My translation career began in 1988 in the Republic of South Africa for the South African Defence Force. Here I translated various documents from Portuguese into English and continued doing so upon my return to Portugal eleven years later.

After living in the Republic of South Africa for eleven years, where I completed high school and acquired the Matric Certificate (secondary education), I enrolled in a Civil Construction Drafting Course (ISCED3) in Portugal. Here I translated English subject matter into Portuguese for homework assignments and sometimes for other classmates.

When I first entered the job market my first job was not in the construction sector but in the industrial sector, for a company that assembled stretch wrapping machines. Among other tasks, which included contact with overseas clients and transporters, I also assisted with the compilation of the English version operating manuals of those machines.

In 2001 I started translating on a more regular basis upon being admitted to a company specialising in underground works. Now in my favourite working environment, I began with the translating of written parts of engineering drawings and drawings complementing soil investigation reports upon request by some of our clients.

Currently I am translating professionally in the fields of geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, geology and most of the commercial areas of the company's scope of work. My speciality fields have also grown and I am a more experienced translator.

I am perfectly at ease with both English and Portuguese and have a high capacity for research work which, in my opinion, is an essential requirement for accurate and precise translating.