Ricardo Albuquerque * English-Portuguese, Spanish-Portuguese Translation * Quality translations always on time * Master Member at TranslatorsCafe.com — Directory of Translators, Interpreters and Translation Agencies

Address: Pátio Singelo, Lote-B, 7ºG, Azambuja, 2050-275, Portugal (Show map

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Phone: 00351 963636563

Copywriting, Localization, Proofreading, Terminology Research, Transcription, Translation

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: Master's degree in International Journalism at Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa with the final mark of 15. Thesis: “Portuguese media serving the cause of independent East-Timor”.
1997: Major in Communication Science at Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa 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 Universidade de Lisboa.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2006 (since April): Freelancer translator and proofreader.

Main customers: Nokia, Repsol YPF (oil industry), Michelin (tourist guides), Nielsen (market studies), EPUL (Lisbon Public Urbanisation Company), Leya (leading Portuguese publisher), Pearson (publishing), CB&I (construction).
Books: The 13th Apostle, Along Came Dylan; The Ice Princess, The Preacher, The Stonecutter (from Camilla Läckberg). Translation and subtitling of Documentaries & Films.

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

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