BSc in Biochemistry, translating since 1997, full-time since 2001.

Areas: medicine, pharmaceutical industry, biosciences (biochemistry, biotechnology, microbiology, environment, diagnostics...), chemistry (including GHS, REACH, CLP regulations)

I have got plenty of experience in translating:

- medical papers/documents (mainly rare diseases, ophthalmology, cardiology and gastroenterology);

- pharmaceutical documents incl. SPCs, PILs, and clinical trial protocols, questionnaires, scales, as well as IVD - in vitro diagnostics - and medical devices).

- (M)SDS, chemical product registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction regulations (REACH, CLP, GHS, ADR), including biocides and other potentially hazardous substances

- quality-related, laboratory documents, as well as websites, news, SOPs, etc.;

Since 2004, translating for EURORDIS - Rare Diseases Europe.

Also since 2004, working as a linguistic validation consultant in the validation of PRO-measures and questionnaires, including recruiting respondents and healthcare professionals recruitment, as well as conducting cognitive debriefing interviews.

Previously taught a seminar on biomedical specialized translation for the Masters degree in Translation at the University of Coimbra, Portugal.

Honours BSc in Biochemistry (University of Coimbra, UC, Portugal, 1996); 2-year Post-graduation course in translation (English/German) (UC, 2004)

Attended PhD programme in Translation and Linguistics in the University of Vigo (Spain)

For more details and companies which I work for, please ask for my resumé.

I'm a proud mother of twin boys and I love travelling, be it with them, to dance or simply to visit new places, meet new cultures, and have a lot of fun!