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Ben Kohn
ABRATES, accredited in language pair Port>Eng (since 2006)
SINTRA (Brazilian Translators' Union)
Av Quintino Bocaiuva 7
Niteroi, 24360-022
Country code : BR
Languages and specialist subject areas
Portuguese > English
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Memberships, accreditations
ABRATES, SINTRA
ABRATES, accredited in language pair Port>Eng (since 2006)
SINTRA (Brazilian Translators' Union)
CV
Presentation :
I am a professional EnglishPortuguese translator and interpreter based in Brazil, with over 10 years' professional experience. I pride myself on delivering a high quality service in a timely fashion and with a friendly attitude, guaranteeing fluent, faithful translations and proactive solutions for all my customers' needs.
My academic background is in Philosophy and Portuguese. I graduated in Portuguese from the University of Leeds in England (my native country), with my degree program focused largely on translation and including a one-year liaison interpreting course. As a result of my personal interests and numerous work opportunities I have become well acquainted with various different fields, including the oil & gas industry, law, logistics, health care, cinema and mechanical and electrical engineering.
I am accredited as a professional translator (Portuguese to English) by ABRATES (Brazilian Translators' Association) and also an approved member of SINTRA (Brazilian Translators' Union - associated to FIT).
In 2004 I opened my translation company, Quesco Brasil, based in Rio de Janeiro and since then have gathered an extensive clientele and formed a team of translators to provide services for various other languages, including Spanish, German, Dutch and French.
References :
Available upon request
Interests :
Sports, reading, films, my family!
Qualifications :
B.A. in Portuguese and Philosophy, University of Leeds, 2000
Professional courses :
Proficiency in Portuguese (Brazilian Ministry of Education - CELPEBRAS)
Professional experience :
Professional translator since 2000. Hundreds of corporate and individual clients served in various fields. Including:
Business/Legal/Financial:
- Meeting minutes, notices to shareholders/market, etc. for major energy company (ongoing).
- Service Agreement, Assignment & License Agreements for US Oil Company (12,000 words)
- Petrobras Invitations to Bid for Turbomachinery equipment (approx. 7,000 words each)
Technical:
- Maintenance and Reliability Assessments and Reports on Oil Terminal operations (ongoing)
- Technical specs and purchase orders for turbomachinery and platform equipment (ongoing)
- Service Manual and Vendor Manuals for turbocompressor set (100,000 words)
- Operation manuals: various industrial measurement/calibration equipment (+100,000 words)
HSE and ecology:
- Safety bulletins for operations at docks and shipyards (ongoing)
- Protected Marine Environments Workshop report and UN proposal (30,000 words)
- Environmental Impact Assessment report for Petrochemical plant in Portugal (25,000 words)
- Amazon Region Protected Areas (ARPA) periodical magazine (30,000 words)
- Environmental Risk Prevention Program for Petrochemical Company (14,000 words)
Logistics/Transport
- Best Practice Audit Assessments and Reports for Oil and Gas Terminalling Operations (ongoing)
- PSM & Distribution Manuals (70,000 words)
- Economic Feasibility study for port terminal and mineral pipeline logistics system (38,000 words)
Health Care and Medicine
- English version of periodical magazine "Revista Saúde em Debate" (ongoing)
- Executive Summary of health policies in the Amazon region (4,000 words)
- Lifescope Bedside Monitor operation manual (570 pages)
Art/Cinema/Literary
- Exhibition legends and publications for the Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC-Niterói) (ongoing)
- Loose Threads, the Art of Hélio Oiticica, by Paula Braga (published by Perspectiva, 2007)
- Arte e Ensaios, 250-page bilingual compilation (published by Oxford University/UFRJ, 2007)
- Catalogue for Marcel Duchamp exhibition at São Paulo Modern Art Museum (MAM-SP, 2008).
- Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival catalogue – 2004/2005/2006.
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