Working languages:
Portuguese to English
English to Portuguese
Portuguese (monolingual)

Barbara Bressan de Souza
Education Specialist

Brazil
Local time: 01:48 -03 (GMT-3)

Native in: Portuguese Native in Portuguese
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Services Editing/proofreading, Transcription, Subtitling, Translation
Expertise
Specializes in:
Education / PedagogyPoetry & Literature
FolkloreTourism & Travel
LinguisticsSlang
Idioms / Maxims / SayingsCosmetics, Beauty
Cooking / CulinaryMedia / Multimedia

Volunteer / Pro-bono work Open to considering volunteer work for registered non-profit organizations
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Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 1
Experience Years of experience: 10. Registered at ProZ.com: Dec 2022.
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Credentials Portuguese to English (Universidade de São Paulo)
English to Portuguese (Universidade de São Paulo)
Memberships N/A
Software Aegisub, CaptionHub, MateCat, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Smartcat, Subtitle Workshop
CV/Resume Portuguese (PDF), English (PDF)
Professional objectives
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Bio

Hi! Welcome to my profile!

I’m Barbara and I’ve been an English teacher for the past 9 years. I have many certificates in the field of education, including but not limited to a Masters in TESOL (Teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages), which prepared me well to understand many different types of accents. I have also taught students from all kinds of backgrounds, ranging from CEOs to doctors and scientists, which got me to learn a lot about these areas, since I had to adapt the material to cater their needs.

I also have professional courses in the area of Translation and Subtitling, and a Bachelor degree in Language Studies - Portuguese and English from Universidade de São Paulo, where I studied both the theoretical and practical foundations of translation, and wrote an article on Multimedia Translation Studies as my thesis.

I frequently make English translations from Portuguese for a travel blog called Sem Rumo e Além, where the author recounts her experience living in the United States and traveling around the world.

And speaking of the United States, I lived in New York for a year, where I learned to multitask and work fast, which helps me a lot in my career as a translator.

Feel free to get in touch through my LinkedIn or my email.

Thanks!




Profile last updated
Jan 3, 2023



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