Europass Curriculum Vitae

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Curriculum Vitae
Personal information
First name(s) / Surname(s)
Address(es)
E-mail
Mário Rui de Almeida Matos
Rua de Dondo, Lote 33 – 2º D – 2775-187 Parede, Portugal
mram61@gmail. com
Nationality
Portuguese
Date of birth
1961/12/25
Gender
M
Occupational field Translation/Publishing
Work experience
Dates
Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities
Employer
Type of business or sector
2007-2010
General-Manager
Translation, proofreading. General management tasks.
Esfinge Azul, Edições, Unip – Lda. - Cascais
Publishing/Translation
Dates
2004-2007
Occupation or position held
Translator
Main activities and responsibilities
Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector
Dates
Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities
Name and address of employer
Translation of Software Materials, Localization of Company’s Website.
Techframe – Sistemas de Informação SA. - Cascais
Software House
1998-2004
General-Manager
Publisher / CEO
Edições Atena. Lda. - Cascais
Type of business or sector
Publishing
Dates
1995-1998
Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities
Name and address of employer
Publishing Division Director
Publisher, general management of the trade publishing division of the company
Edições Temas da Actualidade, SA (Planeta Group) - Lisbon
Type of business or sector
Publishing
Dates
1994-1995
Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities
Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector
Dates
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Magazine Editor
Adaptation/Localization of a Gaming Magazine (Nintendo Consoles) to Portuguese Market.
Abril/Controljornal, Lda.
Publishing (Magazines) - Oeiras
1992-1994
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Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities
Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector
Dates
Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities
Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector
Dates
Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities
Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector
Dates
Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities
Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector
Editor
Selecting originals for publication, contracting translators, proofreading, editing, general editorial tasks.
Publicações Europa-América, Lda. - Sintra
Publishing
1990-1992
Editor
Selecting originals for publication, contracting translators, proofreading, editing, general editorial tasks.
Edições 70, Lda. - Lisbon
Publishing
1988-1990
Market Research/Public Relations
Identifying problems and dealing with customer relations
Interpress, Lda. - Lisbon
Newspaper and Magazine distribution
1986-1988
Teacher
Portuguese/French teacher for 6th and 7th grades
Escola Secundária Nuno Gonçalves, Lisbon
Education
Education and training
Dates
Title of qualification awarded
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
1982-1986
Ph.D. in Modern Languages and Literatures (Fench(English)
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade Clássica de Lisboa
Personal skills and
competences
Mother tongue(s)
Portuguese
Other language(s)
Self-assessment
Understanding
Speaking
Spoken interaction
Writing
European level (*)
Listening
Reading
Spoken production
English
C2
C2
C1
C1
C2
Spanish
French
Italian
C2
C2
C1
C1
C2
C1
C1
C1
C1
C1
B2
C1
B2
B1
B1
German
A2
A2
A2
A2
A2
(*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Social skills and competences
Organisational skills and
competences
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Experience in managing groups of people / small companies / departments
General company management (budgeting, human resources, assigning tasks and supervising them
to completion
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Technical skills and competences
Extensive experience in proofreading and dealing with translations; extensive experience in translation
(please see annexed list of published works).
As a freelancer, have also worked for several private companies. Main areas of expertise:
- Law, Contracts
- Insurance Policies
- Legal Documents
- Transports/Forwarding documentation.
- Patents and Industrial Property
- European Union Policies
Computer skills and competences
Advanced user. Main software used: MS-Office, SDLX-Trados, Wordfast, Adobe InDesign, Acrobat,
Photoshop
Artistic skills and competences
Amateur Photographer (www.wix.com/matosmario/fotografia)
Annexes Annex 1 Published Works
Annex 2 Some regular clients
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Annex 1
Published Translation Works
To/From English
Revista Europa (published by Principia Editora / Jacques Delors Centre – Lisbon
From English:
Clark, Arthur C. – As fontes do Paraíso – Edições 70, Lisboa, 1987
Peters, H. F. – Jenny, Uma vida com Karl Marx – Editorial Inquérito, 1987
Rendell, Ruth – Sinistra Obsessão – Edições 70, Lisboa, 1988
Bloom, Allan – Gigantes e Anões – Europa-América, 1989
Morris, Desmond – Guia Essencial do Comportamento do Bebé – Europa-América, 1992
Reddin, Bill – Testes Psicotécnicos para Executivos – CETOP, 1991
Wolverton / Bloom – Windows 3.1 – Guia do Utilizador – Europa-América, 1992
Wolverton / Meade – Wordperfect 6.0 para DOS – Guia do Utilizador – Europa-América, 1992
Burgen, Stephen – A Língua da tua Mãe – Edições Atena, 1998
Poe, Edgar Allan – Histórias extraordinárias – Edições Atena, 1999
Wilde, Oscar – O Príncipe Feliz e outras histórias – Edições Atena, 1999
Levy, David H. – Observar o Céu – Edições Atena, 1999
Bourroughs, William – Observar o Tempo – Edições Atena, 2000
Watson, Peter, A Conspiração Medici, QuidNovi, 2006
Farman, John, Educa os teus Pais, Temas e Debates, 2006
Edge, Arabella, O Deus da Primavera, QuidNovi, 2006
Carrell, Jennifer Lee, O Segredo de Shakespeare, Bertrand, 2007
O’Connor, John, Memórias de um Agente Secreto, QuidNovi, 2007
Zarah Gahramani, My Life as a Traitor, QuidNovi, 2008
Clark, Mary Higgins, I’ve heard that song before, Bertrand, 2008
Seed, Michael, Filho de Ninguém, QuidNovi, 2008
Olive, David, Uma História Americana — Barack Obama, Esfera do Caos, 2008
Dornstein, Ken, O Rapaz que Caiu do Céu, Guerra e Paz, 2008
Ward, Nick, Abandonado para Morrer, Princípia Editora, 2008
Gore, Al, Uma Verdade Inconveniente, Esfera do Caos, 2009 Salvatore, R. A., Trilogia do Elfo Negro, Saída de Emergência, 2009
Gill, Tim, Sem Medo - Crescer numa sociedade com aversão ao risco, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian / Principia Editora, 2010
AA. VV., Com a Cabeça na Lua, Saída de Emergência, 2009.
From French:
Brun, Jean – A Mão e o Espírito – Edições 70, 1988
De Vös, Jean-Claude – Dicionário de Microinformática – Português, Francês, Inglês –CETOP, 1993
El-Wafi, Aïcha, Perdi o meu filho, Bertrand Editora, 2007
Xiao-Mei, Zhu, O Rio e o seu Segredo, Guerra e Paz, 2008
Beauvoir, Simone, O Existencialismo e a Sabedoria das Nações, Esfera do Caos, 2008
Hatzfeld, Jean, A Estratégia dos Antílopes, Esfera do Caos, 2008
Khawam, René, Le Livre des Ruses, Esfera do Caos
From Italian:
Casini, Claudio – Amadeus, Vida de Mozart – Editorial Inquérito, 1990
Mora, Elena – Ciuni, Luisa, Terapia do Mexerico, Temas e Debates, 2005
Pazzi, Roberto, Conclave, Temas e Debates, 2005
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Felicetti, Cinzia, Absolutamente glamorosas!, Temas e Debates, 2006
Leoni, Didi – Januzzi, Renata, Machos há muitos, Homens há poucos, Temas e Debates, 2006
Farinotti, Pino, A 7 Km de Jerusalém, Princípia Editora, 2006
Sgreccia, Elio, Manual de Bioética, Princípia Editora, 2009
Monda, António, Acreditas? Conversas sobre Deus e a Religião, Princípia Editora, 2009
Jacobi, Paola, Loucas por malas, Temas e Debates, 2008
Farinotti, Pino, O Herói, Princípia Editora, 2009
Lecca, Nicola, Hotel Borg, Princípia Editora, 2010
AA. VV., Léxico da Família, Principia Editora, 2010
From Spanish:
AA.VV. – Pop & Rock – Quatro volumes em 60 fascículos – Planeta deAgostini, 1995
Falcones, Ildefonso, A Catedral do Mar, Bertrand, 2006
Calderón, Emílio, O Mapa do Criador, Bertrand, 2007
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Annex 2
Some regular clients for translation services:
— APAT – Associação Portuguesa dos Agentes Transitários (Portuguese Forwarding Agents Association)
— Techframe, Sistemas de Informação SA (Software House)
— Agility Logistics Portugal
— Seamodal Cargo – Unip. Lda.
— UiC GmbH, Alzenau
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