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Working languages:
English to Portuguese
French to Portuguese

Vanessa Marques
Portuguese native speaker. TRADOS.

Oeiras, Lisboa, Portugal
Local time: 23:32 WET (GMT+0)

Native in: Portuguese Native in Portuguese
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* Art and Culture - art, design and travel books
* Banking and finance
* Economics
* EU affairs
* IT
- hardware, peripherals, manuals
* Legal
- agreements (customer/non-disclosure/product licence/service), product warranty statements, contracts
* Marketing - product catalogues and leaflets, newsletters, opinion and customer satisfaction surveys
* Technical - home appliances; machinery



EDUCATION

BA Hons in Translation: Portuguese, English and French
, (specializing in economics, finance and legal translation) from Instituto Superior de Línguas e Administração

University of Salford, Manchester, England
Chosen by ISLA for a study period, based on academic merit, during which I took Translation and English Language classes and obtained the following certificates:
* Advanced Certificate in English as a Foreign Language (CEFL), Department of Modern Languages, University of Salford (compulsory course)
* Certificate of Proficiency in English, awarded by the University of Cambridge (exams taken at the Manchester Academy of English)


Currently learning Italian Language and Culture at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura.


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

IN-HOUSE
2000-2002
· IT (hardware, software and related publications for major PC manufacturers and IT service and business solutions providers such as IBM, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems);
· Legal (customer/non-disclosure/product licence/service agreements, product warranty statements, Statement of Work, legal documentation);
· Marketing (product catalogues and leaflets, newsletters, specific documentation for Marketing Representatives and Business Partners, opinion and customer satisfaction surveys);
· Telecommunications (call for tenders).
Duties also include quality control.

FREELANCE 2002-present day
Freelance translator for several translation agencies, Portuguese banks and insurance companies among which:
* MILLENNIUM BCP (formerly BANCO COMERCIAL PORTUGUÊS - BCP, Portugal’s largest private bank), including the translation of the speeches delivered by the Chairman of BCP and former Portuguese Finance Minister and Finance and Economy Secretary of State, at the 29th Annual Seminar for Foreign Bankers / Grupo Banco Comercial Português, Lisbon, 1999
* INTERBANCO, Portugal
* Art, design and travel books published by TASCHEN
* Documentaries for Odisseia and History channels
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Total pts earned: 106
PRO-level pts: 58


Top languages (PRO)
English to Portuguese40
Portuguese to English12
English4
French to Portuguese2
Top general fields (PRO)
Tech/Engineering18
Other16
Law/Patents8
Bus/Financial8
Marketing4
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Keywords: IT, computers, hardware, peripherals, legal, contracts, agreements, Europe, EU, marketing, economics, business, banking, finance, technical, manuals, home appliances, machinery, documentaries, Economia, banca, finanças, financeira, jurídica, contratos, acordos, TI, informática, manuais técnicos, documentários

Profile last updated
Apr 10



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