Linguistic skills: Dutch (mother tongue)
Portuguese, English (very good, near native)
German, French, Spanish (good)

Education
Certificate in Advanced English (ESOL), University of Cambridge, June 2003

Portuguese Language Studies; University of Utrecht, the Netherlands
(Master - 1992), Specialization: Commercial Translation

29-04-1992 : Sworn translator, Utrecht District Court, the Netherlands

Permanent education
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Relevant work experience

Over 15 years experience as a freelance translator and interpreter in the following language pairs: Portuguese-Dutch-Portuguese, English-Dutch-English

Founder/owner of Portanto Talenbureau, language agency,
specialising in Portuguese - English - Dutch training and translation,
Utrecht, the Netherlands, from 1995-2003

co-author of the "Dutch-Portuguese and Portuguese-Dutch Dictionaries"
produced by the Uil-OTS Linguistic Institute of the University of Utrecht
Publication (by Het Standaard / Editorial Verbo) in November of 2004

Total revision of "Portugees voor Dummies", Pierson Education Benelux, 2007

Total revision of the Guide to Portuguese, ANWB, The Netherlands in 2003.

Member of the Dutch Association of Translators and Interpreters
Member of the Associação de Tradução em Língua Portuguesa
Member of the Dutch Portuguese Chamber of Commerce