ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Graduation in Modern Languages (portuguese and english) by Faculdade de Letras of Universidade Clássica de Lisboa and Course of Spanish by Instituto de Formação Profissional.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Cooperating since 2012 in the translation and proofreading/QC of subtitles of films and TV series for some leading media/streaming companies worldwide, I have worked for more than 30 years as translator and proofreader in several companies and as freelancer.
PUBLISHED BOOKS (translations)
1. British Encyclopedia of the 20th century World History (8 volumes)
2. British book of 100 Natural Wonders of the World
3. Atlas of Anatomy (es/pt)
4. Prestige book for Porsche (en/pt)
5. English, spanish and german books on several subjects (world history, animal world, anatomy, human body, environment, tourism, religion, art, cinema, culinary, juvenile literature)
DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS
1. Translation (en, es, de/pt) and proofreading of several thematic and encyclopedic dictionaries and encyclopedias
2. Creative writing of entries for encyclopedias and articles for factbooks on the main worldwide events of the year as well as an article on ecosystems and protected areas in Portugal (113 pages)
3. Active participation in the updating of a Dictionary of Portuguese, coordinated by Universidade Católica Portuguesa. OTHERS
1. Translation of didatic building kits assembly instructions for children
2. Several works (en/pt and pt/en) on Tourism
3. Translation of several projects and reports on the Health Operational Program Saúde XXI (European Community)
4. Translation, proofreading and editing of several articles for the NGO Fairfood International
5. Proofreading and translation of a Public Health Manual for the CORE Group
6. Several participations in TermWiki translation projects with 100% accuracy
7. Translation of Human Resources docs for the United Nations
8. Proofreading/QC and translation of subtitles of TV series and movies.