Paula Carvalho - Portuguese Interpreter

Portuguese Interpreter in Norfolk

Fully qualified and experienced National Registered English / Portuguese translator and Portuguese interpreter with nearly 20 years’ experience; DPSI & DIPTRANS Examiner / Setter / Marker / Proofreader. Performed over 10,000 hours of interpreting work and translated more than 1,000,000 words from and into English.

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Professional memberships: NRPSI 13288 (full status); ACILEX;

Interpreted in Theatre during surgeries and different health procedures and contexts: cataracts’ surgery, angiograms, ECGs, MRI scans, biopsies, pregnancy termination, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, physiotherapy, counselling, mental health, speech therapy. A lot of experience in assisting the Police during investigative interviews of suspects and witness/victim statement taking and translation of the same documents, identification parades, video interviews with vulnerable adults and children, child protection conferences, core meetings, court interpreting, probation services and prisons, interviews under caution.

Travelled to Portugal with English Social Services for family assessments related to court proceedings. Resident Interpreter at School Lane Surgery (Thetford) for the last 11 years and South Quay Surgery (Great Yarmouth) during 7 years via CINTRA Lda. Interpreted at the Court of Arbitration for Sports in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Qualifications:

• DipTrans (Diploma in Translation) (Level 7)
• Post-graduation in Applied Translation Studies
• Post-graduation in Translation for Subtitling
• BA Translation and Interpreting (English/French/Portuguese)
• DPSI (Diploma in Public Service Interpreting, Level 6 qualification (Health, English Law, Local Government)

CILEX LEVEL 3 LAW DIPLOMA (part-time course) ongoing
Passed: Introduction to Law and Practice; Legal Research Skills; Family Law; Contract Law, Care Skills.