Luísa F Pinto

13 Years of Experience

• Education and Training

Drawing up the final version of her Masters Thesis on 19th century English Literature, Faculty of Arts, University of Porto, Portugal.

Attending a Course in Legal Translation (e-learning), promoted by Tradulinguas.

2007 - Course in Technical Translation and Writing: Medical Abstracts and Reports, of 25 hours, at Aveiro University, Portugal.

2003 - Post-Graduation in Anglo-American Studies (19th and 20th century American and English Literature and English Cultural and Historical Studies), Faculty of Arts, University of Porto, Portugal.

2002 - Degree in Modern Languages and Literatures, Portuguese and English Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Porto, Portugal.

2002 - Professional Teacher Training - Portuguese and English Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Porto, Portugal.

1997 - Certificate of Proficiency in English, University of Cambridge.

• Work Experience  (Abridged) 

Since September/1997 - Ongoing collaboration with national and international institutions/bodies/translation agencies as a Freelance Translator. (References upon request)

Since March/2006 - Interpreter (Simultaneous and Liaison) for several Public Health Care Institutions, in the scope of their Accreditation processes. 

Since September/2002 - English and Portuguese Teacher (several Public and Private Schools/Universities, mainly Teaching at Higher Education Level)

2008 - Interpreter (Simultaneous) for Medinterna, Health Care Association.

2008 - Collaboration, as a Translation and Interpreter, with RQA Europe Ltd - Science and Technology Centre

2007 - Freelance Translator for IPA Energy + Water Economics

2007-2008 - Translator for Applied Language Solutions / Amdipharm Limited 

• Adobe Acrobat
• PASSOLO
• PowerPoint
• TRADOS
• Wordfast
• Microsoft Office - Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Publisher, etc;
  CAT and Project Management Tools: Trados, Wordbee