Working languages:
English to Portuguese
Portuguese to English
Portuguese (monolingual)

Sofia Kawall Leal
University of Sao Paulo ZH>PT/EN>PT

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Local time: 09:53 -03 (GMT-3)

Native in: Portuguese (Variants: Brazilian, European/Portugal) 
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May 31, 2022 (posted via ProZ.com):  Love working for CCKJ! Today's task is a Chinese-Portuguese translation, of a summary of the movie "The Equalizer" (2014). ...more, + 1 other entry »
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Account type Freelance translator and/or interpreter
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Services Translation, MT post-editing, Editing/proofreading, Subtitling, Transcription, Transcreation, Copywriting, Desktop publishing, Language instruction, Native speaker conversation, Voiceover (dubbing)
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Specializes in:
LinguisticsTelecom(munications)
Printing & PublishingCinema, Film, TV, Drama
Games / Video Games / Gaming / CasinoIdioms / Maxims / Sayings
SlangMedia / Multimedia
Marketing / Market ResearchPoetry & Literature

Volunteer / Pro-bono work Open to considering volunteer work for registered non-profit organizations
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Translation education Bachelor's degree - Universidade de São Paulo
Experience Years of experience: 4. Registered at ProZ.com: Nov 2020.
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Software memoQ, Trados Studio, Wordfast
Website http://sofiakawall.com.br/
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  • Meet new end/direct clients
  • Work for non-profits or pro-bono clients
  • Network with other language professionals
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Bio

Pleased to meet you!
认识您我很高兴!
Muito prazer em conhecê-lo!

My name is Sofia Kawall Leal. I am a Brazilian linguist with a college degree from my country's most prestigious university: Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Portuguese-Chinese Major, class of 2019. I have an 8.6 weighted average in my Bachelor's degree and an 8.9 in my Teaching Degree. Born and raised in Brazil, I have been a translator for three and a half years. Chinese-Portuguese, English-Portuguese, and Portuguese-English are my language pairs of choice for work.

I take great pride in my advanced-level English and Portuguese. I have studied English for ten years in Cultura Inglesa and at Vera Cruz's English School in São Paulo. Furthermore, I have family overseas in Oakland, California, with whom I communicate often.

As for Chinese, I have been studying it on and off at Chinbra Chinese School and individual private classes for almost ten years now. During the pandemic, I joined JISU's (Jilin International Studies University) online Chinese lessons and was awarded a certificate of honorable mention for good performance. In October 2021, I passed the HSK 5 exam.

As a translator, I am well aware that it is also my job to constantly seek education and get as much language input as possible. Seeing that China is now accepting student visas, I intend to move to China for my post-grad plans soon.

Since graduating from my university, I've been looking for job prospects in the translation industry to advance my career. Luckily, I have been accommodated by three wonderful translation companies and still work alongside them today: CCJK, SuccessGlo, and Sichuan Lan-bridge Information Tech. Now, I localize games from Chinese to Brazilian Portuguese daily and from English to Brazilian Portuguese monthly. I'm fortunate to have been able to localize Street Fighter, one of my childhood favorites!

My language services are a testament to my deep language knowledge. I love my line of work and take game localization very seriously.

But my background and my experience don't end there. Feel free to ask me for my full resumée and contact me for job opportunities.

Thank you for making it thus far!

很希望我们能合作!

Keywords: Portuguese, English, Mandarin, general translation, game localization, marketing, media


Profile last updated
Apr 14, 2023



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