Freelance Portuguese Interpreter and Translator

About the role

Portuguese speakers in the UK come from Portugal (including Madeira), Brazil and Portuguese-speaking African countries such as Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. Interpreters need to understand the differences in vocabulary, pronunciation and forms of address between European and Brazilian Portuguese, and should tell us which variety they translate into.

Work includes hospital and maternity care, employment tribunals, food processing and logistics workplaces, police interviews and school meetings. Business work can also include contract, website and marketing translation into European or Brazilian Portuguese.

What you will do

• Interpret for European, Brazilian and African Portuguese speakers, adjusting vocabulary to the client.
• Translate commercial and legal texts into the variety of Portuguese the client specifies.
• Keep everything you hear and read on assignments strictly confidential, and remain impartial throughout.
• Build and maintain your own glossaries for the sectors you work in.
• Deliver written translations that are accurate, complete and proofread, on or before the agreed deadline.
• Produce accurate transcripts and English translations of recorded Portuguese speech, for example police interviews or research recordings.

What we are looking for

• Excellent spoken and written Portuguese and English, with the ability to switch register for different clients.
• The DPSI (Diploma in Public Service Interpreting), DPI (Diploma in Police Interpreting) or an equivalent qualification is an advantage; CIOL or ITI membership is welcome.
• Clear statement of your translation variety (European or Brazilian Portuguese) and experience with the other.
• Willingness to complete a DBS check for assignments in healthcare, education or with vulnerable people.
• Right to work in the UK if you will take on-site assignments in the UK.
• A reliable internet connection, headset and quiet, private workspace for remote assignments.

What we offer

• Remote work by video and telephone, plus on-site bookings.
• Fair compensation for your skills and time.
• Opportunities for professional development.
• Help from our operations team before and after assignments.
• Varied assignments across healthcare, legal, government, finance and more.
• Flexible working: choose the assignments that suit your availability.

Portuguese work with SILA Linguists®

SILA Linguists® is a language services company providing interpreting, translation and transcription across the UK, North America, Australia, New Zealand and beyond, in more than 350 languages and dialects. As a Portuguese linguist with us, you can take on the full range of work we offer in Portuguese:

• Portuguese interpreting of every type: face-to-face, telephone (OPI) 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, video (VRI) through the SILA Linguists® app or the client's platform, consecutive, simultaneous, conference and remote simultaneous (RSI), community and escort interpreting.
• Portuguese translation of documents into and out of English, from letters, medical reports and school records to contracts, research and websites.
• Certified Portuguese translation with a signed statement of accuracy, accepted by UK authorities such as courts, the Home Office, universities and employers.
• Portuguese transcription of audio and video recordings, with time stamps, translation of the transcript and subtitling.

Our vetted, trained and qualified linguists work in legal, police and court settings, immigration and asylum matters, NHS and private healthcare, social care, schools and universities, charities and business. Every assignment is covered by confidentiality agreements and UK GDPR.

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