Sandra Fernandes Tavares

A successful communicator with experience translating/interpreting/language consultation, delivering ESOL/EFL and administration assistance at the high standards. Professional and enthusiastic with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Freelance Translator and Proofreader
  Specialism: Law ∙ International Policy ∙ Financial statements.

• Freelance Interpreter. Simultaneous, consecutive and liaison interpreting. Face-to-face, video and telephone interpreting.
  Interpreting within the legal, education, health and social services context for several public and private clients. 
   
• Admin Assistant: Organise meetings, schedule appointments, update calendars
  - Act as liaison between professionals in the office to ensure workflow
  - Arrange logistics for events
  - Perform data entry roles such as updating records and databases for staff and clients
  - Use various computer systems and software applications
  - Support staff with different project activities implementation
  - Update social media accounts
  - Provide feedback to improve internal performance

• DPSI in English Law, CIoL Jun 13
  First-degree level qualification (NQF Level 6) in Public Service interpreting (UK). Successful completion of: consecutive interpreting into English and Portuguese; simultaneous interpreting into Portuguese and English; written translation into Portuguese and English; sight translation into English.
  DPSI course in English Law, Online
  t 2012/2013

• MA in TESOL and Translation Studies, Aston 2012 University, UK
  Graduate programme covering: linguistic and cultural awareness for developing expertise in the areas of Translation Studies, text analysis, specialised translation project, identification and resolution of translation problems, development and analysis of corpora, translation problems.

• BA (Hons) in Modern Languages and Literature: 2006 Portuguese and English, University of Porto,
  Portugal
  Four-year undergraduate programme covering: linguistics of English and Portuguese languages, translation methodologies, practical tasks of translation of various authentic texts, translation problems.