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 1 job(s) posted by Vera Joana Cordeiro
TCTerms Score: 520 
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Joined: viernes, 02 de junio de 2006, last update sábado, 15 de octubre de 2011  Preferred E-mail of Vera Joana Cordeiro: send a message
Working Language Pairs |
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Dutch > Portuguese, English > Brazilian Portuguese, English > Portuguese, German > Brazilian Portuguese, German > Portuguese
Mga Serbisyo |
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Iba pa, Proofreading, Terminology Research, Pagsasalin
Subject Areas |
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Advertising, Agriculture, Automotive, Biology, Botany, Business Administration and Management, Chemistry, Child Care, Civil Engineering, Design and Applied Arts, Desktop Publishing (DTP), Ecology, Economics, Education, Engineering, General, Geography, History, Humanities and Humanistic Studies, Information Sciences and Systems, Law and Legal, Linguistics, Mechanical Engineering, Medicine — Nursing, Metallurgical Engineering, Music, Music History and Literature, Oceanography, Oil and Gas Engineering, Patent Translation, Petroleum Engineering, Philosophy, Taxation, Telecommunications, Transportation, Veterinary, Women Studies
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Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
Feb 1986 - Dec 1989
Secondary Education at Colégio Costa e Silva, Xanxerê-SC, Brazil.
Sept 1999 - May 2006
Graduation in Translation Studies at the University of Applied Sciences of Cologne, Germany, having English as the first language, Spanish as the second and Dutch as an extra choice. The core translation areas were Law, Economics and Technical Translations.
Dutch Language Course at Volkshochschule, Germany.
August 2001
Intensive Spanish Summer Course, Madrid, Spain.
Feb - July 2002
Exchange Student, University of Westminster, London. Specialities: American Literature; English Linguistic Varieties, English Language Teaching, English as a Foreign Language.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Feb 1990 - Dec 1998
Fisk School for Languages, Xanxerê-SC, Brazil
Teaching English at basic, intermediate and advanced levels to children and adults. Teaching Business English. Experience of technical translation, especially involving instruction manuals on medical and engineering fields. Translation from English/German into Portuguese.
March - Dec 1997
English teacher at Senac - Adult Community College, Chapecó - SC Brazil
English teacher
Intensive teaching of English at basic grammar levels, focusing on conversation.
2003 - 2005
Freelance Interpreter
For British, Spanish, American and Chinese companies at several International Trade Fairs in Cologne and Düsseldorf, Germany.
2003 to the present
Freelance translator in Germany and in the UK, focusing on technical texts; translating from German/English/Dutch into Portuguese. I work in collaboration with two other Brazilian language professionals, who also proofread my texts. RECENT TRANSLATION WORKS: Dutch > Portuguese Chlorine Installation - 93,251 words - a wonderful opportunity to revise all chemistry knowledge learned at school! German > Portuguese Car frame manufacturing - 76,429 words - an unforgettable chance to examine a car with a magnifying glass! I was amazed as to how many parts a car door contains, wow! German > Portuguese PDA Computer - 14,190 words German > Portuguese Paper machine - 18,000 words A very exciting subject indeed! English > Portuguese Spectrometry - 24,000 words I am absolutely passionate about translating. Being a translator is a wonderful profession because you learn many things in a short time. Every time I deliver a translation I am thrilled and happy at the work completed. Punctuality and Accuracy are my hallmarks.
INTERESTS
Travelling; learning languages; playing the piano; listening to music; music theory in general; socialising and dining out; reading; writing, watching TV. Currently living in Essex, UK.
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- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe Photoshop
- PowerPoint
- QuickCount
Nuance PDF professional Editor
Catscradle for the translation of Websites
TRADOS 8.0
SDLX
2 Pcs
2 Notebooks
At least 5 E-dictionaries
My husband, a walking dictionary for technical terms!
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