Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae
Personal information
Name: Rosa Maria Domingues Gomes
Date of Birth: 30-03-1969
Nationality: Portuguese
Contact information
Address: Rua Augusto Simões, 615, 4º Esq. Tras.
4470-147 Maia Portugal
Telephone: + 351 22 948 78 61
Mobile: + 351 93 319 88 24
Fax: + 351 22 948 78 61
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
MSN messenger: [email protected]
Skype: rosa_domingues
Education
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Degree in Modern Languages and Literature, French and English
Studies, specialized in translation, Arts Faculty, University of
Oporto, 1994
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Diploma di Lingua e Cultura Italiana, Camera di Commercio Italiana
per il Portogallo, Oporto, 1998
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Course in English Language at Greenwich School of English,
Greenwich, 1993
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Work experience
Experience as a translator:
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Freelance translator between 1995-1999
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In-house translator in a translation agency, 1999-2004
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Since October 2004: working as a freelance translator
Language pairs
Mother tongue: Portuguese
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English-Portuguese
French-Portuguese
Italian-Portuguese
Spanish-Portuguese
Services: translation, proofreading, localisation
Words translated per week: 12,000 to 15,000 words
Translation subjects
Software and hardware localisation
IT & Telecom
Medicine/Medical Devices
Industry/Automotive Industry
Insurance
Legal documents
Finance/Economics
Tourism
Gastronomy
Literature
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Working tools
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HP pavilion t840.pt PC (Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition;
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 530, 3.0 GHz; 512 MB DDR-SDRAM;
160 GB Internal Hard Disk Drive; DVD Writer; Double Layer R/RW
16x max.)
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HP pavilion zt3000 notebook PC
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Windows XP, Office 2003
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Applications: Adobe Reader 6.0 Professional, MS Access 2003, MS
PowerPoint 2003, MS Word 2003, MS Excel 2003, QuarkXPress
Passport 5.0, Adobe PageMaker 7.0
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DSL Connection
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Fax
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Cat tools: TRADOS 6.5 Freelance
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Experience with Catalyst, ForeignDesk, MS LocStudio and other
translation tools
Some relevant projects
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Agencies all over the world with clients like Visa, MasterCard;
Microsoft, Cisco Systems, Canon, Kodak, HP, Ericsson, Nokia;
Zimmer, Codman & Shurtleff, Ethicon Endo Surgery, Mitek Surgical
Products,
Medtronic;
Michelin,
Chevrolet;
Mazda,
Honda.
Translation of European documents. In Portugal: EDP (Electricity of
Portugal), Porto Editora (Literature, dictionaries), Majora (Juvenile
literature), Insurance companies, banks.
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In the last year: Mazda, Chevrolet, Honda, HP, Xerox (Office
Equipment – Fax, Scanner, Copier, Printer), Toyota, etc.
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Working
in
collaboration
with
Planet
Lingua
(Spain),
GKLS
Language Services (Xerox) (United Kingdom).
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Translation into Portuguese of children's books published by Majora
(Portugal):
x “Os Traquinas praticam desporto”, Majora
x “Os Traquinas em casa”, Majora
x “Os Traquinas vão às compras”, Majora
x “Os Traquinas vão ao circo”, Majora
x Several books of "Carolina" collection, Majora
x “Jazaniel, o pequeno mágico”, Mini-Clube Majora
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Translation
and
proofreading
into
Portuguese
of
three
mini
encyclopaedias:
x "Rocks, Minerals and Fossils" (Marshall Mini Series), Barbara Taylor,
Marshall Editions
x "Mammals" (Marshall Mini Series), Jinny Johnson, Marshall Editions
x "Weather" (Marshall Mini Series), Sue Nicholson, Marshall Editions
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Collaboration with Digitrad, Tradução e Informática, Lda in the
translation into Portuguese of books published by Porto Editora:
x “Sociologie du Journalisme”, Érik NEVEU
x “Sociologie des Médias”, Rémy RIEFFEL
x “Les Marchés Financiers”, Gérard Marie Henry
x “Les Politiques Conjoncturelles”, Michel Cabanne
x “Basic Baking”, Cornelia Schinhartl and Sebastian Dickhaut
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And French children's books translated into Portuguese:
x Franck Girard, Marie-Odile Fordacq, Éric Puybaret, Au Fil de L’Eau,
Tourbillon, Paris, 2004
x Anne-Sophie Baumann, Gaëtan Evrard, Bonjour docteur, Tourbillon,
Paris, 2004
x Jean-Michel Billioud, Le Football, Nathan 2005
x Michèle Longour, Les Transports, Nathan 2005
x Sylvie Baussier, La Planète Terre, Nathan 2005
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Since July 2005, working in collaboration with Porto Editora:
translation of several children and pedagogical books:
x A.S. Baumann et M. O. Fordacq, Bonjour Maîtresse, Tourbillon, 2005
x Les véhicules automobiles, Bayard Éditions Jeunesse, 2005
x Les bateaux, Bayard Éditions Jeunesse, 2005
x B. Theulet-Luzié et V. Barthe, 1001 Activités pour la Maternelle,
Casterman, 2004
x A. Mattelart et É. Neveu, Introduction aux Cultural Studies, Éditions
La Découverte, 2003
Extra Activities
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Participation in Annual Seminars on translation, organized by ISAI
(Instituto Superior de Assistentes e Intérpretes, Porto)
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November, 2005: training Course on Economics, Finance and
Accounting translation.
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October 2006: training Course on Medicine/Pharmaceutics for
Translators
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