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Business, Communications [Bachelor's in Social Communications - Journalism], Computers & IT [Bachelor's in Computer Sciences - Data Processing], Culture, Economics & Politics, Education, Health & Safety, Human & Social Studies, and Legal documents.
Language Pairs: English > Portuguese, Portuguese > English, English > Spanish, Spanish > English, Portuguese > Spanish, Spanish > English.
Services: Translation, proofreading, editing, localization, desktop publishing, and webdesigning.
1) From 1997 to present
Freelance Translator — Working with English, Portuguese, and Spanish translations in areas such as Computers, Communications, Business, Education, and Legal. Most relevant projects:
May 2005 (continuing...) — English > Portuguese: A series of food & beverage, marketing, advertisement, business, and health related documents ranging from technical texts to end-consumer materials about products developed by Tahitian Noni International.
April 2005 — Portuguese > Spanish: Essay regarding the political and economical development of Latin America.
From Nov. 2004 to January 2006 — English > Spanish: Driving exams and computer messages for a traffic school website.
July 2004 — English > Spanish: Mortgage Application Forms for a financial company that is expanding its services to the Hispanic market.
From March to June, 2004 — Portuguese > English: A series of documents from a Brazilian company (including tax receipts, business contracts, legal statements from attorneys, and judicial decisions).
February 2004 — English > Spanish: Technical support manual for a business software.
From Oct. 2000 to April 2001 — English > Portuguese: News articles about technology and its impact in culture, politics, and economy worldwide for the Brazilian website of the renowned Wire News publication.
Volunteering work: Interviews and articles about women's rights for Crossroads Women's Center; articles about Cystic Fibrosis for the Cystic Fibrosis Worldwide organization, and manuals, help files, and localization for open-source projects.
Other relevant projects: personal documents such as birth and marriage certificates, certificates, school transcripts, and police records; business contracts; and marketing brochures.
For a more detailed list of projects I have been recently involved with, please refer to my online Portfolio at rml-languages.com
2) November 2004 to March 2005
JobSummit.com — Text Editor and Lead Generator for this job board for the Southern California area. Occasional projects included spreadsheet and report creations.
3) February to December 2003
Brazilian Pacific Times — Text Editor, Designer, Photographer, Reporter, and Printing Technician for a bilingual monthly 36-page tabloid directed to the Brazilian community in California.
4) From February to December 2000
NESE (Social and Economical Studies Center) — Data processor and researcher for studies concerning unemployment rates and consumer behavior.
5) February 1998 to December 2000
Johnny-on-the-Spot — Teacher of English as a Second Language for group classes for children (5 to 12 years of age) and teenagers, as well as private classes for adults, and special programs for professionals applying for a Masters degree and that needed to refine their language skills.
Bachelor in Social Communications - Journalism
Higher Education Institution, Universidade Santa Cecília
Santos / São Paulo — Brazil
Bachelor in Computer Sciences - Data Processing
Technical High School, Colégio Liceu Santista
Santos / São Paulo — Brazil
EQUIPMENT
A workstation with two computers and a laptop, all running Linux Ubuntu and Swordfish as our preferred CAT Tool. Additional experience with Adobe programs used for desktop publishing, such as Photoshop, PageMaker, Acrobat and Illustrator.
Member since Mar '05
