Work with Paula Amaral!

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Full time

€36

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Years of experience

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Full time translator

€36

Price per hour

€0.12

Starting price per word

Paula Amaral

a.k.a. Paula Amaral

Native Portuguese (PT) speaker in Lisbon, Portugal

"Translator (1988) | Subtitler (2012)"

To this date, I have translated almost 750 hours of audiovisual content (fiction and nonfiction), in a total of around 650 000 subtitles, for several clients — from streaming giants and renowned TV channels to niche film festivals and business enterprises.

Specializing in

Subtitles Website translation Public administration Museum texts Books

Translation tools I use:

SDL Trados Studio MemoQ Wordfast SDL MultiTerm Spot Ooona Tools

Languages

English to Portuguese (PT)

10/10

Sworn

Certified

French to Portuguese (PT)

10/10

Sworn

Certified

All language pairs

About Me

I am a freelance translator and subtitler, born and based in Lisbon (Portugal), working since 1988 with the publishing, digital, and audiovisual industries (for references, please check my website or my LinkedIn profile).

I strive to continuously improve and broaden my knowledge and skills, so that I can provide my clients with high-quality work, always delivered on time, and with the utmost attention to detail.

In a moment where we are increasingly becoming global citizens, there are still many gaps to be bridged in terms of language, so that content is made available to international markets. And that is precisely what I can help you achieve: reach out to the native speakers of the seventh most spoken language in the world — mine.

Awards

Winner of the 2014 ProZ.com translation contest “Celebrations” (English to European Portuguese)
Finalist of the 2014 ProZ.com translation contest “Celebrations” (French to European Portuguese)
Finalist of the 2018 ProZ.com translation contest “The Sounds of Silence” (English to European Portuguese)
Co-winner of the 2018 ProZ.com translation contest “Benevolent Deception: The Placebo Button Effect” (English to European Portuguese)
Finalist of the 2020 ProZ.com translation contest “Bon Voyage: Stories About Travel” (English to European Portuguese)

Notes

European Commission approved assistant translator applicant

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My professional methodology for a standard translation project is

Translation
Bilingual editing
Monolingual editing
Quality control

This is how I manage terminology consistency in my area of expertise

Creating glossaries and termbases
Keeping formality tables for English source translations

As a writer in my native language, this is how I would describe my style

As faithful as possible to the vocabulary and style used by the English or French author, without being literal and using creativity whenever necessary, so that the translated text sounds just as if it was originally written in Portuguese.

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Prices

	Language	Subtitles	Literary & Creative	Tourism & Living
	ENGLISH > PORTUGUESE (PT)	€0.12per word	€0.12per word	€0.12per word
	FRENCH > PORTUGUESE (PT)	€0.12per word	€0.12per word	€0.12per word

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Education

University (1)

Ongoing learning (2)

Associations (3)

Certificates (4)

University

Universidade de Lisboa

Licentiate Degree in Modern Languages and Literature – French and English Studies

Course01/2012.24 hrs

Spot Subtitle Editor

Sintagma

Course10/2021.2 hrs

Keeping Content Secure: the Role of the Individual

EGA

Association

International Association of Professional Translators and Interpreters

Association

Associação de Profissionais de Tradução e Interpretação

Association

Associação Portuguesa de Tradutores de Audiovisuais

Certificate

ProZ.com Certified PRO Network (English to Portuguese)

Certificate

ProZ.com Certified PRO Network (French to Portuguese)

Certificate

EGA's Keeping Content Secure: the Role of the Individual

Certificate

Netflix Hermes number

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