PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND - TRANSLATOR

• 2011-present – Freelancer Translator – Specialized in medical and healthcare translations, transcreation, localisation, advertisement, arts, economics, software engineering, business, culinary, and journalism.

o 2011-present – Elsevier | Journals. Translation of medical articles in Pediatrics, Cardiology, Orthopedics, Otorhinolaryngology, and other areas, from Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese.

o 2014-present – Centros Culturais Banco do Brasil. Translation of advertisement material from Portuguese to English. Samples of my work in arts/advertisement can be found at: CCBB Belo Horizonte CCBB Brasília CCBB São Paulo CCBB Rio de Janeiro.

o 2011-present – Translation and transcreation agencies and direct clients.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND - BEFORE TRANSLATION

• 2005-2009 – Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (ANATEL).

Occupation: Especialista em Regulação (Regulation Specialist).

• 2009-2011 – Ministério das Cidades (in projects with the Brazilian Presidency).

Occupation: Especialista em Políticas Públicas e Gestão Governamental (Public Policy and Management Specialist).

CPD AND ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• 2004 – Bachelor in Economics – Universidade de Brasília (UnB).

• 2007 – Graduate in Public Administration – Escola de Nacional de Administração Pública (ENAP), Brasília, Brazil.

• 2016-2017 – Translator Training Course – Brasillis Idiomas.

• 2017 – Refresher Course in Brazilian Portuguese Grammar for Editors and Reviewers – UNIL.

• 2018 (ongoing) – SET - Subtitling Excellence Course – Verve.

PERSONAL INTERESTS

• Cooking and Photography – I am a food blogger (Tertúlias de Forno e Fogão - bilingual blog).

• Patchwork and Crafts in general.

• Founder and moderator of Tradutores/Saúde, the first Facebook group in Brazil for medical translators, with over 500 members, and of Traductores e Intérpretes en Uruguay, the first Facebook group in Uruguay for translators and interpreters

• Organizer of Barcamps for Translators and Interpreters in Uruguay and of the BRCamp

LANGUAGES

Portuguese – Native Speaker

English – Near Native Speaker - Certification: University of Michigan – ECPE

Spanish – Advanced (fluent) - Certification: Universidad de Salamanca e Instituto Cervantes – DELE Superior

French – Pre-Intermediate Speaking and Writing, Upper Intermediate Reading and Listening

Italian – Pre-Intermediate Speaking and Writing, Intermediate Reading and Listening

German – Starter Speaking and Writing, Basic Reading and Listening