Working languages:
English to Portuguese
Portuguese to English

Egon Lessa
Video game localization and marketing

Brazil
Local time: 09:13 -03 (GMT-3)

Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
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Services Translation, Editing/proofreading, Software localization, Interpreting, Native speaker conversation
Expertise
Specializes in:
Games / Video Games / Gaming / CasinoCinema, Film, TV, Drama
MusicComputers (general)
Art, Arts & Crafts, PaintingMedia / Multimedia
Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Marketing / Market ResearchComputers: Software
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KudoZ activity (PRO) PRO-level points: 164, Questions answered: 133, Questions asked: 5
Experience Years of experience: 6. Registered at ProZ.com: Jun 2018.
ProZ.com Certified PRO certificate(s) N/A
Credentials English to Portuguese (Brazil: UFRJ)
Memberships N/A
Software Adobe Acrobat, memoQ, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Subtitle Edit
Bio

Brazilian language service provider that offers translationrevision, proofreading, and transcreation from English into Brazilian Portuguese. Specialized in video games and software localization, TV/Cinema/Media and marketing translation.


EDUCATION

Postgraduate diploma

Professional Translation

PUCPR, Brazil

2021 - 2022 (ongoing)

Bachelor’s degree

Media & Communications (Radio and TV)  Senior Thesis: Hotline Miami: A Love Letter to Ludology

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2011 - 2016

 

Exchange program at the Fine Arts Department

Universidade do Porto, Portugal

2014

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AS LANGUAGE SERVICE PROVIDER

Localization Specialist
Since 2019

Translation and proofreading from English into Brazilian Portuguese of dialogue and narrative material, control layout and system messages for AAA and indie games on all platforms and other software, using different CAT Tools.

Credited work: https://tinyurl.com/egonmoby

Freelance Translator
Since 2017

Freelance translation and proofreading from English into Brazilian Portuguese of different projects, ranging from novels to marketing pieces.

 

 

PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

After completing formal training as an electronics technician, I worked from 2007 until 2021 in different positions within the broadcast engineering field in different TV stations in Rio de Janeiro, including the two largest companies in Brazil (TV Globo and Record TV).

Some activities included: camera/videotape maintenance, remote control camera operation, video editing and vision mixing.

CAT TOOLS

memoQ

Advanced (daily use)

Own license 9.10.12

 

Memsource

Advanced

 

 

Trados

Basic

 

 

Smartcat

Basic

 

 

LANGUAGES

Portuguese (Brazilian)

Native speaker

English

Proficient

German

Basic (reading)

TRANSLATION/INTERPRETATION RELATED CERTIFICATES

Master the basics of memoQ

memoQ

2021

Community interpreting and
translation

Centro Brasileiro de Estudos da América Latina

2021

Subtitling Translation

ESTRADA - Escola de Tradução Audiovisual

2020

Project Management

Wordfast LLC

2020

Wordfast Classic for Advanced
Users

Wordfast LLC

2020

Fluency and pronunciation in
English

Núcleo Inglês Sem
Fronteiras UFRJ

2014

OTHER SKILLS BESIDES TRANSLATION/INTERPRETATION

Color correction in DaVinci
Resolve

SENAI, Brazil

2015

Video editing in Avid Media
Composer

Academia Internacional de Cinema e TV

2010

Brazilian guitar

Escola de Música Villa-Lobos

2007

 

This user has earned KudoZ points by helping other translators with PRO-level terms. Click point total(s) to see term translations provided.

Total pts earned: 168
PRO-level pts: 164


Top languages (PRO)
English to Portuguese104
Portuguese to English60
Top general fields (PRO)
Other40
Art/Literary36
Tech/Engineering24
Bus/Financial24
Social Sciences20
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Top specific fields (PRO)
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings20
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama15
Internet, e-Commerce8
Poetry & Literature8
Education / Pedagogy8
Business/Commerce (general)8
Government / Politics8
Pts in 22 more flds >

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Profile last updated
Nov 23, 2022



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