Keywords
Skills
Translation
Transcreation
Transcription
Editing
Proofreading
Creative Writing
Project Management
Transcreation
Transcription
Editing
Proofreading
Creative Writing
Project Management
Project history
March 2015 – Present
EuroLondon (London, UK)
Bilingual Translator
Fremlin Books (Ontario, Canada)
Creative Writer, Editor
Hang In There Films (Lisbon, Portugal)
Director, Screenwriter (Freelance)
Ninho de Víboras (Almada, Portugal)
Teacher, Creator of the "Film Lab" film production course
Melech Mechaya (Lisbon, Portugal)
Director, writer
Of the music videos Dance of Displeasure (2010), Los Bentos (2012) and Strange People (2014):
JBJ & Vice-Versa Music Labels (Lisbon, Portugal)
Lyricist, Writer
For the album “Dança do Centro”, by Joana Melo (launched in October 2011);
Film Connection (Lisbon, Portugal)
Writer
Freelance
Literary Editor
Freelance
Bilingual Translator
EuroLondon (London, UK)
Bilingual Translator
- Rewriting source text in target language while ensuring that its meaning is retained;
- Researching specialist dictionaries, thesauruses and reference books for accurate terminology, as well as legal, technical and scientific phraseology;
- Proofreading and editing final versions.
Fremlin Books (Ontario, Canada)
Creative Writer, Editor
- Producing a children's fictional adventure set in different places around the world;
- Conducting research to obtain factual information and authentic detail;
- Developing theme, plot, characterization, action, dialogue, and literary style;
- Producing and submitting a manuscript.
Hang In There Films (Lisbon, Portugal)
Director, Screenwriter (Freelance)
- Developing original scripts, synopsis, shooting scripts and storyboards;
- Guiding technical crews and directing actors (or the contributors to a documentary);
- Maintaining budgets and creating work schedules;
- Supervising all artistic and narrative elements of the production.
Ninho de Víboras (Almada, Portugal)
Teacher, Creator of the "Film Lab" film production course
- Introduction to film history, key filmmaking elements and procedures;
- Basis of creative writing and screenwriting, and study of classical narrative structures;
- Creating and developing plot and character.
Melech Mechaya (Lisbon, Portugal)
Director, writer
Of the music videos Dance of Displeasure (2010), Los Bentos (2012) and Strange People (2014):
- Developing and commissioning a script, and developing a storyboard;
- Directing auditions and actors;
- Film editing and special effects supervision.
JBJ & Vice-Versa Music Labels (Lisbon, Portugal)
Lyricist, Writer
For the album “Dança do Centro”, by Joana Melo (launched in October 2011);
- Developing lyric poems and overarching narrative of album concept;
- Collaborating with musicians and adapting the words to the musical composition;
- Revising and editing all written material.
Film Connection (Lisbon, Portugal)
Writer
- Developing theme, plot, characterization, action, dialogue, and literary style;
- Reviewing, submitting, and revising written material to meet production standards;
- Conforming to tight deadlines.
Freelance
Literary Editor
- Revising narrative and lyric texts, and film scripts;
- Editing content, style, formatting, presentation and chapters;
- Creating and developing a professional relationship with authors.
Freelance
Bilingual Translator
- English-Portuguese and Portuguese-English translation of scientific, medical, environmental, media, biographical and journalistic documents, articles, journals, websites and pamphlets.
Local Availability
Only available in these countries:
Portugal
Ideally, I'll be able to work remotely, but I am more than willing to consider other arrangements, and certainly relocation.