I am an English<>Portuguese translator and interpreter based in Brazil, with over 10 years' professional experience. I pride myself on delivering a high quality service in a timely fashion and with a friendly attitude, guaranteeing fluent, faithful translations and proactive solutions for all my customers' needs.

My academic background is in Philosophy and Portuguese. I graduated in Portuguese from the University of Leeds in England (my native country), with my degree program focused largely on translation and including a one-year liaison interpreting course. As a result of my personal interests and numerous work opportunities I have become well acquainted with various different fields, including the oil & gas industry, law, logistics, health care, cinema and mechanical and electrical engineering.

I am accredited as a professional translator (Portuguese to English) by ABRATES (Brazilian Translators' Association) and also an approved member of SINTRA (Brazilian Translators' Union - associated to FIT).

In 2004 I opened my translation company, Quesco Brasil, based in Rio de Janeiro and since then have gathered an extensive clientele and formed a team of translators to provide services for various other languages, including Spanish, German, Dutch and French.

Major translation projects include:

Business/Legal/Financial:
- Meeting minutes, notices to shareholders/market, etc. for major energy company (ongoing).
- Service Agreement, Assignment & License Agreements for US Oil Company (12,000 words)
- Petrobras Invitations to Bid for Turbomachinery equipment (approx. 7,000 words each)
- Various contracts, legislation and ministerial directives for large law office.
- Settlement agreement between owners of multinational Trade and Import Company. (2,500 words)

Technical:
- Technical specs and purchase orders for turbomachinery and platform equipment (ongoing)
- Service Manual for turbocompressor set (70,000 words)
- Operation manuals: various industrial measurement/calibration equipment (+100,000 words)

Environment/ecology/HSE:
- Health, Safety & Environment policies and procedures for Petrochemical company (15,000 words)
- Environmental Impact Assessment report for Petrochemical plant in Portugal (25,000 words)
- Amazon Region Protected Areas (ARPA) periodical magazine (30,000 words)
- Environmental Risk Prevention Program for Petrochemical company (14,000 words)

Logistics/Transport
- PSM & Distribution Manuals (70,000 words)
- Economic and Financial Feasibility study for implementation of port terminal and mineral pipeline logistics system (38,000 words)
- Shipping documents for chartering and logistics company (ongoing)

Health and Medicine
- English version of periodical magazine " Revista Saúde em Debate" (ongoing)
- Executive Summary of health policies in the Amazon region (4,000 words)
- Lifescope Bedside Monitor operation manual (570 pages)

Art/Cinema/Literary
- Loose Threads, the Art of Hélio Oiticica, 350-page book by Paula Braga (Perspectiva, 2007)
- 250-page bilingual compilation of texts by Oxford University and UFRJ about Brazilian Art
- Screenplays of the films: “Meu nome não é Johnny” and “Inesquecível”
- Global cinema market reports for annual Database (2005/06/07: approx. 50,000 words per edition)
- Rio de Janeiro Int’l Film Festival catalogue – 2004/05/06.

Interpreting projects include:

Technical Training for Petrobras FPSO P-54, Rio de Janeiro:
Centrifugal Compressor: Mechanical maintenance, controls and operation – Dresser-Rand
Gearbox: Maintenance – Flender-Granffenstaden (France)
Dry Gas Seal maintenance - Flowserve (Canada)
On-Hands Centrifigual Compressor Training for Petrobrás FPSO P-53 and P-54 – Dresser Rand

eSupply Chain Symposium: conference interpreting – Rio de Janeiro

Technical Training for Petrobras FPSO P-50, Rio de Janeiro:
Centrifugal Compressor: Mechanical maintenance, controls and operation – Dresser-Rand;
Drive System – ABB;
Gearbox: Maintenance – Flender-Graffenstaden (France)



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