Some Recent Translation Experience

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• European Commission - Translator for the European Commission (approved to translate from English into Portuguese and Portuguese into English), translating mostly legal texts (EU Regulations, Directives, contracts, transnational correspondence and other legal documentation).

• Football - Substantial amount of experience translating football player contracts, representation agreements, image rights agreements, agent marketing materials, and other documentation.

• Court Papers - Vast experience translation thousands of pages of court documentation from the UK, Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, and other Portuguese-speaking countries.

• Care Proceedings - Vast experience translating thousands of pages of social work, family court, and child proceedings papers for dozens of different cases.

• Other legal documentation - Vast experience translating a huge amount of all types of legal documents for a variety of purposes - from contracts to court determinations, legal opinions, judgments and court orders, etc.

• NHS public information publications - Experience translating hundreds of different publications for various NHS trusts all over the UK, including for NHS Scotland, NHS England and Public Health Agency (Northern Ireland).

• Environmental and Climate Change - Vast experience translating environmental reports and other related documentation, both from government agencies, private companies and third sector.

• Oil & gas technical documentation - Experience translating a vast amount of oil & gas documentation, such as public tenders, contracts, technical reports, and CVs.

  

Conference & Simultaneous Interpreting Assignments

 

I offer conference interpreting services, both onsite and through remote platforms, depending on job and customer requirements. For this type of assignments I usually work with a partner, in accordance with best practice guidelines. I can work with other conference interpreters provided by the customer, or I can recommend a colleague to partner up with from my personal list of contacts – both for European and Brazilian Portuguese.

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Some of the conference interpreting assignments I have carried out in the recent past include:

 

• Event for families of children with autism to raise awareness and promote practice-sharing

• Festival of Latin-American Anti-Racist and Decolonial Art, Manchester University

• COP26 Event on making Brazilian indigenous voices count in the fight to stop deforestation

• COP26 Event for ONG OTCHIVA on Carbon Sequestration for Angolan delegates

• COP26 Event for ONG OTCHIVA on Carbon Sequestration for Angolan delegates

• COP26 UK Presidency Pavilion event for Brazilian delegates

• COP26 Event for Sônia Guajajara, an Indigenous Leader from Brazil

• COP26 Event for the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - interpreting for the Mayor of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• COP26 Event for the UK Presidency Event on Cities, Regions & Built Environment: Climate leadership of subnational actors in the UK and beyond

• Court of Session – multiple assignments at the Court of Session in Edinburgh for high profile civil cases

• High Court – multiple assignments at High Court hearings in Glasgow and Edinburgh for a range of high profile cases

• Sheriff & Justice of the Peace Court – hundreds of interpreting assignments at Sheriff and Justice of the Peace Courts all over Scotland

• Ministry of Justice Tribunals (Immigration, Social Security and Employment Tribunals)

• UEFA Europa League Pre and Post Match Press Conferences - For the Rangers v. SL Benfica & Rangers v. FC Braga football matches

• UEFA Europa League Club Leaders Lunch Conference - For the Rangers v. FC Porto football match

• Event at Volvo with delegates from Brazil for the launch of the R100 Rigid Hauler    

 

In my former position as a senior manager for one of the largest interpreting agencies in the UK, I was also involved in organising and delivering conference interpreting in a variety of settings, from corporate and commercial events to Scottish Parliament plenary sessions and high profile High Court trials, such as the Al-Megrahi v. HMA, and HMA v. Marek Harcar cases.

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During this period I was able to work with and learn from some exceptionally skilled and experienced interpreters in the UK, starting my training and entry into the conference interpreting world.

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Construction Industry Training Programmes Interpreting

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I have experience interpreting for various types of construction industry training programmes, such as CPCS, IPAF, PASMA, CITB and City & Guilds certification programmes, and I am aware of the specific requirements and peculiarities of this type of interpreting assignments. Some of the training programmes I have interpreted for include:

 

• Working in Confined Spaces - medium risk (City & Guilds)

• A09 Forward Tipping Dumper (CPCS)

• A56 Dump Truck – Articulated Chassis (CPCS)

• A40 Slinger/Signaller (CPCS)

• A17 Telescopic Handler (CPCS)

• A31 Ride on Roller (CPCS)

• Scissor & Boom Training for MEWP operators (IPAF)

• Towers for Users – Standard Mobile Access Tower (PASMA)

• Work at Height (Essentials) Course – PASMA

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This type of interpreting assignment requires specific expertise, as the interpreter needs to be able to communicate technical language at the correct level used by the trainees – which often involves specific jargon and colloquial expressions, which are substantially different from standard technical language. My experience in this type of interpreting means I can bridge the linguistic and cultural gap to allow the trainees to successfully complete their training programme.