Paul B.

Portuguese/Spanish > English translator ‘A professional Spanish/Portuguese > English freelance translator and a 2:1 graduate in BA Hispanic Studies (with Portuguese) from the University of Birmingham. Over 750,000 words of professional translation experience and a young, enthusiastic and hard-working adult with a thriving interest in the aforementioned languages and cultures.’ Translation Experience: Worked for M-Brain Ltd as a business news translator (Oct 2013 - Jan 2014) (Role involved analysing Latin American business media in Portuguese and Spanish and translating and summarising into English for business clients all over the world). Throughout my time at M-Brain I translated over 200,000 words. Notable Projects: WEBSITE TRANSLATIONS: ESTA: Translation from Spanish website for Visa Waiver Program for travelling to the United States for British citizens (15,000 words and counting). Drasanvi: health and beauty products (4,000 words). Mammoth Hunters: Translation of material for Spanish start-up revolutionary exercise program (6,000 words and counting). The Spanish Brick: Translations, proofreading and content creation for Spanish property finder company website (10,000 words). BUSINESS/FINANCIAL: Portion of Brazilian company Cemig's annual company report (10,000 words). Summary of Brazilian investment fund management companies (15,000 words). LEGAL: Various contracts (distribution, sale of property, terms and conditions, will), a tender, various legal proceeding document translations and various certificates (divorce, marriage, degree) OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION: Spanish civil aviation security documentation (10,000 words). ACADEMIC TEXTS: Anthropological text of a Brazilian evangelist on evangelic missionaries in Africa (15,000 words). Historical text on Evangelical musicians in Brazil (4000 words). MEDICAL: Over 15,000 words translated for medical questionnaires and interviews. TRANSCRIPTION: Various hours of transcription experience ranging from a environmental survey project for Unilever and VoxPops International, medical research for Tasigna and a Global Travel Card research for American Express. BRIGHTWIRE – Part Time Brazilian Business Writer – January 2014 – Role involves searching for the latest investment news in Portuguese from Brazil for US investment newswire and providing my own summaries in English. Covering in part-time whilst normal Brazilian writer commits to study for masters. +Various other translation projects for both languages CAT Tools: WordFast Classic. I can translate between 3,000 – 5,000 words per day (this all depends on the complexity and the field of the work). PDF > Word conversion: ABBYY Fine Reader CLIENT FEEDBACK: *The Page Refinery*: "Paul worked accurately and efficiently and I highly recommend him! Thank you, Paul." *InfoMarex*: "Excellent, professional and reliable translator and we shall certainly work with Paul again. *VoxPops International*: “Did some really good work for us, would highly recommend!” *LingoTip*: “Excellent translation of legal document. Thank you for the great service." *The Spanish Brick*: "Quick response, accurate and a gentleman from beginning to end. Highly recommended." RATE: My rate wholly depends on a number of factors such as the subject area, the complexity, the format of the original document, the urgency and the size of the project. With that said, I always offer a fair and market-competitive rate. BA Hispanic Studies with Portuguese - University of Birmingham