Translator/Editor/Teacher Availabe to work in : São Paulo, Capital |
Technical Summary - Native Brazilian Portuguese speaker;
- Fluent American English (lived in Los Angeles for eight years);
- Master´s in Linguistics. |
Specific Knowlegdes - An easy-going talker;
- Knowledge of diferent ESL approaches, such as the functional approach and use of audio-visual resources, as well as the method of total immersion;
- Ability to evaluate students based on both oral and written performance;
- Excellent knowlege of the rules of Written Portuguese;
- Ability to maintain the author’s original meaning and style when translating/editing/reviewing;
- High level performance under extreme time constraints;
- Ability to reconstruct sentence structure, syntax and spelling;
- Innovative, creative expression of thoughts and ideas. |
Relevant Experience - English teacher (in Maceió);
- Teacher of Portuguese for Americans (at UCLA - University of California, at Los Angeles);
- Reviewer/Editor at Papirus Editora (in Campinas); Reviewer/Editor/Translator at Berlitz Translation Services (Los Angeles);
- Translator/Editor of subtitles(from English to Portuguese), using Swift software. |
Education - Master´s in Linguistics;
- Bachelor of Arts
Fields of study: Portuguese language; Portuguese, English and American Literature; TESL;
- Two mini-courses of Instrumental English. |
Foreign Languages - Fluent American English;
- Read French and Spanish;
- Speak a little Spanish;
- Used to speak a little French. |
Personal data Brazilian, 34, single |
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