Fernando+Ferreira+Alves


 * **Name & Institution ** || Fernando Ferreira Alves & falves@ilch.uminho.pt

 Coordinator Translation and Interpreting Services

BabeliUM - Centro de Línguas da Universidade do Minho

Web addresses [] [] ||
 * **Materials ** || The materials we translate, e.g. in terms of text types or mediums:

paper - print-out - fax

digital - Word - <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">PDF <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">- <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Powerpoint <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">- <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Excel <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">- <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">JPG

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">video <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">audio ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Organisational model ** || <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">our organisational or business models:

<span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">- <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">individual academics who are also required to do translation work for their faculty <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">- <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">groups of academics who are also required to do translation work for their faculty <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">- pool of freelance, professional translators and interpreters (outsourcing) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">- project management and translation quality assurance ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Resources used ** || <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">- <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">printed and online dictionaries; Internet resources; TM-based, specialized term bases and transation memories

<span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">- <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">CAT tools integrated with Word <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">- <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Stand-alone desktop or server-based CAT tools
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">SDL Trados
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">OmegaT
 * <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">SDL Trados 2009
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">MemoQ
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Wordfast Pro
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">SDL Passolo
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Alchemy Catalyst

<span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">- <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Web-based CAT tools
 * <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Word Bee

<span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">- <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Machine translation
 * <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Systran

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">- Multimedia, audiovisual translation (Spot, Subtitle Workshop, Aegis Sub) ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Language policies ** || <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">The language policy of the University of Minho is oriented towards promoting multilinguism crosswise at academic level, by promoting cooperation with faculties, research units, within academia, as well as organizations and partners outside the university community. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The BabeliUM Language Centre is expected to manage multilingual communication both inside and outside academia.

The University’s mission shall be the creation, dissemination and application of knowledge, under the spirit of freedom of thought, multilingualism and plural critical judgements, through the promotion of higher education and the construction of a society paradigm based on humanistic principles, and having knowledge, creativity and innovation as cornerstones for growth, sustainable development, welfare and solidarity.

The main objective of the BabeliUM is to contribute towards excellence at international level, national and regional levels. This involves a strategic collaboration with internal and external partners in order to promote the University of Minho as an international university, open to the plurality of languages and cultures, as well as a dynamic hub of the Minho region of knowledge and culture.

At a national level, the Language Centre plays a leading role in the strategic framework for multilingualism and interculturalism, thus contributing to the policy of Portugal as a member of the European Union, by actively participating in various multilateral programs, and comparative research networks in the field of multilingualism. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">en-p <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">fr-pt <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">pt-fr <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">es-pt <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">pt-es <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">de-pt <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">pt-de <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">it-pt <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">pt-it <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">zh-pt || <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">online transactions between universities and prospective and enrolled students.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Languages ** || <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">pt-en
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Communicative purpose ** || <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Translation of a wide range of material aimed at the dissemination of research and development projects, institutional communication, academic, pedagogic and didactic material, promotional material,

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Prospectus

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Syllabi, study plans

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Study guide

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Student information

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Official documents (e.g. Academic and Examination Regulations, Certificates, Graduation Diplomas)

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Research material (papers for submission to journals)

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Press releases

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Video and audiovisual material

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Online material

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Localization and adaptation projects of digital content

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Interpreting services - simultaneous, consecutive, liaison

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Translation and Interpreting for Public Services

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Legal, certified translation ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Projects and Assignments ** || <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Technical manuals / Handbooks

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Tender proposals

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Research applications

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Call for papers

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Abstracts, scientific paper, poster presentations

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Websites

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Guidelines

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Evaluation committee reports

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Quality Assurance

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Certification and Accreditation

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Elearning platform - Blackboard

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Institutional correspondence ||