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Gustavo Shintate
Marine Science, STEM, Medical, Subtitles

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) Native in Portuguese
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English to Portuguese - Rates: 0.05 - 0.10 USD per word / 23 - 30 USD per hour / 0.40 - 0.54 USD per audio/video minute
Portuguese - Rates: 0.05 - 0.10 USD per word / 23 - 30 USD per hour / 0.40 - 0.54 USD per audio/video minute
English - Rates: 0.05 - 0.10 USD per word / 23 - 30 USD per hour / 0.40 - 0.54 USD per audio/video minute
Portuguese to English - Rates: 0.04 - 0.10 USD per word / 24 - 32 USD per hour

All accepted currencies Brazilian reais (brl), Euro (eur), Pounds sterling (gbp), U. S. dollars (usd)
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English to Portuguese: The Loud and Exciting Audible World of Coral Reefs
General field: Science
Detailed field: Environment & Ecology
Source text - English
The Loud and Exciting Audible World of Coral Reefs
Written by Evan Quinter
(published in English here: https://reefbites.com/2020/08/17/the-loud-and-exciting-audible-world-of-coral-reefs/ )

Among the many reasons to love coral reefs, we often adore these underwater oases for their visual beauty. Carpeted by corals of all shapes and sizes, coral reefs offer some of the most vibrant and cosmic color displays in the natural world; it’s clear why the reef tourism industry capitalizes on the enticing aesthetics of the reef. But as humans are drawn to the reef’s sights, marine organisms follow another sensory cue, sound.

Coral reefs are alive with the babel of thousands of marine creatures, from tiny shrimp to large groupers. Fish, the singers of this aquatic ensemble, vocalize through two methods: contracting and expanding the sonic muscle around their air bladder (drumming) and sudden changes in direction and velocity when swimming (hydrodynamics). Additionally, they can rub two pieces of hard skeleton or teeth together to produce noise (stridulation).

Invertebrates also add to the reef’s audible world, primarily through stridulation. Spiny lobsters pull their soft antennas across each other to elicit sound like a violin, which helps them stay noisy even when molting. Crabs are the percussionists, as they place a claw on the ground and scratch their claws together to send vibrations through the substrate. One of the loudest reef creatures, the Snapping Shrimp (a.k.a. the Pistol Shrimp), slams its pincers together with such speed that it emits shockwaves so explosive that they stun their prey and camouflage submarines from sonar!

This underwater symphony has important ecological purposes, mainly in reef animal recruitment. In 2019, researchers from Australia and the U.K. played the sounds of healthy reefs over a degraded coral system and compared community results to deserted, silent reefs. The difference was clear, as the acoustically enriched reef experienced a doubling in overall biological abundance and a 50% increase in species richness. With fish returning to the reef at higher volumes and diversity, their results indicate the restorative potential of acoustic enrichment to improve juvenile fish recruitment. Coral larvae (planulae) also swam toward healthy reef sounds, demonstrating the necessity of acoustic cues for recruitment across various marine taxa.

The importance of naturally clamorous reefs is also highlighted when reef sounds are obstructed. As unhealthy reefs are quiet from lack of activity, lower recruitment levels may slow or stunt the revitalization of reefs. On top of this, anthropogenic noise and boat motor pollution can lead to various issues with the reef organisms. Planulae were observed to have difficulty finding suitable habitats within close proximity to boat engines. Reef fish behavior to predatorial signals were altered, with slower response times and even increased space use, as opposed to hiding. Cortisol (related to stress) and hormonal levels also escalated during the first few days of noise pollution exposure, although acclimated tolerance to louder oceans may result in behavioral and community shifts.

Coral reefs are brilliant ecosystems, rich with a diverse and sonorous soundscape. The soundwaves flowing out from reef communities are vital for recruitment of reef organisms, as well as behavior and predator-prey interactions. When we discuss conservation and activism, we need to remember our impact on the physical, ecological, and acoustical levels of reef ecosystems.

If you want to hear what a healthy reef sounds like, or certain vocalizations of reef organisms, check out the links below:

Sounds of the coral reef: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYFbMnH8zsc

What Coral Reef Fish Sound Like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LW4VWHw-uI

Goliath Grouper “Barking”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFWIyceZyX8
Translation - Portuguese
O Incrível e Barulhento Mundo Sonoro dos Recifes de Corais
Escrito por Evan Quinter
(publicado em Português aqui: https://reefbites.com/2021/05/11/o-incrivel-e-barulhento-mundo-sonoro-dos-recifes-de-corais/ )

Há muitas razões para amar os recifes de corais. Dentre elas, muitas vezes nos apaixonamos pela beleza visual deste oásis subaquático. Preenchidos por corais de todas formas e tamanhos, os recifes oferecem algumas das paisagens naturais mais vibrantes e coloridas que existem e não é difícil entender o motivo pelo qual a indústria do ecoturismo lucra com a beleza cativante dos recifes. Mas enquanto os humanos são atraídos pela paisagem recifal, os organismos marinhos seguem outro sinal sensorial, o som.

Recifes de corais estão cheios de vida como uma metrópole de milhares de criaturas marinhas, de pequenos camarões a garoupas gigantes. Os peixes são os grandes cantores desta grande banda sinfônica, vocalizando por dois métodos: contraindo e expandindo o músculo sonoro associado à sua bexiga natatória (ressonância) e mudanças bruscas em direção e velocidade enquanto nadam (hidrodinâmica). Além disso, eles podem esfregar duas partes de esqueleto rígido ou dentes para produção de som (estridulação).

Invertebrados também influenciam no mundo sonoro dos recifes, principalmente por estridulação. As lagostas puxam suas antenas moles uma na outra para produzir sons como de um violino, o que as auxilia em produzir barulho enquanto estão em fase de muda. Caranguejos são os percussionistas: fincam suas patas no sedimento e arranham suas outras patas para enviar vibrações pelo substrato. Uma das criaturas mais barulhentas dos recifes, o camarão-de-estalo (ou camarão-pistola), pinçam suas quelas com tanta velocidade que emite ondas de choque tão explosivas que atordoam suas presas e camuflam submarinos de sonares!


Esta sinfonia aquática mantém funções ecológicas, principalmente o recrutamento larval. Em 2019, pesquisadores da Austrália e do Reino Unido tocaram sons de recifes saudáveis em um sistema coralino degradado e compararam resultados de diversidade com recifes abandonados, silenciosos. A diferença foi clara, já que os recifes enriquecidos acusticamente registraram o dobro da média de abundância biológica e um aumento de 50% em riqueza de espécies. Com o grande volume e diversidade de peixes retornando aos recifes, o resultado do experimento indica o potencial de restauração de recrutamento de peixes juvenis com o enriquecimento acústico. Larvas de coral (plânulas) também nadam seguindo o som de recifes saudáveis, demonstrando a necessidade de sinais acústicos para recrutamento de vários táxons marinhos.

A importância de recifes naturalmente barulhentos é também destacada quando os sons dos recifes são obstruídos. Dado que recifes doentes são silenciosos por falta de atividade, níveis baixos de recrutamento podem abrandar ou impedir a revitalização dos recifes. Além disso, ruídos antropogênicos e poluição dos motores de barcos podem trazer várias problemáticas para os organismos recifais. Plânulas tiveram dificuldades em encontrar habitats adequados quando em grande proximidade de motores de embarcações. O comportamento dos peixes recifais em reação à sinais de predação foram alterados, com tempo de resposta reduzido e até aumentaram o espaço ocupado, em vez de se esconderem. Níveis de cortisol (relacionado ao estresse) e hormonais foram escalonados durante os primeiros dias de exposição à poluição sonora, apesar da aclimatação e tolerância a oceanos mais barulhentos podem resultar em mudanças comportamentais e a nível de comunidade.

Os recifes de coral são ecossistemas incríveis, ricos e com uma paisagem sonora rica e diversa. As ondas sonoras se propagam pela comunidade dos recifes e são vitais para o recrutamento de organismos marinhos, além de regular interações comportamentais e de predador-presa. Quando discutimos conservação e ativismo, precisamos também lembrar do nosso impacto a nível físico, ecológico e acústico nos ecossistemas recifais.

Se você quer ouvir como é o som de um recife saudável, ou certas vocalizações de organismos recifais, confira nos links abaixo:


Sons do recife de coral: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYFbMnH8zsc

Que som fazem os peixes recifais: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LW4VWHw-uI

"Latido" da garoupa-preta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFWIyceZyX8


New! Video portfolio:
Glossaries Biostatistics (EN-PTBR), Boardgames, Coral Reef Science (EN-PTBR), General (EN-PTBR), Instituto do Mar UNIFESP (EN-PTBR), Manual de Comunicação LGBTI, Marine Ecology (EN-PTBR), Quaternary Geology (EN-PTBR)
Translation education Graduate diploma - Estácio
Experience Years of experience: 3. Registered at ProZ.com: Nov 2020. Became a member: May 2021.
ProZ.com Certified PRO certificate(s) N/A
Credentials English (Cambridge University (ESOL Examinations), verified)
English (International English Language Testing System, verified)
English to Portuguese (Universidade Estácio de Sá, verified)
English to Portuguese (Associação Brasileira de Tradutores)
Memberships CIOL
Software Adobe Acrobat, Amara, CafeTran Espresso, CaptionHub, Microsoft Office Pro, Powerpoint, Smartcat, Subtitle Edit, Trados Studio, Wordfast



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About me

I'm a Brazilian freelance translator specializing in Translation (Estácio, Brazil) with a Master's degree in Science and 9 years of experience in the scientific market.

I have a Cambridge ESOL certification (C1 Advanced English) and I'm  a TED Translators former mentee in audiovisual translation.

Chartered Institute of Linguistics affiliated (CIOL-UK) and investing on my continuous learning with Translators101 and ProZ Training.

My work pairs are: 

ENGLISH TO PORTUGUESE (Brazilian variation)

PORTUGUESE (Brazilian variation) TO ENGLISH 


Services: EN <-> PT-Br

Technical Translation

Reviewing

Critical Review (for academic work)

Subtitling, Transcription, time-stamping


CAT-Tools:  CafeTran, Smartcat, Wordfast, Subtitle Edit


Experience:

Translator Expert. Probatus Academic Services (2022 - current).

Volunteer subtitler reviewer TED Translators (2023 - current)

Volunteer Translator and Reviewer. International Coral Reef Society (2020-2022).


Areas of expertise:

General (Academic Transcripts, resumes, tourism, marketing)

Technical (Health Sciences, Zoology, Ecology, Geology),

Audiovisual (Cinema, series, documentaries)


For subtitling work as a translator, transcriptor, and reviewer:  https://www.ted.com/profiles/15294994/translator

For academic productivity, go to Scholar.


Certifications 

2020 C2 Proficient EF SET Certificate (link)


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2010 C1 Certificate in Advanced English Cambridge ESOL 

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TED mentee (Check my published subtitles in https://www.ted.com/profiles/15294994/translator)

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Humanitarian Translation

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Environment & Ecology4

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Corroborated2
100% positive (1 entry)
positive1
neutral0
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Job type
Translation4
Editing/proofreading1
Subtitling1
Language pairs
English to Portuguese4
Portuguese to English2
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Geology1
Medical (general)1
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama1
Other fields
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Science (general)1
Livestock / Animal Husbandry1
Media / Multimedia1
Poetry & Literature1
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