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Member since Dec '06

Working languages:
English to Portuguese
German to Portuguese

Susana Figueiras
Translation is my life!

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Local time: 02:17 WET (GMT+0)

Native in: Portuguese Native in Portuguese
Willingness to Work Again info
4 Positive entries

Account type Freelancer, Identity Verified Verified member
Services Translation, Editing/proofreading, Website localization, Software localization, Transcription
Expertise
Specializes in:
Automotive / Cars & TrucksTelecom(munications)
Mechanics / Mech EngineeringLaw (general)
Law: Contract(s)Finance (general)
Environment & EcologyEconomics
Construction / Civil EngineeringComputers (general)

Rates
English to Portuguese - Rates: 0.07 - 0.08 EUR per word / 15 - 20 EUR per hour
German to Portuguese - Rates: 0.08 - 0.09 EUR per word / 15 - 20 EUR per hour
KudoZ activity (PRO) PRO-level points: 427, Questions answered: 186, Questions asked: 609
Glossaries Ambiente PT>IN>PT, Architecture & Construction EN>PT>EN, Financeiro AL>PT, General AL>PT, Geral IN_PT, Informtica IN>PT, Jurídico AL>PT, Jurídico IT>IN, Jurdico IT>PT, Medicina AL>PT

Translation education Master's degree - FLUP
Experience Years of translation experience: 10. Registered at ProZ.com: May 2000. Became a member: Dec 2006.
ProZ.com Certified PRO certificate(s) N/A
Credentials N/A
Memberships N/A
Software Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office Pro, Microsoft Word, MNEME, Passolo, SDL TRADOS, SDLX
Studio 2009 - Advanced (Level 3)
CV/Resume CV available upon request
About me
Professional and reliable fulltime freelance translator.

Presently (since 2002/2003)
- Freelance translator for several Translation Agencies, mainly: LOGOS GROUP, Modena, in Italy; partners i/s, in Denmark; Abakus Text, Oldenburg, in Germany; Ghislaine Grüttner Übersetzungsbüro, in Germany; ER-Translations GmbH, in Switzerland; Lusoscript, in Lisbon; Habitania – Professional Services, in Portugal; Apolónia Magazine Lda., in Portugal; among others.

1st May 2001 - 2005
- Freelance translator for several Translation Agencies: INPOKULIS, Traduções e Eventos, Lda., in Faro, Algarve (Portugal); DER SPEZIALIST Übersetzungsbüro PERES-ECKEY, in Dortmund (Germany); OST & WEST ÜBERSETZUNGSBÜRO, in Langenfeld (Germany); Language Matters Übersetzungsdienst GmbH, in Baden-Baden (Germany); Übersetzungsbüro Sabine Haller in Germany; Übersetzungsbüro NADA ENDRES, in Wien (Austria); ICT - Dr. Schuster Übersetzungsbüro in Austria; CBG konsult AB in Sweden; Multilingual Academic & Technical Translations, in Australia; LOGOS GROUP, Modena, Italy; Dar Al_Handasah and Partners (Beirute); salkom aps, Denmark; various lawyers, courts and private persons

1st January 2000 – 31st April 2001
- In-house translator at the Translation Agency INPOKULIS, Traduções e Eventos, Lda., in Faro, Algarve (Portugal) and freelance translator for other translation agencies, for example, ALLTEXT Übersetzungen, in Recklingshausen, Germany, and DER SPEZIALIST Übersetzungsbüro PERES-ECKEY, Germany

1st April 1999 – 31st December 1999
- Freelance translator for the Translation Agency INPOKULIS, Traduções e Eventos, Lda., in Faro, Algarve (Portugal)

1st May 1999 – 30th October 1999
- Temporary employee as summer relief – secretary to the British Honorary Consul at Portimão, Algarve (Portugal)

1st August 1998 – 31st December 1999
- Freelance translations for numerous lawyers, some associations (for example: translation of the book “Baixo Guadiana Tour's Guide” from Portuguese into German for the Association Odiana), companies, museums (translation into English of the names and functioning of cork machines and tools made of cork and of the pamphlet of the Cork Museum at the Fábrica do Inglês in Silves, Algarve, Portugal) and interpretations from and into English for the Judicial Court, Court of Arbitration and Family Court in Faro, Algarve, Portugal.

1st October 1997 – 31st March 1998
- Conversation lessons in Portuguese for German and English students at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germersheim, Germany

1st November 1996 – 31st May 1997
- Teacher of Portuguese for foreign students at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Oporto, Portugal
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Total pts earned: 579
PRO-level pts: 427



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Keywords: Accredited, Reliable, Quality, Urgent deadlines, Legal, Finance, Technical, Manuals, Architecture, Civil Engineering, Business, Marketing, Environment, Flora and Fauna, Recycling, Translation, Interpretation




Profile last updated
Jan 31



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