>< Translations for Progress

photo Solange Medeiros
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Editor capability: Yes
Translation combinations: 
FromToLevel
English(North America)Portuguese(Brasil)Medium
PortugueseEnglishMedium
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Experience

Community Health Worker - New Bedford Health Department (New
Bedford, MA )
January 2022 - August 2023
Handled research and administrative tasks to support community
outreach and program initiatives.
Created, translated and distributed flyers, brochures or other
informational or educational documents to inform members of
targeted community.
Designed and edited promotional publications.
Used editing and graphic design tools to create content and visuals
for social channels.
Delivered real-time, accurate oral translations and interpretations for
clients.

Translator and Interpreter - PAIR - Political Asylum/Immigration
Representation (Boston, MA )
August 2019 - August 2023
Delivered real-time, accurate oral translations and interpretations for
clients.
Sat in on meetings to provide members with oral translations of
conversations and information.
Interpreted conference calls and other workplace communications
in real-time.
Translate and interpret documents for Portuguese-speaking clients

Community Outreach Liaison - Partners In Health (New Bedford, MA )
May 2021 - December 2022
Provided individuals with COVID-19 information and resources.
Planned and managed vaccination clinics.
Maintained existing and developed new partnerships with local
organizations to facilitate community involvement and awareness
on COVID -19 response
Authored content of social media postings and educational
brochures.
Proofread translations to identify and correct punctuation,
grammatical and translation errors.
Delivered real-time, accurate oral translations and interpretations for
individuals.

Volunteer Translator and Interpreter -
Kids In Need Of Defense - KIND
(Boston, MA )
September 2019 - September 2022
Provide English/Portuguese interpretation services at meetings and
during telephone conferences
Translate legal documents
Delivered real-time, accurate oral translations and interpretations for
clients.

Translator - Boston Housing Authority (Boston, MA )
August 2019 - September 2022
Provided full English to Portuguese translation services.
Used knowledge of cultural background to understand idiomatic
meanings of specific expressions.

COVID-19 Contact Tracer - Partners in Health (Boston, MA )
November 2020 - April 2021
Completed data entry to facilitate case interview and elicited close
contacts into web-based client resource management (Salesforce
CRM), and referred to testing, and/or a Care Resource Coordinator
for social resources as needed.
Explained importance of contact tracing to prevent disease
transmission and keep communities healthy.
Leveraged scripted template to guide interview process, ask
required questions and conduct interactions with professionalism
and empathy.
Member of Internal Language Line in Portuguese, provide newlydiagnosed individuals with isolation and quarantine guidelines in
their native language to slow the spread of COVID-19 in an
empathetic, thoughtful and culturally specific manner.

Volunteer Delivery Driver - Meals On Wheels America (Boston, MA )
March 2020 - August 2020
Picked up meals (hot and cold food containers) and a route sheet
at designated Meals on-Wheels site (rented space in a church).
Delivered meals to 10-18 households, greet clients, and checked to
see that they are ok.

Translator and Interpreter - Suffolk University Law School (Boston, MA )
September 2019 - December 2019
Sat in on meetings to provide members with oral translations of
conversations and information.
Delivered real-time, accurate oral translations and interpretations for
clients.
Prepared thorough, accurate and well-edited documents for cases,
client communication, and internal needs.

Adult ESL Teacher - GO UP Learning Center (Rockland, MA )
February 2018 - November 2018
Used variety of teaching techniques to encourage student critical
thinking and discussion in language course
Integrated technology into classroom settings to engage students
and diversify instruction
Identified online resources to complement traditional course
materials and aid in student learning
Tested students on concepts taught in class to determine