Rodrigo Magalhães

Freelance Translation Services Into European Portuguese

I am a Portuguese freelance translator specialist in technical translation from English, French, Spanish and Italian into European Portuguese. Over the last eleven years I've been in charge of several technical translation, proofreading and website/software localization projects for major companies worldwide in a wide range of technical fields.

For further information please visit: www.prolanz.com

Freelance Services

• Translation
• Technical Translation
• Proofreading
• Website Localization
• Software Localization
• Desktop Publishing (DTP)
• Audio Transcription
• Software Development
• Multilingual Website Creation
• Subtitling
• Audio Editing
• Video Editing
• Project Coordination 

For further information please visit: www.prolanz.com

Languages

I am a seasoned freelance translator with more than eleven years of experience in technical translation. I provide technical translation services in the following language pairs:

• English>Portuguese
• French>Portuguese
• Italian>Portuguese
• Spanish>Portuguese  

For further information please visit: www.prolanz.com

Document Types

Contracts • Technical datasheets • Operation manuals • User manuals • Training manuals • Maintenance manuals • Technical brochures • Catalogs • Academic papers • Scientific papers • Technical proposals • Presentations • Service agreements • Websites • Help files • Correspondence & Emails • Subtitles • Advertisements • Patents • End-User License Agreements (EULA)

For further information please visit: www.prolanz.com

Technical Fields of Expertise

Electricity & Electrical Systems • Electronics • Control Systems • Automotive • Engineering • Mathematics & Statistics • Physics • Mechanical Engineering • IT • Energy / Power Generation • Thermodynamics • Air Quality • Industrial Instrumentation • Medical Instrumentation • Naval Industry • Safety and Security • Civil Engineering • Telecommunications • Construction Equipment • Glass Industry • Oil & Gas • Industry • Metrology • Aeronautical & Aviation • CHP • Power Generation • Fuel Systems • Hydraulic Systems • Environment • Meteorology • Water/Waste Treatment Systems • Telecommunications • Fire Protection Systems • Transportation • Metallurgical Industry • Optics • Automation & Robotics • Consumer Electronics • Digital and Computer Systems • Programming • Software • Hardware • Operating Systems • Computer Networks • Artificial Intelligence • Printing & Pre-Press • Multimedia • Manufacturing Processes • etc.

For further information please visit: www.prolanz.com

About Me

I am a native speaker of European Portuguese with exceptional writing skills and outstanding command of formal, colloquial, technical and literary linguistic nuance. My superior foreign language abilities (fluency in English and excellent understanding of written and spoken French, Spanish and Italian)expertise in several disciplines of knowledge allow me to provide linguistic services in a plethora of subject matters. Along with my extensive experience in providing technical translation and software/website development and localization services to major companies worldwide, my academic/professional background includes:

• Degree in Engineering (Electronic and Computer Systems);
• Attendance to the first two curricular years of Mechanical Engineering;
• Participation as a researcher in several R&D projects (Thermodynamics, Electronics, Energy and Environment);
• EU R&D project coordination;
• Docent activity (Electronics and Mathematics).
• Currently working on a M.Sc. thesis in Artificial Intelligence (timetable optimization on strongly constrained railway networks).

I am therefore particularly suited for the translation of technical content – a task where a deep understanding of subject matter is of paramount importance. It is when providing technical translation services that my in-depth theoretical knowledge in a comprehensive range of domains plays a major role, for it enables me to understand the underlying physical phenomena and, in this way, to apprehend not function alone, but functionality.

For further information please visit: www.prolanz.com

• Across
• Adobe Acrobat
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Photoshop
• Déjà Vu
• PageMaker
• PowerPoint
• SDLX Translation Suite
• STAR Transit
• TRADOS
• Wordfast
• General
  MS Word 2003, MS Power Point 2003, AutoCAD 2008, MS Excel 2003, MS Access 2003, MS Visio 2005
  
  CAT
  Trados 5/6/6.5/7.5 Freelance, SDLX 2007, Wordfast 5.52, DejaVu X 3, Star Transit Satellite PE
  
  DTP
  Adobe PageMaker CS3, Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe Illustrator 10, Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe InDesign CS3, Serif PagePlus 11
  
  Localization
  MS Visual Studio 2005, MS FrontPage 2003, StarTransit Satellite PE
  
  Subtitling
  Subtitle Workshop, EZTitles, Spot 4