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Working languages:
Portuguese to Swedish
English to Swedish
English to Portuguese
Swedish to Portuguese
Swedish to English

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Lars Palmer
25 years working with Language

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Local time: 06:17 BRT (GMT-3)

Native in: Swedish Native in Swedish
Willingness
to Work Again

3 Positive entries

Account type Freelancer, Identity Verified Verified member
Services Translation, Editing/proofreading, Software localization, Voiceover (dubbing), Subtitling, Transcription
Expertise Detailed fields not specified.

Rates
Portuguese to Swedish - Rates: 0.05 - 0.10 USD per word / 25 - 35 USD per hour
English to Swedish - Rates: 0.05 - 0.10 USD per word / 25 - 35 USD per hour
English to Portuguese - Rates: 0.05 - 0.10 USD per word / 25 - 35 USD per hour
Swedish to Portuguese - Rates: 0.05 - 0.10 USD per word / 25 - 35 USD per hour
Swedish to English - Rates: 0.05 - 0.10 USD per word / 25 - 35 USD per hour

KudoZ activity Questions answered: 64, Questions asked: 1 Easy / 167 PRO, PRO-level points: 83
Blue Board entries made by this user  0 entries
Payment method accepted Visa, MasterCard, Wire transfer
Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 1

Experience Years of translation experience: 15. Registered at ProZ.com: Jun 2004. Became a member: Jun 2004.
ProZ.com Certified PRO certificate(s) N/A
Credentials N/A
Memberships N/A
Software Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, SDL TRADOS, Wordfast
CV/Resume English (DOC)
About me

17 years of freelance translating w/ experience in Technical manuals, IT, telecomm, literary, online surveys, medical, zoology et al.
5 years in subtitling and dubbing.
24 years living in Sweden
26 years living in Brazil

Translation experience mainly in the fields of:

Engineering and industrial equipment - construction, blasting, maintenance, hiring, personell;
IT - user surveys, web-pages, help manuals, hard-ware, soft-ware;
Tele communications - Legal, marketing;
Medical equipment and treatments;
Financial/Corporate-reports, power-point presentation;
Legal-contracts, rulings, court decisions;
Ecology/Zoology - University studies, seminars, papers;
Literary - theater- och film manuscripts:
Journalism - (sports, toursim, politics, finance et.el);
Psychology - Examination papers, Phd preparation materials, theses, studies, work-shops;

Translation of complete course material in Psychology related to parenting and child rearing, from English (Australian) to Swedish;

Published translated work by Brazilian Academy member (chair #4) Carlos Nejar into Swedish and English from Portuguese. (Carlos Nejar is also President of the Brazilian Academy of Philosophy). (see record in Swedish National Library to Swedish http://libris.kb.se/bib/9459925?vw=full), and to English http://libris.kb.se/bib/9856076.

Translator of a series of children´s plays for Swedish Publishing house DRAKEN.

Extensive experience in subtitling of full feature films of fiction, documentaries etc from English and Swedish to Portuguese.

Worked for Hong Kong based news paper as daily reporter from Brazil on printed news in the fields of Economy and Politics, including stock and currency quotes;

Literary translator from Swedish and English to Portuguese
20 years of language teaching, coordination of language courses and teacher training (TTC).
Proficiency degree in English from The University of Michigan, Michigan, Ill. USA.
Degree in Pedagogy from the University Santa Úrsula, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Worldwide travel experiences to 5 continents, mainly North America, Australia, Europe and South America.

LANGUAGE TEACHING AND TRAINING EXPERIENCE
Has been a free-lance English teacher for executives in national and multi-national companies in Brazil, mainly in the city of Rio de Janeiro, but also in the states of Bahia and Minas Gerais. Teaching has mainly included preparation for presentations, business language, idiomatic language, preparation for international tests in English and other subjects.

Extensive experience in preparation for international English Proficiency tests such as TOEFL and Cambridge (Advanced, Proficiency).

This user has earned KudoZ points by helping other translators with PRO-level terms. Click point total(s) to see term translations provided.

Total pts earned: 103
PRO-level pts: 83


Top languages (PRO)
English to Portuguese44
Swedish to English17
Portuguese to English12
English to Swedish10
Top general fields (PRO)
Other32
Tech/Engineering22
Art/Literary16
Law/Patents5
Marketing4
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Top specific fields (PRO)
Automotive / Cars & Trucks8
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters8
Poetry & Literature8
Marketing / Market Research8
Other8
Law: Contract(s)5
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings4
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Keywords: Swedish, Brazilian Portuguese, English, technical, manuals, industrial engineering, medical equipment, legal, appliances, electronic, sub-titling, literary, journalism, finance, economy,

Profile last updated
Sep 21