Thais Maria Lips

Thaïs Maria Lips
8016 S. Vine Way
Centennial, CO 80122
Phone / Fax: 303-738-1015
Email / Skype / MSN: thais@translationsdecoder.com
www.translationsdecoder.com 
Accessible on week days from 9 to 5  Local time: -7MT

English < > Brazilian Portuguese translator, editor and localization professional, with advanced knowledge of supporting IT resources, virtual global communication, and the ability to interact in cross-cultural environments. Advanced Languages: Spanish and French. Dual Citizenship: Brazilian & American. Countries lived in: Brazil, France, Wales, Oman and England.

Translation, Localization & Interpreting Experience

2001 to Present - Vendor for major translation agencies and direct clients. Examples below.
* Translator and Editor for both technical and non-technical assignments working in various file formats.
* Legal: Pennsylvania State Judicial Branch
* Telecommunication: Vivo, Claro
* Web Content: RR Donnelley
* Light, Medium & Full MT Post-Editing: RR Donnelley
* Airport Safety Machinery: Rapiscan
* Job Safety: Vale
* Mining: Vale
* Marketing: Providence Companies
* Finance: Goldman Sachs, Copersucar
* Medical: RR Donnelley
* Culinary: Nestlé
* Social Sciences: Prof. Lia Zanotta, University of Columbia 
* Pharmaceutical: Bayer

* Localization and linguistic testing for major localization companies
* Smart Phones Series: SDL
* Software games: iBeta

* Brazil Cross-Cultural Consultant
* Presentations for companies starting business in Brazil: Dean Foster, Tucker
* Legal formalities and procedures applicable to the Brazilian government and how to do business in Brazil: IGR

* Interpreter
* Contractor for the Colorado State  Judicial Branch
* Phone interpreting: CLI
* Conference interpreting: Hewlett-Packard

* Voice-over and transcription
  
  Other Experience

* 2000 to 2001 - Voice-Stream (now T-Mobile)
* Head of Customer Care / Inbounding Sales Spanish Team

* 1989 to 1996 - Galatours Empresa de Turismo Ltda.
* Managing Partner – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Tour operator and exclusive representative for Globus & Cosmos in Brazil. Planned and successfully implemented sales seminars training; trade events in Europe and the Americas. Translated collateral material utilizing and combining marketing tools: advertisement, media, mailing, and telemarketing.

Professional Volunteer Work

*    ATA, American Translators Association - PLD, Portuguese Language Division
* Former Webmaster and Desktop Publisher
* Present list serve moderator

Education

* 1974 Law School at Faculdade Brasileira de Ciências Jurídicas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
* 1979 English CPE, University of Michigan
* 2001 College of Liberal Arts - Dean’s List  (138 credit hours towards degree), University of Colorado at Denver
   
Continuing Education

* 2001  Web design - 4 credit hours at CUD
* 2001  TESL - Spring International and CUD LLC 5030
* 2007  Translation Tools - ATA - facilitated by Jost Zetzsche
* 2008  Trados Basic and Intermediate - CTA - facilitated by Angelika Zerfass
* 2009  ISO - ASTM Standards - CTA - facilitated by Beatriz Bonnet
* 2011  Trados Studio - CTA Conference - facilitated by Tuomas Kostiainen
* 2011  Trados Multiterm - CTA Conference - facilitated by Ann Zecha and David Russi
* 2011 Units of Weight and Measurement - CTA - facilitated by João Roque Dias

Software Knowledge & Equipment Resources

* SDL Trados 2007 Freelance & Studio 2009
* Microsoft Office Professional Suite 2010, FrontPage 2003
* Abbyy 10 Professional Edition
* CodeZapper
* PerfectIt
* Adobe Acrobat X Pro
* Babylon 9 with suite of electronic dictionaries and glossaries
* Dragon 11.0
* DivX Plus
* Clients access to FTP

Memberships

* ATA American Translators Association - Member since 2002
* CAPI Colorado Association of Professional Interpreters - Member since 2007
* CTA Colorado Translators Association - Member since 2007
 

• Adobe Acrobat
• PowerPoint
• TRADOS
• Babylon, Front Page, Cute FTP, Office Professional 2003, and all necessary to provide a fast and good translation