Senior English<>Portuguese translator, working for over 25 years in translation for Global Publishers (Larousse, Oxford University Press, Ática, Makron Books) and for the Information Technology market.
Good organizational and time management with an eye for detail and ability to adapt to challenges when they arise. Excellent writing skills in native language, reading and comprehension skills in the source language and cultural knowledge in both target and source language, self-motivated, organized and disciplined.
EDUCATION:
BA in English Language and Literature with specialization in Translation and Interpretation Studies at the Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP)
English Literature studies at the College of Philosophy, Letters and Human Sciences at the University of São Paulo (USP-SP)
English<>French Language Studies at McGill University in Montreal
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Translator at Consist since 1990, working with technical translations of software applications and IT related contents.
Duties: translation of training, reference and installation manuals from English <> Portuguese; translation of help texts, error messages, company site, releases, folders; quality control with reviewing and proofreading of mother-tongue texts for marketing, legal and commercial departments of the company; researching legal & technical phraseology to ensure the correct translation; advice, comments and suggestions as well as preparation of glossaries and style guides from translations done; creation and organization of English-Portuguese-English glossaries by terminology using Word and Excel.
Oxford University Press
Freelance translator, working remotely for the OUP (Oxford University Press) in a major project of a bilingual dictionary (Oxford Portuguese Dictionary) containing more than 70.000 headwords and 140.000 example sentences and idioms addressed to the Brazilian and Portuguese markets. Main duties included translation of entries and example sentences from English to Portuguese using OUP specific editing tool, translation and revision of cultural notes and quality control of translations done. The project lasted 2 years and the dictionary was published in 2015. The project was headed by an English speaker coordinator which required very good English language communication and written skills.
Larousse Publishing
Freelance translator, working remotely for three years in major dictionary projects for the Latin American Division of Larousse located in Scotland. The project included the creation and development of illustrated, student and mini editions of English-Portuguese bilingual dictionaries addressed to the Brazilian market (Larousse/Ática Illustrated English-Portuguese Dictionary, Larousse/Ática Spanish-Portuguese Dictionary, Yes Larousse/Ática Mini Dictionary and Oui Larousse/Ática French-Portuguese Mini Dictionary). Main duties included the task of training a team of translators in the use of Larousse special editing tool, managing deadlines, translation of dictionary entries into Portuguese and revision/proof reading of translations done.
Centre Linguista Montreal
English<>Portuguese translations of marketing materials including adverts, editorial copy, press releases, Website, sales brochures and Power Point presentations.
Makron Books McGraw Hill
English<>Portuguese translation of the "Business Week Guide for Multimedia Presentations". An instruction guide for producing business presentations on the PC and Mac written by Robert L. Lindstrom with 448 pages published by Makron Books.
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Author review: I strongly recommend Eliane's outstanding translation artistry. Eliane's translation of my book is absolutely fantastic! |
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