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Skype: anavozone

QUALIFICATIONS

• Specialized Translator Course (BA) – ISLA – Instituto Superior de Línguas e Administração – Class of ’73 – English and German - Lisboa, Portugal
• Certificate of Proficiency in English (with Honors – May 1975)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Qualified Member of ITI – Institute of Translation and Interpretation (UK) since 2008
• Proz.com

LANGUAGE VARIANTS

• European Portuguese.
• Also Portuguese spoken in Angola, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde, São Tomé e Príncipe (PALOP countries), Macao and East Timor


AREAS OF EXPERTISE Government & Politics, European Union Bodies

(Over 5 million words /15,000 pages translated for EU Bodies alone) since 1990:

Cooperation and development, finance projects, competition/state aids, culture, employment, social affairs, education, training, vocational training, youth, health and consumer protection. European Commission programmes and websites, European Parliament legislation documents. Also technical assistance, emergency assistance, social security.

2 successive freelance contracts with the European Central Bank (2009/2013 and 2013/2017)(ECB).

International Organizations

OECD, Eurobarometer/Flash, WHO (malaria)

Corporate / Consumer

Marketing and Advertising (25 years with leading multinational advertising agency McCann-Erickson), many other communications and advertising agencies in Portugal and abroad. Creative copy, legal (contracts), business reporting, in the above areas.

Employee and customer satisfaction surveys.

Press releases, e-letters, corporate communication, corporate magazines, sales leaflets, corporate brochures.

Courier services.

Lotteries.

Codes of Conduct. Anti-Corruption, Anti-bribery and Whistleblowing policies. Compliance. CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility. Corporate Environmental Policy.

Commercial Registry, Company Register, Handelsregister

Employee manuals. Travel policies.

Oil and Gas industry – Contracts, recruitment, injury reports, training, health and safety at work.

Packaging (aluminum, plastic, paper, fresh and frozen, liquid and solid)

Fire alarm systems

Agrofood/Food industry: food labels (ingredient lists), recipes, cooking and baking

Automotive coatings (Sikkens - AKZO)

Hotel industry/hospitality/catering

Recruitment

Fashion: clothing, shoes, accessories

Videogames

Finance

Investment Funds – Annual reports, prospectuses, KIIDs, PRIIPs

Listed companies - Investor relations, corporate governance, corporate responsibility, compliance.

Banking

Credit cards (Visa)

NGO’s

Human Rights, Children’s Rights, Women in Development, HIV/AIDS, Housing, Refugees – Working directly and via agencies with Amnesty International, Save The Children, Jesuit Refugee Service. Fragile Countries

Pro bono work for AJAN - African Jesuit AIDS Network - www.ajanweb.org and JRS, Jesuit Refugee Service, Society of Jesus.

OTHER AREAS / SKILLS

Press searches (for instance, "bad press" searches on companies and individuals).

Linguistic evaluations, such as brand and product names

Cultural consultancy

Fitness
Archaelogy
Wild life
Quizzes
Household appliances - catalogues
Apps

CV’s and Certificates
School transcripts
Educational DVD’s
Children's books

Sports: Sailing, Football, Tennis


SOFTWARE

• MS Office 2010
• Trados 2007 / Studio 2011 / Studio 2015
• Wordbee
• AbbyFineReader

ITI membership category: MITI

Specialisms

• Advertising
• Annual reports
• Arts
• Business
• Cosmetics
• Economics
• Education and training
• EU - General and political
• EU matters
• Film
• TV and Video
• Food
• Humanities
• Information technology
• Internet
• Leisure
• Management
• Marketing
• Politics
• Public relations
• Tourism and travel

Associated skills

• Proofreading

Technology

• memoQ
• SDL Trados Studio

CPD achieved within last 6 years