About me
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My name is Érika. I'm a Brazilian translator.
I have been translating since 2011–2012. It started as a hobby. In 2015, after I obtained a broad experience, I started translating professionally, as a parallel
occupation. In 2017, I shifted from my original professional field (Law) to
translation, desiring to dedicate myself to this profession with exclusivity.
With regards to my formal education, I have a Bachelor degree in Law, specializing in Civil Procedural Law. While studying, I
wrote and published academic articles on various topics. Upon my
graduation, I received honorific awards as best student, both from the
University and from the Order of Attorneys of Brazil (OAB). My working
experience with Law is more related to Public Law (Environmental,
Administrative, Registers, Criminal, etc.), because I worked for six years in courts, helping both judges and prosecutors,
in different occasions.
Besides being a translator (Russian and English
to Portuguese), I'm also an independent
writer and an avid reader. I write often on different topics, both for
social media and for literary purposes, and I review my own work to get rid of
the errors before posting it online. These long-term habits (I've been writing
since I was 12) and my 6 years’ work experience with Law — a field that also
requires writing proficiency and clearness — improved my knowledge of
Portuguese language.
I’ve always been a language nerd, and I studied
several languages, on my own or with teachers, out of personal interest. Among
those languages, I dedicated myself to the study of Russian, English and, lately,
French, and perfected my knowledge to the point of being able to translate from
them. I speak fluent English and Russian in advanced level. In December 2020, I was approved in the Test of Russian as a
Foreign Language (TORFL/ТРКИ-III) obtained a
certificate of proficiency (C1) in this language, emitted by the Russian government.
I have also adhered to the Language Professional's Code of Ethics, a Russian project that aims to provide a practical orientation to help translators and agencies to deal with the ethical questions that appear in the business routine.
If you would like me to work with you in a translation project, you can contact me on e-mail. I'll be happy to provide further information about my experience and about my availability and rates. You can also find me in the following social networks:
