Member since Mar '03

Working languages:
English to Portuguese
Portuguese to English
French to Portuguese
Spanish to Portuguese
French to English

Brigith Guimarães
Thirty years in the translation business

Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal
Local time: 10:40 WEST (GMT+1)

Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) Native in Portuguese
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Mar 24, 2020 (posted via ProZ.com):  Just completed a 300,000 job for LNG in Mozambique, about 4 months work. ...more »
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Account type Freelance translator and/or interpreter, Identity Verified Verified member
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Affiliations This person is not affiliated with any business or Blue Board record at ProZ.com.
Services Translation, Editing/proofreading, MT post-editing, Transcription, Training, Transcreation
Expertise
Specializes in:
HistoryBusiness/Commerce (general)
Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVsCooking / Culinary
Engineering: IndustrialMetallurgy / Casting
Tourism & TravelAccounting
Chemistry; Chem Sci/EngMedical: Pharmaceuticals

Rates
French to English - Rates: 0.05 - 0.05 EUR per word / 30 - 40 EUR per hour
Spanish to English - Rates: 0.05 - 0.05 EUR per word / 30 - 40 EUR per hour

Conditions apply
All accepted currencies Euro (eur)
KudoZ activity (PRO) PRO-level points: 227, Questions answered: 255, Questions asked: 171
Blue Board entries made by this user  46 entries

Payment methods accepted Wire transfer | Send a payment via ProZ*Pay
Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 26
Glossaries Aircrafts, Automotive, Brigith, Construction, Finance, Industry, IT, Oil & GAs - Petroleum, Shoe wear, Steels

Translation education Master's degree - University of Porto, Portugal
Experience Years of experience: 30. Registered at ProZ.com: Mar 2003. Became a member: Mar 2003.
Credentials English to Portuguese (University of Porto , verified)
Portuguese to English (APT)
French to Portuguese (APT)
Spanish to Portuguese (APT)
Memberships APT
Software Adobe Acrobat, memoQ, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office Pro, Microsoft Word, Glossy, Powerpoint, SDLX, Trados Studio, Wordfast
Events and training
Professional practices Brigith Guimarães endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines (v1.0).
Professional objectives
  • Meet new translation company clients
  • Screen new clients (risk management)
  • Get help with terminology and resources
  • Buy or learn new work-related software
Bio

Ph D Programme - Anglo-American Studies - March 2009 - Translation (English / Portuguese) - University of Porto, Faculty of Letters.

Freelance Translator for Centro de Línguas BabelUM - Universidade do Minho, Portuguese into English.

CCT (SKilled Translator Certificate) for Spanish/Portuguese and for French/Portuguese, issued by APT -Associação Portuguesa de Tradutores.


Irish Literature, The Big House Novel, Elizabeth Bowen - Annotated translation of "The Last September". -

The University of Michigan (English Language Institute) - November 2010 - Certificate of Proficiency in English.

Post-graduation - 2005/2006 - Literary (English / Portuguese), University of Oporto, Faculty of Letters.

BA - 1980/85 - Literature and Modern Literatures, English and German, University of Porto, Faculty of Letters.

Also speak and write fluently in Spanish, French, German.

Tourism, Marketing, Advertising, Civil Construction , Law & Contracts, Banking, Finance, Auto industry, Civil Engineering, Foods and Foodstuffs, Chemicals, Mechanical Engineering, Machinery, Steel Industry, Quality Assurance, Control Testing devices, Art, Literature, Poetry, History and Philosophy



Translation, transcreation, proofreading


Working on a steady basis for countries like Portugal, Spain, France, Holland, UK, USA, South Africa, India, Japan, Hong Kong, Slovakia, ...

More than 30 years in professional life, more than one field of activity; Freelance Translator since 2003.



Literary - Books translated so far:

 _ The Life of Gaugin (English / Portuguese), by Parkstone or Sirrocco. Parkstone or Sirrocco or Parkstone Press International never paid for my translation, although it was integrally published in December 2005 by a portuguese company called Lisma-Edição e Distribuição de Livros, Lda. Which means that I still own the translation copyrights.
 _ Oprah Winfrey Speaks (English / Portuguese) - Janet Lowe, ed. Campo das Letras, Porto. Own comments, a lifetime memorial of Oprah. Funny, witty, touching, such as she is.
 _ La Orden Negra (Spanish / Portuguese) - José Calvo Poyato, Campo das Letras, Porto. A crime and mystery novel about some documents lost in Barcelona during the Nazi period, goes back to the 12th century.

Translated with the post-graduation group, Master degree in Literary Translation, Faculty of Letters, University of Porto:

 - Original title: THE SLOW MIRROR - Portuguese title: "Confundir a cidade com o mar" - By Richard Zimler, Oceanos;
 - "Rescuing Sprite", by Mark R. Levin - translation English / Portuguese, published by Oficina do Livro. A lovely, touching, true story about a dog.



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This user has earned KudoZ points by helping other translators with PRO-level terms. Click point total(s) to see term translations provided.

Total pts earned: 299
PRO-level pts: 227


Top languages (PRO)
Spanish to English89
English to Portuguese52
Portuguese to English46
French to English21
Spanish to Portuguese7
Pts in 3 more pairs >
Top general fields (PRO)
Tech/Engineering89
Other60
Bus/Financial42
Law/Patents18
Art/Literary8
Pts in 2 more flds >
Top specific fields (PRO)
Construction / Civil Engineering24
Engineering: Industrial12
Business/Commerce (general)12
Engineering (general)12
Mechanics / Mech Engineering12
Law (general)10
Management8
Pts in 21 more flds >

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This user has reported completing projects in the following job categories, language pairs, and fields.

Project History Summary
Total projects8
With client feedback2
Corroborated2
100% positive (2 entries)
positive2
neutral0
negative0

Job type
Translation8
Language pairs
English to Portuguese4
Portuguese to English2
German to Portuguese1
Spanish to Portuguese1
Specialty fields
Medical: Health Care1
Engineering (general)1
Business/Commerce (general)1
History1
Finance (general)1
Tourism & Travel1
Other fields
Poetry & Literature2
Medical (general)1
Keywords: Mechanical Engineering, Auto Industry, Civil Engineering, Steel Industry, Steel Construction, Renewable Energies, Law and Contracts, Art, Literature, Design. See more.Mechanical Engineering, Auto Industry, Civil Engineering, Steel Industry, Steel Construction, Renewable Energies, Law and Contracts, Art, Literature, Design, Typography, History of Art, Foods and Foodstuff, Banking, Finance, Chemicals, Machinery, Quality Assurance, Control Testing, Poetry, History, Philosophy, Tourism, Marketing. See less.


Profile last updated
Apr 9