RESUME

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

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Freelance Translator, Interpreter, Transcriber, Transcreator, Editor

DIRECT CLIENTS | December 2008 – Present

Seven Brazilian publishing houses, authors Derek Sivers (USA), Pip Reid (Canada), Grant Lingel (USA, Brazil), and Sasha Cottman (UK, Australia), actress Maria Gal (Brazil) and architect Miguel Pinto Guimarães (Brazil), companies/brands like Classpass (USA, Netherlands), Life.io (USA), Shakespeare in the Ruins (Canada), EagleRider (USA), Sistema B (Brazil), Club Med (France, Brazil), Walking the Talk (Netherlands), Swag Masha Games (Lithuania), Penthol (USA), British Academy (UK, Greece), Protection International (Belgium), among others.

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Freelance Translator, Interpreter, Transcriber, Transcreator

TRANSLATION AGENCIES | December 2008 – Present

Star7 (Italy - Ray-Ban, Oakley accounts), Datawords (France - Rolex account), Locate Translate (UK - Pharmaceutical industry accounts), Strommen (USA - Netflix ), Global Voices (UK), Protranslating (USA - Visa, Whatsapp, Facebook), House of Greenland (France, UK - Google), Appen (USA - Facebook, Twitter), In What Language (USA - Uber, Microsoft), The Kitchen (UK - Formula E), Come Alive USA (USA), among others.

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Literary Translator, Book Report Writer

PUBLISHING HOUSES | December 2008 – Present

• Harper Collins (Brazil, 01/2015-present) - 15 books translated, 10 book reports written.

• Harlequin  (Brazil, 01/2015-present) - 02 books translated, 10 book reports written.

• Editora Record and Galera da Record  (Brazil, 2008-2019) - 32 books translated, including a bestseller that sold over 1.5 million copies in Brazil, plus 205 book reports written (since 2006).

• Intrínseca (Brazil, 01/2015-present) - 01 book preview translated to English, interview transcriptions for 01 book.

• Faro Editorial (Brazil, 07/2021-present) - 02 books translated.

• Culturama (Brazil, 12/2021-present) - 01 book translated.

• Editora Consequência (Brazil, 01/2019 - 06/2021) - 01 book translated and on-site interpretation support for the authors during their research.

• Ediouro (Brazil, 01/2016) - 01 book translated.

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Translator and Interpreter

BELEZA NATURAL | February 2017 – Present

Beleza Natural is a leading Brazilian hair services and products company that opened its 1st international unit in 2018. In 2017, I was the translator and interpreter for the team’s training in Rio de Janeiro's training center, as well as translating and localizing written presentations, marketing, blog & social media content, labels, and videos for its successful opening abroad. I still do occasional translation work for the company.

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Translator and Interpreter

BRITISH ACADEMY | December 2018 – June 2021

Translator and interpreter in Rio de Janeiro’s Favela da Maré for the 2018 Week of Food Sovereignty debates, meetings with the City Hall, and visits to urban gardens with the British Academy researchers. Translated the project’s book, published in 2021.

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Translator

RIO DE JANEIRO'S MUSEUM OF TOMORROW  | September 2015 – January 2016

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

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Translator and Linguist

WORD REFERENCE | October 2016 – July 2018

Part of the translators’ team to implement Word Reference's online dictionary translation.

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Translator

GRUPO COI | June 2010 – February 2016

Translation (Portuguese to English) of COI Institute's healthcare and nutrition articles, oncology scientific reports, and survivors’ stories.

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EDUCATION

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UFRJ - Rio de Janeiro's Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1999-2003

Bachelor's Degree in Arts – Production and Set/Stage Design. 

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COURSES & CERTIFICATIONS

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• Google Adwords Certification – Google Ads Fundamentals and Google Ads Search (Online, 04/2019).

• Estácio de Sá University – Complete Portuguese (Online, 2018).

• UFU - Uberlândia Federal University - Animal Ethics (Online, 2021).

• UNITAR - United Nations Institute for Training and Research - Confronting Trauma (Online, 08/2020),             Gender Matters (Online, 12/2021).

• Travel Writing – With David Farley and Matt Kepner (Online, 01/2020 – 04/2020).

• Domestika - Copywriting for Social Media, The Art of Storytelling (Online, 2022).

• Udemy - Copywriting (Online, 08/2020), SEO Training, Online, 07/2019, Ultimate Google Ad Words, (Online, 04/2019), Proofreading (Online, 12/2018), Ethical Codes for Translators and Interpreters (Online, 12/2018).

• Cardiff University – Working with Translation (Online, 11/2016).

• EBAC - UXWriting Workshop (Online, 2021).

• IBEU – Instituto Brasil Estados Unidos - Complete English (Rio de Janeiro, 1991 – 1998). Teacher Training Course Introduction to American Literature, Contemporary American Drama, Grammar I (Rio de Janeiro, 1999 – 2000).

 

 

VOLUNTEERING

 

• Coordinator - Mercy for Animals Brazil’s Volunteer Translators.

• Subtitler - TED Translators.

• Translator – Animal Rights NGO Olhar Animal.

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ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

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

• Art events and exhibits, fashion styling, visual merchandising, make-up, set & costume design, photography, retail, sales: Portfolio (Rio de Janeiro, 06/2004 - 03/2016).

• Teaching – 4-week Visual Merchandising course - Polo Criativo (Rio de Janeiro, 11/2015).

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TECHNICAL SKILLS

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CAT Tools, web based (XTM, Memsource/Phrase, Smartling, Smartcat, Wordfast).

Microsoft Office Suite.

Google Workspace.

Some GitHub and SiteCore experience.

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SPECIALIZATIONS:

* General: {Advertising}, {Art}, {Beauty}, {Culture}, {Environment}, {Fashion}, {Retail}, {Humanities}, {Literature}, {Media}, {Political science}, {Public relations}, {Entertainment}, {Travel}, {Hospitality}, {Tourism}
* Business: {Finances}, {Investments}, {Business}
* Technical: {Software localization}, {UI and UX}, {Websites}.
* Medical: {General}, {Wellness}, {Psychology}, {Nutrition}, {Fitness}, {Self Care} {Pharmaceutical}.

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