Ayrton Farias (Tony)

BACKGROUND/CERTIFICATES:

• Certificate of Proficiency in English - Michigan University - Ann Arbor - USA (1973)
• Certificate of Proficiency in English - Mary Beaubrun Course of English - Recife - PE - Brazil (1974)
• Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) - Cambridge University - Cambridge - UK (2003)
• Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera (DELE - Superior) - Instituto Cervantes - Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia de España - Spain (2007)
• Technical Industrial Degree in Telecommunications / Electronics (from ETFPE - Escola Técnica Federal de Pernambuco) - Recife - PE - Brazil (1975)
• Degree in Education - Major in Electronics - from Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - Recife - PE - Brazil (1978)
• Executive MBA on Management, Finance & Business - Vitória - ES - Brazil (2007)
  Monograph: The Brazilian conference interpreting market and its business environment (in Portuguese)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

• Teacher of Electronics at ETFPE for 18 years;
• Translator of Texts and Documents since 1973;
• Conference Interpreter since 1988;
  
• Currently works as a Language, Translation and Interpreting Consultant for Infoland, Cursos de Informática e Idiomas, in Recife, PE, Brazil;
  
• Has been assigned to interpret hundreds of meetings...(so far)
• Experienced in translation memory systems, software localization and several applications.
• Languages: Portuguese, English, Italian and Spanish.
• Fields - click any link below for the relevant list of meetings.