SILVIA

Languages: Portuguese Translation, Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese

Experience:

From October 2001 to present

Freelance Translator and Editor

Independent worker

Translations

2001 – Present

• Collaborating with Portuguese and foreign translation agencies in the provision of English-Portuguese / Portuguese-English translations and proofreading

Legal translations

Certificates: Birth, Marriage, Death Certificates, Wills Academic Records, School Certificates, Diplomas, Naturalisation papers

CVs: Translating and Tailoring CVs in English and Portuguese

Affidavits, Letters Rogatory, Regulations and Laws, Contracts, Powers of Attorney, Directives, Divorce Decrees, Confidentiality Agreements,

Identification Cards, Passports, Driver’s Licenses, Criminal Clearance Records Miscellaneous correspondence.

Humanities

History, Geology, Art History, Archaeology, Architecture

Medical

Patient debriefing forms, medical exams (MRIs, X-rays), reports, diplomas

Technical

Environment: Renewable Energy Projects, Tender Documents, Proposals to extend Electrical Network System, Appraisal Projects.

Finance: Audits, Proposals, Balance Sheets, Financial Reports, Stock and Share Documents, Investment Analysis

Tourism

Museum leaflets, hotel and holiday guides, cultural agendas, marketing brochures, websites, menus, emails,

Websites:

Translation of several websites namely for the Tourism, Hotel and Education Industries.

• Ongoing collaboration with Beactive, Produções Interactivas, S.A. rendering Portuguese-English translations of:

scripts, treatments, synopses of TV shows/series/formats

• Ongoing collaboration with PT Inovação, the main Portuguese Telecommunications Company in Portugal, rendering Portuguese-English translations

Quality Guides

Operation Guides

User and Administration Guides

• Ongoing collaboration with a an American crafts company

Translating correspondence

Interpreting conference calls

Liaisoning with suppliers

• Voice Over Artist

Voice recordings in Portuguese for Tranperfect, N.Y

Clinical trials

Voice recordings in Portuguese for Elanex

Several film segment recordings for a non governmental organisation

Education:

October 2002-July 2004
Post Graduate Course in Museum Studies
General Subjects: Art History, Conservation, Architecture
Oporto University, Faculty of Humanities
Postgraduate