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Marina Oliveira

2 years TC Master
since May 25, 2006

Marina Oliveira

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"IT, Localization, User Guides, Other, into European Portuguese"

Portugal

Mother Tongue: Portuguese
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Contact Information

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Address: Rua de Cima, nº 8, Matinha, Salir de Matos 2500-635, Portugal
Phone: +351 91 476 0040

Joined: Aug. 5, 2005, last update Aug. 23, 2008
e-mail Preferred E-mail of Marina Oliveira: send a message


Working language pairs and rates:

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Min. rate
per word
Min. rate
per hour
English > Portuguese
$0.08
$25.00
USD
French > Portuguese
$0.08
$25.00
USD

Services

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Desktop Publishing, Editing, Localization, Proofreading, Subtitling, Translation

Specialization

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Software localization
IT User/Designer Guides
Web site contents
Marketing
Nutrition
Arts & Literature
Proofreading/Editing/DTP

Subject Areas

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Agriculture, Art, Automotive, Business General, Computer and Information Sciences, Culinary Arts, Desktop Publishing (DTP), Ecology, Education, Environmental Science, General, Health, Humanities and Humanistic Studies, Journalism and Mass Communication, Linguistics, Literature, Medicine - Dentistry, Medicine - Pharmacology, Sport and Fitness, Telecommunications

Background

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Since Aug 2005
European Portuguese freelance translator.

Some recent projects
Editing&proofreading: MSDS 35,000w; Education 15.000w.
Translation: Educational policies 11,000w
Anatomy & fitness 10,000w
Pharmaceutical study 4,200w
Religious meditations on AIDS 7,500w
Classical dance teaching 20,000w.
DTP: 300 pp. 2 camera user guides, layout in FrameMaker provided by client.
Localization: Ongoing project management, translation and testing of UI files, manuals editing, final DTP and QA.

Since Jan 2005
As a team leader, I have also been involved with supervising work progress, quality assurance and schedule compliance, performing the liaison between Portuguese and UK software companies.

Since Jun 2004
Part of Portuguese translation team for the localization of i2 Group applications (EN > PT/PTB), involving translation, editing and proofreading of software, documentation and marketing materials, as well as image capture and final DTP using FrameMaker 7.

1998-2004
Graduated at the University of Lisbon, in Modern Languages and Literature, Portuguese and English Studies, in addition to several different part-time and full-time jobs.

2000-2002 Secretary in Pathology laboratory, Onchology Portuguese Institute (IPO).
1998-2000 Outsourcing employee for Alcatel and Vodafone.
1997-1998 Secretary in interior architects office.
1992-1996 Manager in a stationery shop.
1986-1992 Officer in shipping agency, in charge of inbound shipping cargo department.

Training:
2006 Environmental Management, ISO:14001, EMAS, Auditing - 30 hours
2006 Workshop on Medical Translation (Tradulínguas/British Council) - 6 hours
2005 Translation Theory by APT-Associação Portuguesa de Tradutores (Portuguese Association of Translators)



Software

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  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • SDLX Translation Suite
  • TRADOS
  • Windows XP
    MS Office 2000 + 2003
    Adobe FrameMaker 7.1 + Acrobat 6 Pro
    SnagIt 7, Adobe Illustrator CS
    SDLX 2005
    Trados 5 & 7
    eTrust AntiVirus

Accreditations

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BA in Modern Languages and Literature - Portuguese and English Studies,
University of Lisbon
FCE + CPE, Cambridge University ESOL



Payment Options

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