Since 1999, I have been working as a linguist and communication expert, with a specialization in Portuguese and English. Prior to that, I worked in advertising, brand management and publishing for a number of major international and Brazilian companies.

I continue to maintain an active programmer of professional development and hold a wide-range of professional qualifications. I have developed a strong reputation with clients for my reliability and consistently high standards.

MY QUALIFICATIONS:

BA Public Relations - Fundação Cásper Líbero
Diploma in Translation - Institute of Linguists
Diploma in Public Services Interpreting - Institute of Linguists
MA Interpreting - London Metropolitan University
MA Intercultural Communication for Business and Professions - Birkbeck, University of London

MY SERVICES:

Translation, Editing and Proofreading
Copywriting
Consecutive Interpreting
Court and Police Interpreting
Simultaneous Interpreting
Voice-over
DTP with InDesign, Quark, Adobe Creative Cloud Applications

MEMBERSHIPS:

Anglo-Brazilian Society (Full Member)
Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain (Full Member)
Institute of Translation and Interpreting (Full Member)

TRANSLATION

• I translate from English and Spanish into Portuguese, and from Portuguese into English. Whether your document is a single-page certificate or a 300-page report, I offer the highest quality of professionalism. As a member of the ITI, my service includes legally certified translations in the UK.

• The writing styles with which I have particularly extensive experience include journalistic material, corporate communications and business reports, websites, marketing and market research, books and legal documentation.

• My subject-matter expertise includes: the environment; business, including HSE, compliance documents, codes of conduct, human resources and online training tools; general finance; advertising; politics; computer games; education; tourism and travel; the sugar industry and cattle farming, amongst others.

INTERPRETING

• I am a qualified interpreter, with considerable experience in consecutive, legal and simultaneous/conference interpreting. I am a full member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI).

• My experience in this area is broad-ranging, covering instances from providing interpretation for professional sports people (including footballers Cristiano Ronaldo, Eduardo, Denilson and Robinho) to senior members of government (including ministers from Brazil and Mozambique). I have also interpreted in a large number of conferences, business meetings, high-profile negotiations and training.

• I have worked in conferences about the following topics: Ethanol and Sugar, European Works Council, Church of England, Automotive, Mobile Phones, among others)

• My regular clients include: The Brazilian Embassy in London, International Sugar Organisation, The Church of England, Save the Children UK and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

COPYWRITING

• For 4 years, I worked as a freelance editor for the corporate magazine HSBC Premier (Brazilian edition), published quarterly by CONDÉ NAST LTD. My role included sub-editing, writing and commissioning stories.

• As a member of copywriting teams with clients in the UK and the US, I have written, edited and transcreated copy for adverts, brochures and campaign materials for Sony Bravia, Land Rover, Disney, Dell Computers, GlaxoSmithKline, HSBC and other brands.

OTHER SERVICES I PROVIDE ARE: CULTURAL BRIEFINGS, CONTENT CREATION, SEO/BLOG WRITING, CHECK MY PROFILE ON WWW.CHOBANIAN.CO.UK