by Rita Faleiro | Oct 16, 2026 | Localization, Professional Translation
What if one of the biggest challenges in professional translation has nothing to do with translating? Think about your last project. How many applications did you open? How many documents did you consult? How many times did you interrupt your work to retrieve a piece...
by Rita Faleiro | Sep 11, 2026 | Legal Translation, Notary, Professional Translation
A few weeks ago, I was contacted by a notary office I have worked with many times as a translator. Over the years, they have sent all sorts of documents my way: wills, international academic records, documents concerning inheritance and division of assets, marital...
by Rita Faleiro | Aug 7, 2026 | Certifications, Professional Translation
A recent enquiry about certified legal translation rates offered a particularly clear illustration of a problem that professional translators encounter far too often. The request concerned approximately fifteen pages of English-to-European Portuguese legal...
by Rita Faleiro | Aug 6, 2026 | Cultural Adaptation, Professional Translation, Proofreading/Revision
Professional proofreading is not about replacing another translator’s voice with the reviewer’s own. It is not a competition to see who can produce the most elegant sentence, nor is it an invitation to rewrite every passage differently. It is a careful process of...
by Rita Faleiro | Aug 4, 2026 | Certifications, Cultural Adaptation, Localization, Professional Translation
Professional recognition is always rewarding, but some milestones carry a particular meaning because of what they represent rather than the badge itself. I am delighted to share that I have officially been accepted into the ProZ.com Certified PRO Network. For those...
