Place of birth

Beira, Mozambique

Nationality

Portuguese

Education and Professional Training

1972  High School in Beira, Mozambique

1972/73 School of Sciences of the Lourenço Marques University (Mozambique)
Biology Course

1973/75 Beira Commercial and Industrial Institute
2nd form of the Industrial and Laboratory Chemistry Course

1984/86 ISEL - Lisbon Engineering Institute
Industrial Chemistry Course

1987/90 ISLA - Instituto Superior de Línguas e Administração (Lisbon, Portugal)
B.A. Translation and Interpretation Studies (English / French)

1992  CIAL - Language Center (Lisbon, Portugal)
EPLE Course - Portuguese Language as Foreign Language

2005 - Universidade de Aveiro - Departamento de Línguas e Culturas (Aveiro, Portugal)
Workshop on Translation and Terminology in Biology/Imunology

Professional Activity

1989...  Independent Translator

1990/92 D. João IV School (Linhó, Portugal)
English Teacher (Levels I/II/III)

 1992...  CIAL - Language Center (Lisbon, Portugal)
Teaching of Portuguese to Foreign Executives

  Eurotrends, Lda. (Lisbon, Portugal)
Teaching of Portuguese to Foreign Executives

1994-95 Portuguese National Commission for UNESCO (Lisbon, Portugal)
Administrative Assistant to the Executive Secretary

1997…  National Institute of Tourism Education (Estoril, Portugal)
English Course for Chefs and Waiters

1997…  Portuguese National Commission for UNESCO (Lisbon, Portugal)
In-house Translator

Professional Memberships

ATA – American Translators Association (Corresponding Member)
ATeLP - Associação de Tradução em Língua Portuguesa

ATA Certified (English into Portuguese)