CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL DATA
Name: Maria Catarina Horta SALGUEIRO
Date and Place of Birth: 1st September 1970, Lisbon, Portugal
Nationality: Portuguese
Profession: Portuguese freelance technical translator and proofreader
address: Rua Francisco Sanches, 17 – 5.º Esq., 1170-140 Lisbon, PORTUGAL
Phone: +351 21 814 35 48
Mobile: +351 96 244 15 99
Fax: +351 21 814 35 48
Email:
Working languages
Portuguese (Native)
English
French
Spanish
EDUCATION
1992-94 Translation Degree (Post-graduation course), “Specialisation in Translation – English/French/Spanish” in Lisbon University
1988-92 Master of English and French (“Modern Languages and Literatures”) in Lisbon University
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:
1995-96 “Advanced Translation Course”, British Council, Lisbon
February 1993 “Specialist Legal Translation Course” (English, French, Spanish), Polytechnic of West London, London
1991-93 “Pratique de la Traduction Trilingue: Portugais, Français, Anglais”, sponsored by “Institut de Traducteurs et d’Interprètes de Strasbourg”, Institut Franco-Portugais, Lisbon
Professional Experience
1995-present Freelance Translator and Proofreader
2000-2001 Project Manager - English/French/Spanish – Medical&Pharmaceutical Department (Translator)
1997-1999 Project Manager - English/French – Medical&Pharmaceutical&Technical Department (Centralt)
1995-1996 Project Manager - English/French/Spanish – Medical&Pharmaceutical Department (Iber-Contact Portugal)
EXPERTISE
- Medicine, Pharmacy, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Veterinary Medicine
Expert Reports on Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Clinical and Toxicological documentation, Monographies, Summary of Product Characteristics, Marketing Authorisation Application for several medicinal products, Drug Trial Protocols, Informed Consent/Patient Information Sheet, Case Report Forms, Medical Devices User’s Manuals, Pharmaceutical Package Inserts and Product Information, Operation Manuals for In Vitro Diagnostics Instruments, Material Safety Data Sheets, Patent Applications, Medical Articles, EMEA documents.
PROVIDERS - Roche/Hitachi, Glaxo/Wellcome, Hoescht Roussel, Rhône-Poulenc, Schering Plough, Aventis Pharma, Boehringher & Ingelheim, Gambro, Baxter, St. Jude Medical, Ogilvy
- Software and Website Localization
Softwares, user’s guides and online helps.
PROVIDERS – IBM, Microsoft, Océ
- Technical/Mechanical
Electrical/electronic equipment and household appliances, including printers, mobile phones, TVs, DVD/MP3/VHS readers/recorders, air conditioning units, car radios, fridges…
PROVIDERS – Nokia, Motorola, Canon, Trane, Samsung, Electrolux, Krups, Moulinex, LGElectronics
- Business/Finance/Marketing
Manuals, Proposals and Bids, User’s Guides, Annual Reports, Finance Reports
PROVIDERS – Trema, SVD, EuroTrade
- Construction/Civil Engineering
Manufacturing Procedure, Quality Assurance and Maintenance Manuals, Material Safety Data Sheets, Standards (OSHA, NFPA, ANSI, ASME, DOT, API, ISO, UL, STANAG, DoD, EPA, SEMARNAT, NOM), Characteristics, Specifications and User Manuals for materials, equipment and systems.
PROVIDERS – Acergy, Stolt Offshore, Refer
RATES
LANGUAGES PAIR / MIN/TARGET PER WORD / MIN/TARGET PER HOUR / DAILY PRODUCTIONEnglish > Portuguese / 0.02 EUR / 5.00 EUR / 4.000 WORDS
French > Portuguese / 0.02 EUR / 5.00 EUR / 4.000 WORDS
Spanish > Portuguese / 0.02 EUR / 5.00 EUR / 4.000 WORDS
(With bigger documents, rates may be negotiated.)
COMPUTER SKILLS
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel & PowerPoint), Trados, Quark Xpress, Framemaker, Adobe Acrobat, Help files
CAT TOOLS
Trados Freelance Edition 3.0, 5.0, 5.5 and 7.0
Transit 3.0 Satellite PE
SDLX (SDL Edit Version 4.2.1)
Multiterm 7.0
Winjoust