ValÉria moura Bello
Education
- Bachelor of British English and North American English Languages and Literatures - Rio de Janeiro State University - Brazil - 1982 - 1986
- Teaching License Degree - Rio de JaneiroStateUniversity - Brazil - 1984 - 1986
- Teacher Training Course (TTC) - Curso Oxford - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil - 1979 - 1981
- Microsoft Linguistic Course - “The Linguistic Quality Assurance Process” from IQA, Redmond - U.S.A. (TTS - São Paulo/Brazil - 1995)
profEssional Experience
Freelance Translation Career - SOHO
Brazilian-Portuguese Native Speaker
English ↔ Brazilian-Portuguese
Technical Reviewer; Localizer; Lead Translator, and Project Coordinator - 1984 - 2004
Spanish ↔ Brazilian Portuguese
Technical Translator and Proofreader - 1990 - 2004
Products, Projects and Companies Specialization:
Telecom: Nokia; Motorola (Base Stations, Cell Sites; TDMA, CDMA and GPS); AT&T; Siemens; and Logica, including GSM technologies;
Software/Help/Web Localization:: Microsoft Office 2003, Macromedia - Dreamweaver, Symantec - NAV, CA, Kronos - TKC, Corel - Paint, Lotus Notes, Imaging Technology, PSDI - Maximo Fleet, JDEdwards, ACNielsen, CGI, Agilent, I2, Genesys, Kodak, Samsung;
Network Localization: Novell, AIM - Netscape;
Database Localization: Wall Data - Rumba, Oracle;
Hardware/Peripherals: Dell, APC, Iomega, Creative,and Samsung;
Engineering: AC Plastic; Bently - Nevada; Lucas-Nülle GmbH; Halliburton; and Petrobrás;
Medicine: Varian; Perkin Elmer; Zoll; Samaritan; Esprit; Mentor, and GlaxoSmithKline;
Chemistry: BASF;
Marketing: McDonalds; and MCI;
Finance: Quadriga; Lawson; PSDI; and JDEdwards;
Contract Jobs Career
Follow-Up Traduções e Assessoria de Informática Ltda. - (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - Dec 1994 - Dec 1996
Translation of the Novell NetWare 4.1 Project;
Versions - Brazilian Portuguese/English: IBM, Xerox do Brasil, Aracruz Celulose, CPRM;
Consecutive Translations in Marketing, Finance and General Administration Areas;
Coordinator: Management of Translation Team, Proofing and Technical Review of Windows 95 Help (OUE Tools and Cesar - Microsoft Tools); Translation, Proofing, QA and DTP of software and products - Code Warrior (Metrowerks) - several updates and versions; FaxView, QuickCam, Nokia and Corel Office; Xerox 4517 Project
- Wall Data Project (RUMBA 95):
- Quickoff - July 1996 - Boston - USA.
- Localization Tools, Technical Review, Testing, and Wrap-up-Jan/Feb 1997 - Boston - USA
ABN AMRO (Banco Holandês)(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - 1992-1993
Executive Secretary to the Regional Manager
First National Bank of Boston(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - 1991-1992
Bilingual Secretary - Credit Analysis Management
Xerox do Brasil S.A.(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - 1984 - 1989
Engineering Department
Technical Translator I: Translations and Versions of Documents, Manuals and Technical Documentation in the fields: Engineering, Marketing , Finance and Auditing; Researches on the Quality of Documentation (Technical Area); Consecutive Translations; Final Art (Layout and Design of Manuals)
Technical Translator II: Coordination of Researches on the Quality of Documentation; Contacts with Vendors (Printing Houses and Publishers) for biddings; Translations and Versions.
languages
English (fluent),
Spanish (fluent),
French (basic knowledge)
Other activities AND COURSES
Mainframe - IBM 3090 - Courses: Script, FDL and HFDL (VMS) - PC Courses: Lotus, QuattroPro. Other courses: Macintosh System 7.1, Word for Mac 5.1, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Aldus Page Maker, Windows: 98, ME, 2000 and XP;
Leadership Through Quality - Xerox - Several modules (Rio de Janeiro - Brazil - 1986/1987);
Spanish - private lessons - 1989 - 1992;
Executive Secretary Course - INE - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil - 1988;
Introduction to Cellular Telephone Technology - Course given by: Mr. Charles J. W. Landini - (Simultrans - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil - May 1997);
Telecommunication Courses - Motorola - Translation Techniques for Manuals, Terminology, Basic Knowledge of Equipment, Base Stations, and Cell Sites; TDMA, CDMA, and GPS. 1999, 2000. (Simultrans - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil);
Lotus Notes 5.05 - Dec 2000 - Translation Tools and Techniques - by a Lotus Specialist - Simultrans - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil.
References:Freelance Translation and Proofreading Services provided to the following Translation Agencies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Bowne Global Solutions Ltda, Simultrans, CCaps, Loquant, Interface Traduções, and 2TR.
software Localization, CAT toolsand DTP applications:
CAT Tools: Trados 5.5,Transit 3.0 Satellite PE, SDLX,Corel Catalyst Quickship,Pebbles,ForeignDesk, WinHelp, RoboHelp, Microsoft Localization Studio 4.51, Helium.
DTP: Adobe Acrobat 5.5 (PDF-RTF converter),and FrameMaker 5.5.
Operational System/PC Suite: Windows XP/MS Office (Word, Excell and PowerPoint 2002);
Valeria Moura Bello
Address: Estrada Noruega, 302 - Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Zip Code 24330200
Phone and Fax: (55+21) 36027722 Home: (55+21) 36027737- English Spoken
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Site (under construction):
Mobile Phone: (55+21) 98757737