Rodolfo Lima

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Rodolfo Luís Felgueiras de Lima
Adress: Rua Óscar Monteiro Torres, nº 31, 2ºEsq. 2635-385 Rio de Mouro, Lisboa                                                  

Date of Birth:

30/07/1987

Nationality: Portuguese
E-mail: rodolfo.lf.lima@gmail.com

EDUCATION

Degree: Masters Degree in Specialized Translation and Interpreting
Date: Started in 2008 and still going.
Institution: ISCAP - “Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto” (School of Accounting and Administration) of “Instituto Politécnico do Porto”, Public Higher Education Institution

Degree: Bachelor’s Degree in Administrative Assistance and Translation
Data: From September 2005 until July 2008
Institution: ISCAP - “Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto” (School of Accounting and Administration) of “Instituto Politécnico do Porto”, Public Higher Education Institution
Overall Classification: 16 (on a scale from 0 to 20) – Finished in the top 3 students of the Institution

Erasmus Mobility: Attendance in “College of Foreign Languages” in Czestochowa, Poland from Setember 27th of 2007 until July 11th of de 2008
Polish Language Course (60 hours): Extracurricular Training Course taught by Dorota Sikora Banasik in “College of Foreign Languages” in Czestochowa.

Highschool: “Escola Secundária Leal da Câmara”
Date: From September 2002 until July 2005
Overall Classification: 17 (on a scale from 0 to 20)

WORK EXPERIENCE

•  FREELANCE TRANSLATOR (June 2009 – Present)

o    Elite Translingo: small devices’ user guides.

o    Glossarium: translation of automotive contents (i.e Manuals), press releases, IT helping files, e-learning material.

o    VisualTransGlobal: translation of Certificates of Pharmaceutical Equivalence, Identity Booklets

o    SpeakLike: translation of general pieces of information (chat conversations, e-mails, tweets, website contents)

o    Moravia Worldwide: translation of medical contents (i.e. cardiology)

o    Lingua International: translation of technical documents (i.e. Material Safety Data Sheets)

• INTERNSHIP in Onoma (Translation Agency) from 14th September until 11th December

                        Functions: Assistance to the Project Manager and CEO

•  INTERNSHIP in the International Office of ISCAP from October 2008 until June 2009

                        Functions: Welcoming foreign students

PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

• Languages

Mother Tongue: European Portuguese

Other Languages:

           English: Understanding/Reading/Writing/Speaking - Fluent.

           German: Understanding/Reading/Writing – Good; Speaking - Average.

           French: Understanding/Reading – Good; Writing/Speaking - Average.

           Spanish: Understanding/Reading - Good; Writing/Speaking - Basic

           Basic written and spoken Polish.

• Computer Skills

Proficiency using Microsoft Office 2007 and previous versions: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, FrontPage and Publisher.

Excellent knowledge of Graphics’ Software: Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop and Gimp

Good knowledge of Translation Software: TRADOS (WinAlign, WorkBench, TagEditor), SDL MultiTerm, SDLX, Idiom Workbench, Passolo, Alchemy Catalyst and MemoQ

Hardware: Modern and fast Laptop, Printer, Scanner, Photocopier, High Speed Internet

• Work Languages:

English>Portuguese: Translation, Proofreading, Copy Editing, Transcription

Portuguese>English: Translation, Proofreading, Copy Editing, Transcription

German>Portuguese/English: Translation

French>Portuguese: Translation

Spanish>Portuguese: Translation

Portuguese>Portuguese: Proofreading, Copy Editing, Transcription

• Personal/Character Skills:

Professionalism, dedication and respect for the client’s wishes. Great research abilities and terminology detail.

 ADITIONAL INFORMATION

2009 - Attended the 4th "Officina de Tradução" (Translation Worksjop) at ISCAP

2008 – Attendend the Joinin – Conferences on Interpreting at ISCAP
2008 – Received academic prize for the academic year of 2006/2007

2007 – Brief Czech Language Course (10 hours), by Lenka Kurcírkováda, from CZU University, Prague (Cezch Republic)
2007 – Attended lecture on “Communication in Management”, by Joana Zukowska, from Karol Adamiecki Univeristy of Economics in Katowice (Poland)
2007 – Attended lecture on “Understanding the Role of Culture”, by  Melina Papaconstantinou, from T.E.I. Kavala (Greece)
2007 – Attended lecture on “Language and Cultural Needs of Companies in Traditional Trade”, by Melina Papaconstantinou, from T.E.I. Kavala (Greece)
2007 – Attended lecture on “Translating and Interpretation” by Marc de Smet, from Hogeschool Gent (Belgium)
2007 – Received academic prize for the academic year of 2005/2006

2005 – Entrance in school’s Board of Honor 2004/2005
2005 – Placed second in the school’s Translation Competition

• Adobe Photoshop
• Idiom WorldServer
• MemoQ
• PASSOLO
• PowerPoint
• SDLX Translation Suite
• TRADOS
• Windows XP & Vista
  - MS Office 2007
  - Internet high speed connection