Language Professional with 24 years' experience, holder of an MBA and two BS (Languages and Translation), American Translator Association Certified in Portuguese to English Translation. My areas of expertise include business/finance, international development and educational subject matter. I also possess extensive online research experience.
Editing Rates
Rate Per Page
US $14.00
Rate Per Word
US $0.04
Rate Per Hour
US $70.00
NOTE: these rates are not set in stone and are only an average for this editor. The actual rate applicable to your document will depend on the depth of the edit, the quality of the writing, the topic matter, the proximity of the deadline, the length of the document and several other factors.
I have twenty-four years of experience as a translator of Portuguese and Spanish into English for clients in the Washington, DC metropolitan area and elsewhere. My areas of expertise include business/finance, legal, international development, and educational subject matter. My most recent career highlight involved working as contract translator and editor for a government-sponsored project that provided information and analysis of non-US scientific publications in molecular biology, immunology, microbiology and epidemiology for topics covering national security issues. Past professional experience also includes work at a small international consulting firm where I coordinated publication activities for USAID's Office of Urban Planning and Development and edited government contract proposals, as well as work in the Latin America and Caribbean Department of the International Finance Corporation where I wrote reports on project companies involved in activities that ranged from telecommunications, water and sewage, and cement production, to brewery operations, shrimp farming and gas pipelines. Duties there also involved recording the minutes of corporate Investment Review Committee meetings. My academic credentials include an MBA in International Business obtained from the George Washington University, a BS in Translation from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and a BS in Languages from Georgetown University. I received Top Secret Security clearance from the DOJ in February 2005.
Education degree
BS
Major specialization
Languages, Portuguese
Second specialization
Other, Latin American Area Studies
First language
English
Areas of specialization
Not selected
Work experience
Present Occupation: Independent Language Professional
Editing Experience in Years: 24. Prior to my freelance career, work opportunities that provided me writing/editing experience were: (a) Planning and Development Collaborative (Washington, DC) where I coordinated publication activities for USAID's Office of Urban Planning and Development as well as edited government contract proposals; (b) International Finance Corporation (Washington, DC) where I wrote supervision reports on project companies involved in activities that ranged from telecommunications, water and sewage, and cement production, to brewery operations, shrimp farming and gas pipelines, and recorded the minutes of corporate Investment Review Committee meetings; (c) the Mitre Corporation where I served as contract translator, editor and online researcher.
Computer experience
Microsoft Office Suite - Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access
Scored 94% on editing test.
Test score 100% .
Test score 70% to 84%. 
Test score less than 70%.