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Address: Pátio Singelo, Lote-B, 7ºG, Azambuja, 2050-275, Portugal
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Phone: 00351 963636563 Joined: May 11, 2006, last update Sep. 8, 2009  Preferred E-mail of Ricardo Albuquerque: send a messageWebsite: http://ricardoalb.TranslatorsCafe.com
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Copywriting, Localization, Proofreading, Terminology Research, Transcription, Translation Specialization | TOP |
Hi! I'm a 39 years old Portuguese translator. I started my career as a journalist 11 years ago and I’ve been doing English-Portuguese and Spanish-Portuguese translations regularly for the last 8 years, both in my previous job and as a freelancer. I'm exclusively working on translation since April 2006, for companies such as Repsol,Nokia, Michelin, CB&I, IFC Markets, Saxo Bank or Edições ASA. I charge 0,05 USD per word. Subject Areas | TOP |
Advertising, Architecture, Banking and Financial, Business General, Business Marketing, Civil Engineering, Computer Games and Gambling, Electronic Games, Games of Chance, Economics, Education, Film and Cinema Studies, Finance, Food Sciences, General, Geography, Health, History, Hospitality, Information Sciences and Systems, Internet, Journalism and Mass Communication, Law and Legal, Literature, Mechanical Engineering, Medicine - Dentistry, Medicine - Nursing, Medicine - Ophthalmology, Medicine - Pharmacology, Medicine - Psychiatry, Metallurgical Engineering, Military Technologies, Mining and Mineral Engineering, Mining And Petroleum Technology, Oil and Gas Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Psychology, Radio and Television Broadcasting, Telecommunications, Tourism and Travel
PERSONAL DETAILS:
Ricardo Miguel Albuquerque de Andrade Duarte Gonçalves
Born on December 11, 1969 in Coimbra, Portugal
English to Portuguese and Spanish to Portuguese translator
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:
2000: Postgraduate in International Journalism at Universidade Autónoma of Lisbon with the final mark of 15. Thesis: “Portuguese media serving the cause of independent East-Timor”.
1997: Major in Communication Sciences at Universidade Autónoma of Lisbon with the final mark of 14. Thesis: "Portuguese press and the Spanish civil war" (Final mark: 17). English (Final mark: 17).
1992: Conclusion of the 2nd year of the major in Law at University of Lisbon.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2006 (since April): Freelancer translator and proofreader.
Main customers: Nokia, Repsol YPF (oil industry), Michelin (tourist guides), Mensa (IQ tests), EPUL (Lisbon Public Urbanisation Company), Leya - leading Portuguese publisher (Books: The 13th Apostle, The Ice Princess), Pearson.
2001 (May) to April, 2006: Main Redactor at monthly trade marketing magazine “Revista Super Market”, in Lisbon. This function implied frequent translations of English, French and Spanish texts and documents into Portuguese.
1998 (December) to April, 2001: Journalist at regional weekly newspaper "O Mirante”, in Santarém. This function implied the weekly revision of the edition and translation of English texts into Portuguese.
1998 (March to December): Journalist at daily newspaper “24 Horas”, in Lisbon, in “national” and “international” sections. In this function I have accomplished translations of English texts and documents into Portuguese on a daily basis.
1996 (November) to March, 1997: Apprenticeship at the “national” section of daily newspaper "A Capital", in Lisbon.
LANGUAGES AND TRANSLATION SKILLS:
Portuguese - Fluent
English - Fluent
Spanish - Fluent
French - Operational
Full knowledge of MS Office
Ability in Trados 7 Freelance Edition
Trados 6 Freelance Edition
HP Pavillion Intel Core 2 CPU T5600, 1,83Ghz, 2 GB Ram, 120 GB Laptop.
Adsl connection (up to 4MB speeed).
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