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PORTUGUESE-TO-ENGLISH TRANSLATIONSI have worked since 1986 as a full-time freelance translator. In 2004, I was certified by the American Translators Association (ATA) in Portuguese-to-English translation. Links to some of my published translations can be found under Portfolio. Some brief excerpts are also available under Samples.
ACADEMIC Academic papers, book chapters, and books in the social sciences, humanities, and health. THE ARTS AND LITERATURE Literary fiction, screenplays, and documentary scripts. Children's books. DOCUMENTS
ATA-certified translations into English of documents issued in Portuguese, including school transcripts; vaccine records; birth, marriage, and death certificates; transcripts and course programs for FCCPT; and US immigration and naturalization application forms. All translations are accompanied by a statement of certification and the ATA seal, with a link to www.atanet.org/verify (enter 448926 to verify my credential). For ATA-certified translations from English into Portuguese, please contact my collaborator, Thais Passos. |
MEDICAL INTERPRETER
I have held certification through the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters since 2011, when the credential was first introduced. In order to maintain this CoreCHI credential, I regularly attend continuing education events related to healthcare terminology, memory skills, consecutive interpretation practice, sight translation, and other topics essential to professional development as a healthcare interpreter.
I adhere to the Healthcare Interpreter Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice. ESCORT INTERPRETER
I first began working as an escort interpreter at the Australian Consulate General in Rio de Janeiro in 1982. Since then, my assignments have included meetings and visits involving government officials, politicians, business people, and academics. My all-time favorite assignment was interpreting for the Australian delegation at the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992.
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"The translator is the ultimate reader, a reader so thoroughgoing
that he ends up writing the book he is reading, word for word."
Antonio Muños Molina
