WORK EXPERIENCE

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Localization Specialist, Translator, Transcreator, Transcriber, Editor, Reviewer, Subtitler

• Several publishing houses, including Harper Collins, Harlequin, Intrínseca, Rocco, Record, Galera da Record, and Faro.

• Direct clients like authors Derek Sivers and Grant Lingel (USA), Mohanji (UK & India), Pip Reid (Canada), and Sasha Cottman (UK); actress and presenter Maria Gal (Brazil), and actress and screenwriter Malu Mader (Brazil).

• Brands, agencies, and companies like Visa, Dolce&Gabbana Beauty, Canva, Wellhub, Ray-Ban & Oakley (Star7/Luxottica), Rolex (Datawords), Club Med, Classpass, Life.io, Shakespeare in the Ruins, EagleRider, Sistema B, Walking the Talk, Swag Masha Games, British Academy, Protection International, Penthol, Locate Translate, Transcribe and Translate, Strommen/Netflix, VISA, Whatsapp, Facebook (Protranslating), Google (House of Greenland), Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (Appen), Uber, Microsoft (In What Language), Formula E (The Kitchen), Come Alive.

 

Language Specialist

VISA DIRECT, UK | 2024 – Present (Remote contractor)

Translating, localizing, reviewing, and editing marketing, website, and UI content, ensuring cultural and linguistic accuracy for Brazilian audiences. Maintaining style guides, termbases, and glossaries; performing QA; and contributing to content quality, tone of voice, and user experience, aligning with VISA Direct's brand and internationalization goals.

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Language Specialist

SCALED AGILE INC, USA | 2022 – Present (Remote contractor)

As a language specialist at Scaled Agile, Inc. (the provider of SAFe®, the world’s leading framework for enterprise agility), I own the quality of the Brazilian Portuguese translations, review work from external vendors, ensure that all linguistic assets - including glossaries and translation memories - are up to date, develop and maintain the term base and style guide, and assist in optimizing MT engine and output.

 

Literary Translator, Book Report Writer

PUBLISHING HOUSES, Brazil | 2008 – Present

• Harper Collins (2015-present) - 21 books translated, 20+ book reports written

• Harlequin (2015-present) - 07 books translated, 20+ book reports written

• Intrínseca (2025-present) - 04 books translated

• Rocco (2025-present) - 04 books translated

• Faro Editorial (2021-present) - 06 books translated

• Editora Record and Galera da Record (2008-2019) - 32 books translated, 205 book reports written

• Intrínseca (2015-present) - 01 book preview translated to English, transcriptions

• Culturama (2021-present) - 01 book translated

• Editora Consequência (2019 - 2021) - 01 book translated, onsite interpreting for the authors

• Ediouro (2016) - 01 book. Acquired by Harper Collins, where we continued our collaboration

 

Translator and Interpreter

BRITISH ACADEMY, UK, Brazil, Greece | 2018 – 2021

Communication support as an onsite interpreter in Rio de Janeiro for 2018’s Week of Food Sovereignty debates, meetings with the City Hall, and visits to urban gardens with British Academy researchers.  Translation of the project’s book, published in 2021.

 

BELEZA NATURAL, Brazil | 2017 – Present

Translator and interpreter for Beleza Natural’s American team training in Rio, helping with the onboarding and localizing written presentations, marketing & social media content, labels, and videos for a successful international expansion. I still do occasional translations for the company.

 

RIO DE JANEIRO'S MUSEUM OF TOMORROW, Brazil | 2015 – 2016

Translation for the museum's website content and its exhibits and rooms displays to English and the printed material distributed in the United Nations 2015's Climate Change Conference/Paris Agreement.

 

WORD REFERENCE, USA | 2016 – 2018

Translation to implement Word Reference's online dictionary translation.

 

GRUPO COI, Brazil | 2010 – 2016

Translation of COI Institute's healthcare and nutrition articles, oncology scientific reports, survivors’ stories.

 

   

EDUCATION, COURSES & CERTIFICATIONS

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• UFRJ - Rio de Janeiro's Federal University - Bachelor's Degree in Arts – Production Design

• Leading SAFe® Course with SAFe® 6.0 Agilist Certificate

• Clear Global / Translators Without Borders - Plain Language Editor Level I Certification

• Google Adwords Certification, Online – Google Ads Fundamentals, Google Ads Search

• Estácio de Sá University, Online – Complete Portuguese

• UFU - Uberlândia Federal University, Online - Animal Ethics

• United Nations Institute for Training and Research, Online - Confronting Trauma, Gender Matters

• Cardiff University, Online – Working with Translation

• IBEU – Instituto Brasil Estados Unidos, Onsite - Complete English Course (8 years), Teacher Training Courses: Introduction to American Literature, Contemporary American Drama, Grammar I (1.5 years)

• Additional courses - Copywriting for Social Media, The Art of Storytelling, UXWriting Workshop, Copywriting, Travel Writing, SEO Training, Ultimate Google Ad Words, Proofreading, Ethical Codes for Translators and Interpreters

 

VOLUNTEERING

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• Coordinator, Translator - Mercy for Animals Brazil’s Volunteer Translators Team

• Subtitler - TED Translators

• Translator – Animal Rights NGO Olhar Animal

 

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

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• Blog Writing/Content Creation (Online, 2012-2016)

• Art exhibits, styling & visual merchandising, make-up, set & costume design, retail & customer service, photography (Rio de Janeiro, 2004 - 2016)

• Teaching – 4-week Visual Merchandising course - Polo Criativo (Rio de Janeiro, 2015)

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