Abreu Language Services, Ltd.

	ALBERTO N . ABREU Director LANGUAGES English (native) Portuguese (native) Spanish (translation and passive language for interpretation) AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION International trade, American jurisprudence, environmental protection, industrial relations, publishing, journalism, economic development, law enforcement, anti-terrorism training, human rights, policies, politics and government. EMPLOYMENT Co-founder and Vice President, Abreu Language Services, Ltd 1999-present Freelance Translator and Interpreter 1986-1999 EXPERIENCE INTERPRETATION 1986-present Provide Portuguese simultaneous and/or consecutive interpreting at conferences, seminars, meetings, intercultural exchange visits, trials and depositions to a wide variety of public, private and non-profit sector clients, including: US Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, Defense, Energy inter alia USAID United States Congress United States Trade Representative Internal Revenue Service Food and Drug Administration Caterpillar IBM UNISYS Microsoft Landmine Survivors Network ExxonMobil Corporation Petrobras AES Columbia University John Snow International National Press Club US-Angolan Chamber of Commerce Riggs Bank President of Angola Various law firms and court systems TRANSLATION 1993-present Translate documents from Portuguese and Spanish into English. Recent assignments have focused on patent-related issues, petroleum technology, education, engineering. EDUCATION BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, INTERNATIONAL POLITICS AND DIPLOMATIC HISTORY 1977 - 1981 Georgetown University, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Washington, DC Course in Portuguese-English Translation, Division of Interpretation and Translation PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS State Department qualified interpreter since 1986 Native speaker of Brazilian Portuguese and English Director of Precious Metals and Foreign Exchange Operations, Deak Perera, Inc., Washington, DC, 1983 to 1985. Member of the National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators, the Translators and Interpreters Guild, the American Translators Association (Portuguese and Interpreters Divisions), and the National Capital Area Translators Association. COMPUTERS, EQUIPMENT AND RESOURCES Dell Pentium III desktop, Sony Vaio laptop, Word Perfect 2000 for Windows and MS-Word 2000; Windows 98; Hewlett-Packard 4L Laser & OfficeJet K60 Printers Vast multilingual library in electronic and book form.