Mr Colin Speed MITI

Since 2000 I have been working as a freelance translator/proofreader in the language pairs Portuguese/Brazilian Portuguese/African Portuguese and Spanish/Latin American Spanish to English. I also translate from English into Portuguese and Spanish, and from Spanish to Portuguese and vice-versa. I am a Qualified Member of the Institute of Translators and Interpreters and am qualified for ISO 7001 certification. I am also a member of The Brazilian Translator's Association (ABRATES), the Portuguese Translator's Association (APT), the Spanish Translator's Association (ASETRAD) and the American Translator's Association (ATA).

I can supply certified translations for Portugal, United Kingdom and the USA.

I specialise in: Birth Certificates, Marriage Certificates, Civil Partnership Certificates, Divorce Certificates, Death Certificates, Criminal Record Checks, University Degree Certificates, Academic Transcripts, High School Certificates, High School Transcripts, Bank Statements, Identity Cards, Driving Licences, Company Registration Certificates, Income Tax Returns, Social Security Statements, Sworn Statements, Political Asylum Applications, Authorisations for children to travel, Medical Records, Vaccination Certificates, Visa Support Declarations, Court Documents, Court Decisions, Contracts amonsgst others.

I can provide digital translations, with digital signatures and stamps which can be verified electronically or I can provide paper translations with conventional signatures and stamps.

I provide translations for the following Spanish speaking countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay, and Venezuela; and for the following Portuguese speaking countries: Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe.

I accept payment in BRL, EUR, GBP or USD, and you can pay by bank transfer, BIZUM, MBWAY or PIX.

ITI membership category: MITI

Translation

Portuguese English
ITI Assessed
Portuguese (Brazilian) English
ITI Assessed
Spanish English
ITI Assessed
Spanish (Latin American) English
ITI Assessed
Portuguese (African) English  
Spanish (African) English  

Specialisms

  • Advertising
  • Air traffic
  • Banking
  • Business
  • Certificates
  • Commerce
  • Computer hardware
  • Computer software
  • Contracts
  • Education and training
  • Information technology
  • Management
  • Public relations
  • Social media
  • Telecommunications
  • Tourism and travel
  • Website localisation

Associated skills

  • Adaptation
  • Business writing
  • Copywriting
  • Editing
  • Language training
  • Machine translation - post editing
  • Project management
  • Proofreading
  • Revising
  • Software localization
  • Technical writing

Technology

  • SDL Trados Studio

CPD achieved within last 6 years