Tania Penido Sampaio

English => Brazilian Portuguese Translator

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Phone/Fax: (+55 21) 2226-6209

Mobile:      (+55 21) 9238-8443

Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

My Resume

• Business and commercial translations;

• Technical translations and tender proposals

• ERP, CRM, SCM, B2B Portals

• Hardware/software and telecom translations

• eLearning and Codes of Conduct

• Terminology and glossary development

• Software localization project management, and translation memory tools such as Star Transit, SDLX, Deja Vu and Trados.

I greatly value text quality and I have a college degree in Journalism, where I learned writing skills. I also have a Master degree in Translation Studies, a graduate course in Economics, and an Executive MBA.

I began my career as a business translator in 1993, translating business plans, financial statements, training materials, contracts, presentations, marketing collaterals, house organs, and proposals for competitive biddings.

In 1995, I began a parallel career as software localization project manager. My specialty was managing large projects with short turnarounds, leading virtual workgroups on-line and organizing teams spread across different geographic areas or different countries. The highlights were five releases of SAP R/3 on-line help. Other highlights were software projects for Microsoft, Novell, Corel and Lotus, and video subtitling for Hallmark Entertainment Network.

As a technical/software translator, I developed style guides for the company and also for specific clients. Besides the ones mentioned above, I also have experience with glossary, style and procedures of clients such as Integrity Interactive, SAP AG, Siebel, Computer Associates, Oracle, IBM, Microsoft, Unisys, Hewlett-Packard, Kodak, Websense, KPMG, Andersen Consulting, Kleinwort Benson, Shell, IBM and UBS AG.

.If you need Brazilian Portuguese translations, I can deliver best quality 
on time and on budget.

My academic background:

Executive MBA, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, 2002-2003.
Graduate Course in Economics for Journalists, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, 2001.
M.A. in Translation Studies, PUC-RJ, 1993-1996.
B.A. in Social Communications/Journalism. PUC-RJ, 1988-1992.

Language Certificates:

Conferences:

ABRATES (Brazilian Translators Association) II International Conference, Rio de Janeiro, 2007.

ABRATES (Brazilian Translators Association) I International Conference, Rio de Janeiro, 2005.

ABRATES (Brazilian Translators Association) I National Conference, Rio de Janeiro, 2003.

ATA (American Translators Association) Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia,  U.S.A., 2002.

VIII National and II International Translators Meeting, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2001.

I International Conference on Competitive Intelligence and Knowledge Management, presenting a case study on Internet Tools and E-Commerce.

VII National and I International Translators Meeting, São Paulo, Brazil, 1998, presenting the speech "Harmony in large projects: how to beat impossible deadlines and guarantee quality results."

ATA (American Translators Association) Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, U.S.A., 1997.

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Interesting links for translators:

Payment Practices - http://www.macroconsulting.com/payment_practices.htm

Translators Home Companion - http://www.rahul.net/lai/companion.html

American Translators Association - www.atanet.org

Multilingual Magazine - www.multilingual.com

Translation Journal - www.accurapid.com/journal

Language International Magazine - www.language-international.com

Brazilian Translators Mailing List -  www.oocities.org/tradprt

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