Luis Filipe Ferrand d’Almeida

 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Translations from English, French and Spanish into European and African Portuguese (Angola, Mozambique, etc)

Working since 1994 as a full-time freelance translator.

2011-2012 – Translations ( EN-PT) on a regular basis for ABBYY Language Services (Moscow, Russia): Software, Web Localization, Marketing.
2003-2012 – Translations (FR-PT, EN-PT) on a regular basis for Europages – The European Business Directory (Paris, France): Advertising, Marketing, Web Localization;
2009-2012 – Translations (ES-PT) on a regular basis for GMV Innovating Solutions (Madrid, Spain): newsletters, press releases;
2009-2012 – Translations (EN-PT) for Spanjaard Group (Johannesburg, South Africa): Specialized Lubricants for the Marine, Mining and Engineering Industries - Product Data Sheets.
2005-2012 - Translations (EN-PT) for Sony Europe: Professional Products, Image and Audio-Video equipment, Web Site Localization, Marketing, Newsletters;.
2006-2009 - Translations (ES-PT) for Xunta de Galicia (Regional Gov. of Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain): Guides and documentation for the admission of foreign students in the Universities of Galicia;
2008 (Apr.-Nov.) - Translations (EN-PT) for Markem-Imaje (Keene, NH, USA) – Datasheets for print & apply labelling systems and scribing laser printers;
2008 (Jan.) - Large volume translations (ES-PT) for Grupo Leche Pascual (Madrid, Spain): Food industry, nutrition, Web Site localization;
2006-2008 - Translations (EN-PT) on a regular basis for Linksys (a Division of Cisco Systems, Inc. - Irvine, CA, USA): Software and hardware for VoIP, Wireless and Ethernet networking;
2007 - Translations (EN-PT) for Xerox UK (Uxbridge, UK): User’s manuals for Phaser Colour Printers);
2007 - Translations (ES-PT) for the Animatium Group (A Coruña, Spain): Franchising, Web Site localization;
2006 - Translations (EN-PT) for the International Labour Organization: Project for a Course to combat social exclusion;
2004 - Translations (EN-PT) for Siemens AG: Mail processing machines (Culler-Facer-Canceller) - Technical manuals and legal documentation;
2003 - Translations (EN-PT, ES-PT) for Nike Europe: Management, Human Resources, Marketing;
2000-2001 - Translations (EN-PT) for Kodak: Software and Hardware Manuals of the Kodak Picture Maker systems;

EDUCATION AND LANGUAGES

Guide-Interpreter and Tourism Managing Course (Bachelor Degree).
1976-1979 / Lisbon - Instituto Superior de Novas Profissões – INOP (Superior Institute of New Professions).
 
PORTUGUESE (Mother-tongue):
- 5 years living in Angola
- 9 years living in Brazil (4 years working as head of the Editorial Staff of the publishing house "Editora Pe. Belchior de Pontes", São Paulo)
 
ENGLISH:
- 9 years of formal studies (Military Highschool and INOP)
- 4 years living in the United States
 
SPANISH:
- Self-taught. Experience as a Spanish-Portuguese translator since 1980.
 
FRENCH:
- 7 years of formal studies (Alliance Française, Military Highschool and INOP)
 
GERMAN:
- 5 years of formal studies (INOP and Goethe Institut)
- Zertifikat Deutsch als Fremdsprache: 1994-1996 / Lisbon - Goethe Institut.
 
PUBLISHED TRANSLATIONS (from English into Portuguese):
- Sister Wendy’s 1000 Masterpieces – Published in Portugal under the title “1000 Obras Primas da Pintura Ocidental” – Livraria Civilização Editora, Porto, February 2000, ISBN 972-26-1712-5 (pages 301 to 400).
- Leonardo da Vinci – A man on a World Scale, a World on a Man scale – Published in Portugal under the title “Leonardo da Vinci – um Homem à escala do Mundo, um Mundo à escala do Homem” – IPPAR (Instituto Português do Património Arquitectónico [Gov.]), Lisbon, September 1998, ISBN 972-8087-56-8 (some texts and chapters).
- Torre de Belém – Exterior Conservation Work – Published in Portugal under the title “Torre de Belém – Intervenção de Conservação Exterior” - IPPAR (Instituto Português do Património Arquitectónico [Gov.]), Lisbon, 2000, ISBN 972-8087-70-5 (pages 19 to 35).
- Catalogue of the Maritime Exhibition, published by the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia, in the Tower of Belém:  "Do Touch Museum - History of the Construction of Wooden Ships in Croatia" - Published in Portugal under the title “Construção de Navios em Madeira na Croácia”, Lisbon, June 1995, 55pp.

• Adobe Acrobat
• MetaTexis
• SDLX Translation Suite
• TRADOS
• Wordfast
• Fluency Translation Suite 2011 (primary CAT tool), Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate; Microsoft Office 2010 Business; Nuance PaperPort 12; English, Spanish, French and Portuguese Electronic Dictionaries and proofing tools.