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Portuguese ↔ English : Humanities & Social Sciences Translator

Requirement:

Service – Portuguese to English and English to Portuguese Translation

Category – Academic and Industry Area Translation

Discipline – Business & Economics

Humanities and Social Sciences have many branches such as sociology, political science, psychology, demography, history, law, linguistics, anthropology, etc. Unlike translation for other subjects, translation of these subjects goes beyond word-to-word translation. Translators face the challenge of layers of interpretation and numerous subjective paths given the nature of the subjects. Translating such text requires not only subject knowledge and good language skills but also good cultural understanding. It requires specific terminology and a certain style that reflect the linguistic and socio-cultural characteristics of the target audience.

We are looking to hire professionals for translating jobs online from Portuguese to English and English to Portuguese with adequate subject matter expertise and experience in Humanities and Social Sciences.

Apply As Per Your Area Of Specialization!

At Ulatus, we have a highly qualified team of Humanities and Social Sciences translators and are looking for talented translators to be a part of our Portuguese ↔ English translation team. We are hiring for the following sub-disciplines under Humanities and Social Sciences:

Subject Area

  • Design
  • Language & Linguistics
  • Philosophy
  • Disaster Studies
  • Law
  • Psychology
  • Education
  • Library and Museum Studies
  • Recreation and Sports
  • Environmental Studies
  • Literature
  • Religious Studies
  • History
  • Media/Communication
  • Social Sciences
  • Humanities
  • Performing Arts
  • Visual Arts

Industrial Area

  • Patent Application
  • M & A Contract
  • Companies Acts and Regulations
  • Intellectual Property
  • Buying and Selling/Trade Agreement
  • Other Countries' Laws
  • Business Alliances and Contract
  • Sales and Agency Agreement
  • Other Contracts
  • License Agreement
  • Nondisclosure Agreement
  • Game Translation

Applicants will be evaluated for both their linguistic skills and their subject matter expertise.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Recognized graduate qualification in translation from an institution of higher education.
    or
    Recognized graduate qualification in any other field from an institution of higher education with two years of full time experience in translation.
    or
    Five years of full time professional experience in translation.
  • Native speaker of Portuguese/English with proven English/Portuguese skills

Who Can Apply?

Our company is committed to the highest levels of translation quality and we expect our freelance translators to be of the same caliber. If you qualify for the below points, please apply for our online translation jobs.

  • fit the Humanities and Social Sciences subject area(s) specified above and have the translation experience,
  • have command over Portuguese and English languages,
  • are looking for translating jobs online, and
  • want the flexibility of working on translation jobs from home,

Profiles Of Our Translators And Checkers

T1167
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T1167

This translator has more than 15 years of translation experience. He is a Japanese native and currently resides in Japan.

Areas of expertise
Applied Linguistics, Language Education, Elementary Education, Language Acquisition, Secondary Education, Creative Writing, Higher Education, Contracts, Mastery Learning, Literature, Cooperative Learning, Bilingual Education, Media/Communication, Children's Literature, Curriculum and instruction, Advertising, Recitation and Storytelling, Business Documents, Translation, Education
Years of experience
15
Country
USA
Education and Training
University of Washington
  • Ph.D., Linguistics
    • - Research Assistantships: Language Development and Processing Lab Experimental Phonology Lab
    - Teaching Assistantship: LING200 "Introduction to Linguistic Thought".
    University of Hawai'i at M'noa
  • M.A., Linguistics
    • -       Research Assistantships: An NSF-funded project "The development of the standards for data citation and attribution for reproducible research in Linguistics" , Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism Lab
    Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan)
  • B. A., International Liberal Studies
    • -       Study abroad (State University of New York at Stony Brook)
    Certifications –
  • CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
    • Work experience
    15 years translation experience includes the following.
    Globalme Localization Inc.
    Freelance Japanese Linguist
    - Contributed to the development of Text-to-Speech software available in Japanese.
    - Proof listening to different versions of automatically generated speech, and rating their quality.
    - Annotating natural speech with the location of pitch accents and prosodic word boundaries.
    - Segmenting words into morphological and semantic units for further processing.
    - Have assisted with localization quality assurance testing projects. Analyzed products translated from English and Japanese in order to assess their grammaticality, as well as the quality of style and formatting.
    JTB Hawaii Travel, LLC.
    In-house Translator
    - Worked full-time as an in-house translator at a Japanese travel agent located in Honolulu, HI. Translated company newsletters and blog posts.
    - Worked closely with the organizing committee of the Honolulu Festival, an annual cultural event showcasing the culture of Japan and other Asia-Pacific countries. Translated the festival pamphlet, and built the English version of the festival website.
    Translator T580
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    Translator T580

    オックスフォード大学で博士号を取得。法学から哲学、人類学、心理学まで幅広い学問領域に精通。出身のトロント大学やオックスフォード大学では優秀賞を受賞し、アカデミー会員として活動。哲学や人類学に関するジャーナルへの論文発表経験を持ち、学会発表も行う。

    Areas of expertise
    Education, Humanities, Law, Library and Museum Studies, Media/Communication, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Sciences
    Years of experience
    10
    Country
    japan
    Education and Training
    DPhil, University of Oxford, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
    M.Sc. in Social Anthropology (awarded with Distinction), University of Oxford, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
    Honours Bachelor of Arts in Social Cultural Anthropology (awarded with High Distinction), University College, University of Toronto
    Work experience
    Project Manager, Dymaxium Interactive Tools, Inc., Toronto, Canada
    Assistant Legal Librarian, Library Service Bureau, Inc., Toronto
    Chair, School of Anthropology Joint Consultative Committee,
    Editor, Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford,
    Society Secretary, Oxford University Anthropology Society
    Affiliations/Memberships
    Educational philosophy, History, Literature, Theology/Religion, Comparative Law, General Law, Museology, Journalism, Technical writing, Web content development, Political philosophy, Social philosophy, Social psychology, Anthropology, Cultural and Ethnic Studies, Geography, Political Science, Public policy, Sociology, Urban Studies
    T581
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    T581

    This translator has pursued PhD in History and Politics and Bachelor of Arts in Science, Technology and Society.

    Areas of expertise
    Policy Studies, Women's studies, Diplomatic History, Disaster Nursing, World History, Urban Studies, Gender Studies/Gender Theory, History of Religion, Language Education, Anthropology, Political Behavior, Psephology
    Years of experience
    12
    Country
    Australia
    Education and Training
    Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan
    - PhD
    - Research Student
    School of History and Politics, University of Wollongong, Australia
    - PhD Candidate
    Japan Foundation, Sydney, Australia
    - Advanced Japanese Course
    Japan Educational Exchanges and Services
    - Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 1
    School of Oriental and African Studies, London, England
    - Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 1 Preparation Class
    Oasis Japanese Language School, Shiki City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
    - Advanced Japanese Language Class
    University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia
    - Bachelor of Arts (Science, Technology and Society) Honours 1st Class
    Sydney College of Homoeopathic Medicine, NSW, Australia
    - Advanced Diploma of Homoeopathic Medicine
    Japan Educational Exchanges and Services
    - Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 2 Certificate
    Kokusai High School, Tokyo, Japan
    - Exchange Student
    Work experience
    Translation experience includes the following.
  • The Mechanisms of Social Exclusion in Modern Society: The Dilemma of Active Labor Market Policy. International Journal of Japanese Studies.
  • Translation checking for International Journal of Japanese Sociology
  • Japanese-English translation, Anakizumu bunken sent
  • Translation and native checking of Japanese-English translations Asia-Japan Womens Research Center
  • Japanese-English translation of product marketing information for Oasis Language School, Shiki City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
  • Some of the translated research papers/manuscripts are as follows –
    • - A conceptual framework for understanding race, class, gender, and sexuality
    - Sex in Antiquity: Exploring Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient World
    - Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender psychologies. IN: Naples, NA (ed.) The Wiley Blackwell En-cyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies
    - The culture of gender and sexuality in the Caribbean
    - The gender/sexuality reader: culture, history, political economy
    - Sexual meanings: The cultural construction of gender and sexuality
    - The Bohemian body: gender and sexuality in modern Czech culture
    - Context and background: Pierre Bourdieu's analysis of class, gender and sexuality
    - A conceptual framework for understanding race, class, gender, and sexuality
    - Sexuality, queer theory, and feminism after: Reading and rereading the sexual subject
    - America on film: Representing race, class, gender, and sexuality at the movies
    - Queer theory, butch/femme identities and lesbian space
    - Gender and sexuality: Critical theories, critical thinkers
    - Mind the gap Masculinity studies and contemporary gender/sexuality thinking
    - On the depoliticisation of intersectionality talk: Conceptualising multiple oppressions in critical sexuality studies
    - Lesbian, gay, and bisexual people of color: Understanding cultural complexity and managing multiple oppressions.
    - Multiple oppressions and their influence on collective action: the case of the AIDS movement.
    - Critical research and policy debates in disability and sexuality studies

    OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
    University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia
  • Research Assistant to Professor Vera Mackie
    • AEON Shiki School Higashi, Niiza City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
  • English Teacher
    • Edmen Community Staffing Solutions Shellharbour Road, Warrawong, NSW, Australia
  • Disability Support Worker
    • Australian Register of Homoeopaths Ltd. 122 Church Street, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
  • Administrative Support Officer
    • Self-Employed Port Kembla and Thirroul, NSW, Australia
  • Homoeopath
    • Karuna Clinic, Homoeopathic and Complementary Medicine Wollongong, NSW, Australia
  • Receptionist
    • Illawarra Area Health Service and Illawarra and South-East Sydney Area Health Service Wollongong, NSW, Australia
  • Administrative Assistant
    • Research and Publication experience

    - Precarious Times: The Revolutionary Potentiality of the Present. In The Revolution of Time in a Time of Revolution. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
    - Review of Gender and Labour in Korea and Japan: Sexing Class. Intersections 28.
    - The Sydney Homoeopathic Dispensary: A Social History of Homoeopathy in Early Sydney Honours dissertation, University of Wollongong.
    - Academic Papers Presented
    - The Circulation of Struggle: Sources of Contemporary Japanese Protest Culture, 17th Biennial Japan Studies Association of Australia, University of Melbourne.
    - May Day! May Day! Freeters Fight for Freedom and Survival, Asian Studies Conference in Japan, International Christian University, Tokyo.
    - Globalization from Below: Producing the Common in Tokyos Radical Spaces, Association for Asian Studies/International Convention of Asian Scholars Joint Conference, Honolulu.
    - Japan Studies as a Political Practice: Subjectivity and the Research Process, Rhizomes VI, School of Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Queensland.
    - All Power to the Precarious: The Politics of the Freeters Union, Japanese Studies Graduate Summer School, Australian National University.
    - Precarious Times: The Immanence of Precarious Struggle, From Empire to Commonwealth, University of Wollongong.
    Affiliations/Memberships

    - Monbukagakusho Research Student Scholarship
    - Japan Studies Association of Australia Conference Postgraduate Scholarship
    - Australian Postgraduate Award for Higher Degree Research
    - Dean's Merit List 1st Class Honours, University of Wollongong
    - Dean's Merit List for Academic Excellence, University of Wollongong
    Memberships
    - Golden Key International Honour Society
    - Japan Foundation, Sydney
    - Japanese Studies Association of Australia
    - Asian Studies Association of Australia
    - Association for Asian Studies
    Translator T511
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    Translator T511

    ブリティッシュ・コロンビア大学にて人類言語学博士号を取得。英日および日英の、翻訳と通訳における15年以上の経験を持つ。マサチューセッツ大学の自閉症の行動介入プログラム卒業証明書を有する。米国の行動アナリスト認定委員会の認定行動アナリストでもある。
    フレーザー・パブリッシング社から出版した著書でカナダ日本文学賞を受賞。国際行動分析学会員でもある。

    Areas of expertise
    Consumer education, Educational psychology, Environmental policy, History, Language and linguistics, Civil law, General law, Journalism, Web content development, Applied psychology, Cognitive psychology, Developmental psychology, Anthropology, Cognitive science, Conservation
    Years of experience
    15
    Country
    Canada
    Education and Training
    PostDoc, Simon Fraser University, Canada
    PhD Anthropological Linguistics, University of British Columbia, Canada
    MA Sociolinguistics, University of British Columbia, Canada
    BA Linguistics, University of Toronto, Canada
    Professional Training and Certification
    Certificate in Teaching English as a second language, University of Toronto, Canada
    Graduate certificate program in behavior Intervention for autism, University of Massachusetts, USA
    Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Behavior Analyst Certification Board, USA
    Work experience
    Taught interpretation and translation study at Canadian International College and Arbutus college. Translated several government projects including some contracted by National Research Council of Canada on forestry technology Collaborated with a licensed Japanese language teacher to employ ABA method along with Communicative Teaching method known to be highly effective for second language teaching.
    Research and Publication experience
    Received Canada Japan Literary Award for a book published by Fraser Publishing
    Skills
    English to Japanese Translation
    Japanese to English Translation
    English to Japanese Interpretation
    Japanese to English Interpretation
    Affiliations/Memberships
    Association for Behavior Analysis International
    Translator T598
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    Translator T598

    米国イエール大学法学部卒業の翻訳者。経営、法律、環境政策等の分野に精通しており、日本語をはじめとする多言語に堪能である。とくに日本語の能力は高く、日本語能力試験１級ならびにBJTビジネス日本語能力テスト１級を保持している。

    Areas of expertise
    Humanities, Law
    Years of experience
    7
    Country
    USA
    Education and Training
    Joint Juris Doctor/Master of Environmental Management, Yale Law School, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT
    Bachelor of Arts, Japanese Language and Literature, Music Composition (summa cum laude), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
    Work experience
    Research Assistant, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, New Haven, CT
    Teaching Fellow, Yale University Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, New Haven, CT
    Summer Legal Intern, Natural Resources Defense Council, Santa Monica, CA
    Summer Legal Intern, Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA), Mexico City, Mexico
    Affiliations/Memberships
    Disaster management, Environmental policy, Waste Management, Language and Linguistics, Literature, Performing Arts, Animal law/Animal rights, Civil Law, Civil procedure, Comparative Law, Constitutional law, Criminal Law, Environmental Law, General Law, Torts, Contracts, Corporate Law, International Law, Property Law, Tax Law
    T626
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    T626

    This translator has more than 9 years of translation experience. He is an English native and currently resides in Japan. He has pursued BA from Stanford University, California and has multiple years of experience into art and design field. He was also featured in New York Times articles.

    Areas of expertise
    Design, Visual Arts (Others), Fine Arts, Art History, Art Conservation, Art education, Action painting, Abstraction, Abstract Expressionism, Aesthetic, Angular, Architecture, Artifice, Arts and Crafts movement, Assemblage, Automatism, Baroque, Calligraphy
    Years of experience
    9
    Country
    Japan
    Education and Training
    Kyoto Seika University, Japan
  • Story Manga Dept. Research Student.
    • - Studied technical skills and manga design under Professor Shuho Itahashi. Stanford University, California.
  • Bachelor of Arts in East Asian Studies.
  • Waseda University, Tokyo
    • - Language Study Fellowship
  • Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society upon graduation.
    • Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.
    Kyoto Seika University
  • Studied Japanese at with a Freeman Grant
    • Work experience
    9 years translation experience includes the following.
    Kyoto International Manga Museum, Japan, Tour Guide & Translator.
    - Translated text from Japanese to English for the Museum's website and overseas exhibits.
    - Reviewed documents both in Japanese and English and verified accuracy of translation.
    Some of his translated research papers/manuscripts are as follows –
    - Symbols of Japan: thematic motifs in art and design.
    - Soil liquefaction studies in Japan: state-of-the-art.
    - Studies on functional foods in Japan—state of the art.
    - SRC standards in Japan and comparison of various standards for CFT columns.
    - Posthistorical traditions in art, design, and architecture in 1950s Japan.
    - Russel Wright and Japan: Bridging Japonisme and Good Design through Craft.
    - Regional Roots of Japan Packaging Design
    - Scaffolds for experiencing in the new design space
    - Historicizing" Contemporary Art": Some Discursive Practices in Gendai Bijutsu in Japan
    - The Imperial Museums of Meiji Japan: architecture and the art of the nation
    - Art, Life & Nature in Japan
    - The Rejection of Isamu Noguchi's Hiroshima Cenotaph: A Japanese American Artist in Occupied Japan
    - State-of-the-art treatment processes for municipal solid waste incineration residues in Japan
    - A historical overview of art education in Japan
    - Research of the Relationship between Changes of Sunlight Regulations and Residential Area Form-. A Case Study of China, Japan and Korea
    - User-centered design: Improving viewers' learning opportunities in art museums in japan
    - State-of-Art Product-Service Systems in Japan–The Latest Japanese Product-service Systems Developments
    - Aesthetics and philosophy in bridge design in Japan

    OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
    Beaver Toad Software, Founder, Game Designer, Artist
    - Raised 7,600 dollars through Kickstarter.com to create company's first game.
    - Designed gameplay and created graphics for “Cafe Murder”.
    Kyoto International Manga Museum, Japan, Tour Guide & Translator.
    - Proofread essays for the book “Comics Worlds & the World of Comics.”
    - International Education Research and Analysis Corporation, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
    English Instructor
    - Japan Exchange Teaching Program, Niigata Prefecture, Instructor.
    - Planned and taught 18-20 English Conversation classes a week.
    Research and Publication experience
    Featured in a New York Times article about foreign students of manga in Japan.
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