationales au sein du groupe de travail « Article 29» en 2008. Il retrace en effet la synergie particulièrement efficace qui a permis l’adoption d’avis décisifs pour la protection des libertés individuelles.
Saisi de nouvelles problématiques complexes liées à l’extraordinaire développement des systèmes d’informations, notre groupe a su forger une doctrine, qui lui est propre, en opérant la synthèse des concepts que partagent les différentes autorités nationales de protection des données. Il a pu dépasser certaines divergences d’interprétation pour se concentrer sur la construction commune d’un socle de valeurs et de principes fondamentaux qui lui paraissent mériter une protection adaptée.
| Translation - English
This report is especially important as it echoes the remarkable work done by the various national delegations within the Article 29 Working Party in 2008. It recounts the particularly effective synergy which has allowed the adoption of critical viewpoints in the protection of individual liberty.
Faced with new complex issues related to the extraordinary development of information systems, our group has forged a doctrine of its very own, using a synthesis of concepts shared by different national authorities on data protection. It has overcome various differences of interpretation to focus on building a common foundation of values and principles which it believes deserve special protection.
| Portuguese to English: Tender Program (Government of Macau)
General field: Law/Patents
Detailed field: Construction / Civil Engineering | Source text - Portuguese
II.1 - PREÂMBULO DO PROGRAMA DE CONCURSO
Na instrução das suas propostas, os adjudicatários deverão ter em consideração:
1 - Durante a execução das obras e após a sua realização, o Adjudicatário da Obra é o único responsável, perante o Dono da Obra, pela qualidade final atingida na empreitada e pelo modo como todos os trabalhos e equipamentos foram executados e instalados, bem assim como pela garantia da sua qualidade, perfeita segurança, eficaz funcionamento e operação.
2 - Após a realização das obras, deverá o Adjudicatário entregar ao Dono da Obra um exemplar de todas as telas finais dos trabalhos executados, em papel transparente, e três cópias, bem como, um original e três cópias dos manuais de manutenção e operação de todos os equipamentos que forem instalados no âmbito da empreitada, sendo o único responsável, perante a Administração, do modo como os mesmos foram efectuados.
3 - Durante a execução da empreitada, o Adjudicatário é o único responsável por todos os actos decorrentes da actividade de construção no local da obra e envolvente, devendo assegurar por apólice de seguro em entidade seguradora oficialmente estabelecida na R.A.E.M., todos os riscos, nomeadamente contra pessoas, objectos e infraestruturas existentes, que possam vir a sofrer influências por essa actividade, directa ou indirectamente, até à recepção provisória da obra pelo Dono da Obra.
4 - Medidas de Monitorização:
4.1 O empreiteiro deve afixar a lista dos trabalhadores no estaleiro, durante o período de execução da obra;
4.2 O empreiteiro deve elaborar cartões de identificação para os seus trabalhadores e obrigá-los a usar aquando do exercício das suas funções;
4.3 O empreiteiro deve possuir no estaleiro um arquivo de informações dos cartões de identificação dos seus trabalhadores, devendo o qual conter cópia do documento de identificação válido dos mesmos.
4.4 Se o empreiteiro ou o seu subcontratado violar as disposições especiais relativas à contratação de trabalhadores locais aplicáveis à entidade adjudicante, face a este motivo fundamentado, esta pode unilateralmente rescindir o contrato, cabendo ao empreiteiro toda a responsabilidade pelos prejuízos daí causados.
| Translation - English
II.1 - PREFACE TO THE TENDER PROGRAM
In the preparation of their tenders, the tenderers shall take into consideration:
1- During the execution of the works and after their completion, the successful tenderer of the work is solely responsible to the Awarding Authority for the quality of the work achieved during the contract and for the manner in which all work was executed and all equipment was installed as well as for guaranteeing it's quality, perfect safety, efficient functioning and operation.
2- Following the completion of the works, the successful tenderer of the work must present the Awarding Authority with final drawings of the work to be carried out, on transparent paper, as well as three copies, as one original and two copies, of the maintenance and operation manuals of all equipment installed in the building, being solely responsible to the Administration for this matter.
3- During the execution of the contracted work, the successful tenderer is solely responsible for all events resulting from the activity of construction on the site and its surroundings, being obliged to indemnify by an insurance policy from an insurance company officially established in the R.A.E.M (Macau Special Administrative Region), all risks, notably for people, objects and existing constructions which may be altered by this activity, either directly or indirectly, until the handover of the work by the Awarding Authority.
4- Monitoring Methods:
4.1 The Contractor must post a list of workers in the construction base during the period of the execution of the work;
4.2 The Contractor must produce identification cards for his workers and ensure that they use them when performing their functions;
4.3 The Contractor must possess at the construction base an information archive comprising the identifications cards of his workers, which must contain a copy of a valid identification document for each worker.
4.4 If the Contractor or his Subcontractor were to violate the applicable special arrangements relating to the contracting of local workers, the awarding entity can, faced with such a situation, revoke the contract, leaving the Contractor solely responsible for the detriment caused.
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More Less | | BA-Queen Mary, University of London | | Years of translation experience: 2. Registered at ProZ.com: Mar 2009. | | N/A | Portuguese to English (QMUL, University of London)
Spanish to English (QMUL, University of London)
Spanish to English (Chartered Institute of Linguists)
Spanish to English (DELE Superior-Cervantes Institute)
French to English (QMUL, University of London)
Portuguese to English (Chartered Institute of Linguists)
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More Less | | IOL | | Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint | | http://pt.linkedin.com/in/cpfitzsimons | | English (PDF) | | Conference attended | | Christopher Patrick Fitzsimons endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines. | | About me
Christopher Patrick Fitzsimons BA(Hons), MA, ACIL
Professional freelance translator working from
Portuguese, French and Spanish into British English
Services: Translation, Proofreading, Editing
E-mail: CFitzsimons17 [at] qub.ac.uk
Education and Background
I hold a Bachelor of Arts from Queen Mary, The University of London in Spanish, Portuguese and French, a Master of Arts with commendation in Film, Photography and Visual Studies from Queen's University Belfast and am an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists.
My undergraduate degree at the University of London involved the study of translation, interpreting, linguistics, literature, history and culture. I have studied Spanish and French at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina where I spent one year living, teaching and studying and have also spent time studying my other source languages in France, Francophone Canada, Brazil and Portugal. Additionally I have taught English, Spanish and Portuguese. I live in Portugal and work full-time translating into my native language.
My personal interests include photography, cinema, visual art, music and cookery and I am particularly happy to accept work in any of these subject areas. My postgraduate degree programme in Visual Studies enabled me to develop, improve and perfect my writing skills whilst providing me with the opportunity to produce my own visual art. During the programme I was awarded a scholarship by Queen's University Belfast to spend a month in Argentina producing a photographic project which was exhibited on my return in the Queen's Film Theatre (Belfast). I also produced an artists' book in Lisbon, Portugal which was exhibited in the Belfast Exposed Photography Gallery and the Library at Queen's University Belfast.
Professionally the majority of my experience has been in the translation of documents relating to the European Union and law but I also accept general assignments and work in the following fields:
Specialisation fields: European Union, Law, Marketing, Business and Commerce, Economics, History, Civil Construction, Tourism, Anthropology, Media, Politics, Literature
Source Languages
Portuguese
BA(Hons) from the University of London
Diploma from CIAL Language Institute, Lisbon
Resident in Portugal
French
Courses taken at: Education Canada College and Platon College, Montreal,
The Centre for Canadian Education in Argentina,
the University of Buenos Aires and the University of London
Spanish
British GCSE(A*) and A-Level(A)
BA(Hons) from the University of London
DELE Superior Level Diploma-Cervantes Institute/University of Salamanca
Advanced Diploma from the University of Buenos Aires
Translation Rates (per source word)
Portuguese/ French/Spanish > English €0.10
Proofreading and editing (per source word)
PT, FR, ES > EN €0.03
Standard payment terms: 30 days from the date of invoice
Contact: E-mail CFitzsimons17 [at] qub.ac.uk or telephone (+351) 925453560
Standard office hours 9.00-19.00 WET | This user has reported completing projects in the following job categories, language pairs, and fields.
| Project History Summary |
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| Total projects | 18 | | With client feedback | 0 | | Corroborated | 0 | | | 0 positive (0 entries) |  positive | 0 |  neutral | 0 |  negative | 0 |
| Job type | | Translation | 14 | | Editing/proofreading | 3 | | Transcription | 1 | | | Language pairs | | Portuguese to English | 9 | | French to English | 5 | | Spanish to English | 3 | | 2 | | Galician to English | 1 | | | Specialty fields | | Cinema, Film, TV, Drama | 3 | | Business/Commerce (general) | 2 | | Government / Politics | 2 | | Law (general) | 2 | | Law: Contract(s) | 1 | | Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs | 1 | | Construction / Civil Engineering | 1 | | Advertising / Public Relations | 1 | | History | 1 | | Journalism | 1 | | Aerospace / Aviation / Space | 1 | | Computers: Software | 1 | | Forestry / Wood / Timber | 1 | | | Other fields |
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