Extensive experience with United Nations and European Union institutions

Graduate translator and editor working full time as freelance translator/external linguistic services consultant in English, French and Spanish to Portuguese translations (Standard Portuguese - European and African) for over 25 years.
Compliance with EN 15038 (Formal Higher Education + 13 years of documented professional experience)  Certified translations / Traduções certificadas

Available by phone +351919359480. Please consider GMT+001working hours.

Member of the Portuguese Translators Association
Member of the International Association of Professional Translators and Interpreters.

Areas of expertise:
Government & Politics: Public Debt and Development, International Development;
Insurance; Economy (Circular Economy; Public Finance; Fintech); Legal; Contracts; GDPR (Regulamentação Geral de Proteção de Dados).
NGOs, International Cooperation; Human Rights; Children Rights, Human Slavery and Trafficking; Education, Gender Equality; Gender Justice.
Water and Sanitation; Poverty Related Diseases; Neglected Diseases; Sexual and Reproductive Health;Scientific Journalism
Social Audits; Ethical Audits, Corporate Responsability, Neurorights, Neurotechnology

Awarded for Excellence by the USA Army, AFRICOM for interpretation services.

Freelance translator/external linguistic services consultant:

United Nations agencies/programs: UNMIT (former UNTAET); UNCV, UN Kenya, UNICEF NY, UNGEI, UNICEF Florence, IAEA, UNODA, UNODC and OHCRH and Palais des Nations Geneva (simultaneous interpreting), The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, UNITAID, UNGEI, INTRACEN (ITC AU and WTO) UNGM number - 251338

European Union departments/executive agencies/institutions: EBA, EIB; EIGE (European Institute for Gender Equality) Horizon 2020; DG ENV; EU-OSHA; EU-FRA; EDCC; EDCTP; JRC; EUIPO; DG MARE;  EPALE;  DG EISMEA; DG TAXUD;  DG EMPL: EIGE; DG CONNECT ; DG DIGIT.
Quality Controller - Editor for the European Commission;

Portuguese Language consultant/advisor for East Timor Government .
Translator for the Ministry of Planning and Finance (Gov. Translation Unit) of RDTL. KIIDs (UCITS IV and ESMA).

African Union Agencies/Programs: PoW; ECOSOCC; AFSD; AGRF; COMESA; SADC. With the UN WHO AFRO; UN Kenya; ONUMOZ; UNGEI; AU-IBAR; SPFIF; With  the EU AWVP, PACE. AfCTA

EN-PT translator of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) Development Initiative (IDI) in Norway.

Interpretation (Simultaneous/Consecutive/Whispered/Escort) : Business, Insurance, Finance, Audits, Civil Lawsuits, Contracts; Deeds; International Cooperation, Education, Trade.
Simultaneous Interpreter at the OHCHR and ONOG - Palais des Nations in Geneva.  Available to travel.

Services provided: Translation, Localization into European Portuguese, Tradaptation, subtitling for the deaf an hard-of-hearing (SDH); Edition, Revision, Proofreading, Postediting, Quality Check, Simultaneous Interpretation, Consecutive Interpretation, Audit Interpreter, Whispered Interpretation, Examinations Under Oath (EUO) Interpreting, Ghost Writing, Consultancy, Auditing, Bilingual Training in specific fields, Sworn translations, Translators team selection in specific fields, Brazilian Portuguese localization into Standard Portuguese, Angolan Portuguese and Mozambique Portuguese.

Certified Translation Services Provider. Notary approved.
Partnership with a Law Firm in Oporto.

- Pro-bono translator for Fairfood International.

- Pro-bono translator of the Portuguese Association of Multiple Sclerosis (ANEM) 

- Translators Without Borders 

- Certification on Prevention on Harassment and Abuse of Authority  (UNICEF)

- Certification on Ethics and Integrity (UNICEF)

- Certification on Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse  (UNICEF)

:) Life beyond translation :)

- Member of Oporto UNESCO Club 

- ANDC, Member of Microcredit Approval Commission I, Porto, Portugal

- Volunteer of the European Food Bank since 2001.

- Bone Marrow Donor since 2002

- PETA Associate (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) since 1999

- Member of Associazione SocioCulturale Italiana del Portogalo

- Soprano Singer, Ateneu Comercial do Porto Choir