1. Academic Degrees:
Master's Degree in English Literature by Lisbon's Classical University - 5 years;
Post-graduation in Translation Techniques by Lisbon's Classical University - 3 years;
Complementary Training of Translation Techniques to the English Language by the British Institute of Culture (London, Edinburgh) - 18 months;
Complete course of the Spanish Language by the Spanish Institute in Portugal - 3 years.
2. Experience as a translator:
2.1 Free-lance:
National Geographic (Portuguese Branch)
Reader's Digest (Portuguese Branch)
Warner Brothers (Portuguese Branch)
2.2 As a free-lance translator through Portuguese Publishers:
Bantam Books - USA
Bloomsbury - Great Britain
Crown - USA
Granta Books - Great Britain
Little Brown - USA
Random House - USA
Signet - USA
Simon & Schuster - USA
TOR - USA
2.3 For translation agencies:
Ariston - Italian company. Field: Domestic Appliances: Refrigerators, Ovens, Microwaves, etc. Mainly manuals.
Audi/Volkswagen - German company. Field: Automobiles, Automative, etc. Mainly manuals.
Bang & Olufsen - Swedish company. Field: Televisions, DVD systems, VCR's, Sound Systems, etc. Mainly manuals.
Ericsson - Swedish company. Field: Mobile phones, batteries, accessories. Mainly manuals.
K.S.B. - German company. Field: Acessories for construction, plumbing, home improvement, etc. Mainly manuals and public bids.
Microsoft - European section. Field: Computers, Software, etc. Mainly manuals.
Nacap - Dutch company. Field: Construction of international electrical systems and dams. Public bids.
Nokia - Swedish company. Field: Mobile phones, batteries, accessories. Mainly manuals.
Opel - German company. Field: Automobiles, Automative, etc. Mainly manuals.
Philips - European section. Field: Televisions, DVD systems, VCR's, Speakers, Sound Systems, etc. Mainly manuals.
Sanyo - Corean company. Field: Televisions, DVD systems, VCR's, Speakers, etc. Mainly manuals.
Sony - Japonese company. Field: Field: Televisions, DVD systems, VCR's, Sound Systems, Camcorders, Digital Cameras, etc. Mainly manuals and public bids. |