Translator and proofreader/editor freelancing since 1979 from my native Portugal.

Variant: European Portuguese (PT-PT)

Localisation. Subtitling. Audio recordings (for example, prompts for medical software)

CONTACTS

Email: [email protected]

Skype: anavozone

RATES

English to Portuguese - Rates: 0.09 - 0.12 EUR per word / 40 - 40 EUR per hour
French to Portuguese - Rates: 0.09 - 0.13 EUR per word / 40 - 40 EUR per hour
German to Portuguese - Rates: 0.12 - 0.14 EUR per word / 45 - 45 EUR per hour
Spanish to Portuguese - Rates: 0.12 - 0.14 EUR per word / 42 - 42 EUR per hour

General rate: 0.11 EUR per word / 40 EUR per hour

QUALIFICATIONS

• Specialized Translator Course (BA) – ISLA – Instituto Superior de Línguas e Administração – Class of ’73 – English and German - Lisboa, Portugal

• Certificate of Proficiency in English (with Honors – May 1975)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Qualified Member of ITI – Institute of Translation and Interpretation (UK) since 2008
• Proz.com

LANGUAGE VARIANTS

• European Portuguese.
• Also Portuguese spoken in Angola, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde, São Tomé e Príncipe (PALOP countries), Macao and East Timor

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Government & Politics, European Union Bodies

(Over 5 million words /15,000 pages translated for EU Bodies alone) since 1990:

Cooperation and development, finance projects, competition/state aids, culture, employment, social affairs, education, training, vocational training, youth, health and consumer protection. European Commission programmes and websites, European Parliament legislation documents. Also technical assistance, emergency assistance, social security. 

US FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) - Homelessness, Emergency accommodation.

Public transport - Safety manuals. Bus travel, bookings.

Utilities - Electric companies - Consumer information.

Scholarships - Environment, student applications, onboarding.

4 successive freelance contracts with the European Central Bank (ECB): 2009/2013, 2013/2017, 2018 (Pool B), 2023 (Pool B).

International Organizations

OECD, Eurobarometer/Flash, WHO (malaria)

Corporate / Consumer

Marketing and Advertising (25 years with leading multinational advertising agency McCann-Erickson), many other communications and advertising agencies in Portugal and abroad. Creative copy, legal (contracts), business reporting, in the above areas.

Employee and customer satisfaction surveys.

Press releases, e-letters, corporate communication, corporate magazines, sales leaflets, corporate brochures.

Courier services.

Lotteries.

Codes of Conduct. Anti-Corruption, Anti-bribery and Whistleblowing policies. Compliance. CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility. Corporate Environmental Policy.

Commercial Registry, Company Register, Handelsregister

Employee manuals. Travel policies.

Oil and Gas industry – Contracts, recruitment, injury reports, training, health and safety at work.

Packaging (aluminum, plastic, paper, fresh and frozen, liquid and solid)

Fire alarm systems. Frequent flyer programs. Sunglasses. Product compliance certificates.

Agrofood/Food industry: food labels (ingredient lists), recipes, cooking and baking.

Gyms and health/fitness foods.  

Automotive coatings (Sikkens - AKZO)

Hotel industry/hospitality/catering

Recruitment

Fashion: clothing, shoes, accessories

Videogames 

Finance

Investment Funds – Annual reports, prospectuses, KIIDs, PRIIPs

Listed companies

- IFRS / IAS

- Investor relations, corporate governance, corporate responsibility, compliance.

Banking

Credit cards (Visa)

NGO’s

Human Rights, Children’s Rights, Women in Development, HIV/AIDS, Housing, Refugees – Working directly and via agencies with Amnesty International, Save The Children, Jesuit Refugee Service.

Fragile Countries


OTHER AREAS / SKILLS

Press searches (for instance, "bad press" searches on companies and individuals).

Linguistic evaluations, such as brand and product names

Cultural consultancy

Disaster checks

Cryptocurrency / Bitcoin

Airport parking / Airport management

Webchat / Messaging scripts

Fitness

Archaelogy

Wildlife

Quizzes

Household appliances - catalogues

Apps

CV’s and Certificates / School transcripts / Educational DVD’s

Children's books

Sports: Sailing, Football, Tennis

Criminal records, birth certificates, resident permits, immigration

PRO BONO WORK

- Various organizations/activities of the Society of Jesus since 2000

AJAN (African Jesuit AIDS Network) - www.ajanweb.org

JRS (Jesuit Refugee Service) - www.jrsportugal.pt/

Fundação Gonçalo da Silveira - www.fgs.org.pt/pt/

- Translators Without Borders

- VivaBach.pt - A music festival in Portugal. Translations, revisions, some cultural consultancy. https://www.vivabach.pt/

SOFTWARE

• MS Office 2010

• Trados 2007 / Studio 2011 / 2018

• Wordbee, MemoQ, WordFast, JIRA

•AbbyFineReader