Lurdes Hope - Freelance Portuguese Translator
Professional Memberships
Full Member of the Institute of Linguists
Qualifications
Metropolitan Police Test - Institute of Linguists
Diploma in Public Service Interpreting (Law) - Institute of Linguists
MA in Translation - Coimbra University, Portugal
Degree in Languages (French and English) - Coimbra University, Portugal
Work Experience
Diploma in Public Service Interpreting Examiner ( Institute of Linguists)
Metropolitan Police Test Examiner ( Institute of Linguists)
I have been a freelance translator and proofreader since 2000, working on a full-time basis for a wide variety of clients including:
- Various companies and translation agencies, including Language Line, Heinz and Merrillbrink
- Courts Service
- Metropolitan Police and other Police Forces
- The Home Office
- Immigration
- Hospitals, GPs and Consultants
- The National Asylum Support Service
- The Immigration Appellate Authority
- Social Services
- Shelter and Housing Associations
- Local councils
- The London Ambulance Service
- Various law firms
- Various other organisations
Previous positions held include:
- Legal Administrator within an Insurance company; Personal Assistant to a Partner in a Law firm
- translating notarial and legal documents, liaising with private clients, companies, property agents, lawyers and notaries in French, English and Portuguese by letter, fax and telephone - Freelance teacher, teaching Portuguese to adults in London
- Fixed term placement as Translator at the European Commission in Brussels, translating mainly legal texts from English and French into Portuguese
- Fixed term placement as Translator at the Economic and Social Committee in Brussels, translating parts of Green Papers and Directives from English and French into Portuguese
References and Curriculum Vitae
References and CV are available on request. Go to contact details
