Award-winning
translator with a strong writing background. I excel in delivering clean
translations written in a natural, concise style. Experience working in a wide
range of fields. Please find a selection of my experience below:
Translation
- Translation of speech between Portuguese President
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Spanish Prime-Minister Mariano Rajoy, for the VIII
University of Salamanca Centennial. Pairs: ES-PT.
- Translation & localisation for movie industry
and TV: marketing surveys for Disney & Warner Bros, documentaries and
reality shows for Portuguese TV channels RTP and SIC Radical (notable example:
Naomi Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything’). Pairs: EN-PT/PT-EN.
- Architectural translation for Casa da Arquitectura
(House of Architecture). Notable example: the acclaimed exhibition Infinite
Span – 90 Years of Brazilian Architecture. Pairs: EN-PT/ES-PT/PT-EN.
- Pharmaceutical translation for translation agency
GoGlobal and pharmaceutical company BluePharma. Pairs: EN-PT.
Transcreation
- Vast experience in the Fashion industry, working
with clients such as Vans and Timberland. I transcreated both product
descriptions and marketing content. Notable example: Timberland’s ‘Plant the
Change’ campaign. Pairs: EN-PT.
- Social media content, mainly
Facebook and Instagram marketing posts for food products. Pairs: ES-PT.
Writing
- Multiple fiction books edited for Portuguese
publishers Imaginauta and Editorial Divergência, as well content writing for
their social media platforms and product descriptions. Language: PT.
- Extensive ghostwriting experience for multiple
international clients, mainly fiction writing and plot development (work under
NDA). Language: EN.
- Content writing in the tourism industry, mainly social
media posts and hotel guides. Notable client: Trivago. Language: EN and PT.
Publications
Professional
sales in English: Men
Who Shit (Solarcide); Three Nights of
the Half-Gent (Strange Horizons); All
My Nightmares Are Named Heather
(Pseudopod);
Professional sales in Portuguese: Bastet (Proxy, Editorial
Divergência); Verum (Colecção Barbante - Imaginauta); Tabula Rasa (Na Sombra das Palavras - Imaginauta)