Education
Graduated in “Ciências da Tradução e Cultura Comparada” and Postgraduated in Economics and Legal Translations by I.S.L.A., Porto, Portugal. 1991-1997
Professional Experience
Ten years of experience as an English/German/Spanish –Portuguese Translator. My translation activities are related to the following areas of specialization:
• Medical Devices
• Engineering and Telecommunications (including Vodafone mobile phones from Siemens Mobile)
• Computer Science (Hardware/Software)
• Software Localization
• Electronics
• Natural, pure and social sciences
• General Technical
• Marketing
among others.
Main projects among others:
Ongoing project to Siemens Medical Solutions - Translation of several manuals regarding medical devices. More than 4.000.000 words translated by now. EN/DE into PT
Several documents/manuals to Siemens Power Generation, Siemens Automation & Drives, Siemens Mobile (Vodafone mobile phones), among others of the Siemens Group. EN/DE into PT
Translation of several manuals to Dräger Medical. DE/EN into PT
Translation of several manuals (IVD/Software) to Chiron Corporation, Digene, Biomérieux, Bayer, AnaMar Medical, Grifols, bioRapid, Ostex, Tecan, Pharmacia Diagnostics, AID Autoimmun Diagnostika. EN/DE/SP into PT
Translation of several manuals to Case Corporation (since 1999), Mazda, Volkswagen, Hitachi, Loma. EN into PT
Translation of several manuals to Black&Decker; DeWalt; Atlas Copco, Bromma, Gardena, Kinzo, SKF, Solo, Walter, Pyroban, Radiancy, Navman, etc.. EN/DE into PT
Translation of Spanish contents of the website www.managerland.pt (a portal of Banco Comercial Português). SP into PT
Translation of a Spanish online magazine (Telefónica Móviles) as an ongoing project. SP into PT (BR)
Proofreading of a large project to Metro Transportes do Sul through Siemens. DE into PT and PT into DE (almost 500 pages)
Translation of all SAP system to a company in Portugal. SP into PT
Translation of all SAP system to an European company. EN into PT
Translation of the software Label Maker of Greenstreet software. EN into PT
Translation of Ximeta website, company and products brochures, software/harware manual of NetDisk products of Ximeta.
Translation of several MOS, BOS, etc. documents to Johnson Controls. EN into PT
Translation of several documents to United Nations and International Amnesty. EN into PT
Translation of several manuals to Pioneer, Sony, Aiwa, Epson, HP, Daikin, Agfa, Olympus, Sharp, Toshiba, OCE, Kyocera, etc. EN into PT
And also translation of some TV spots to Dodot , Evax, Coca-cola, Cuetara, etc.. SP into PT