Freelance Portuguese Interpreter and Translator

SILA Linguists; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work options

Flexible assignments

Professional development

Support from operations team

Varied assignments

Job summary

SILA Linguists is a language services company recruiting freelance Portuguese interpreters and translators for assignments across healthcare, legal, employment and business settings in the UK.

As a Portuguese linguist, you will interpret for European, Brazilian and African Portuguese speakers, translate texts into the client-specified variety, and maintain confidentiality on all assignments while meeting deadlines. Remote video/telephone work is available, with on-site bookings as required.

Qualifications

• Excellent spoken and written Portuguese and English.
• Ability to switch register for different clients.
• Please state your translation variety (European or Brazilian Portuguese).
• Willingness to complete a DBS check for healthcare/education assignments.
• Right to work in the UK for on-site assignments.

Responsibilities

• Interpret for European, Brazilian and African Portuguese speakers, adjusting vocabulary to the client.
• Translate commercial and legal texts into the specified Portuguese variety.
• Maintain confidentiality and remain impartial on assignments.
• Build and maintain glossaries for your sectors.
• Deliver transcripts and translations on or before deadlines.
• Provide accurate transcripts and English translations of recorded speech.

Skills

Portuguese language proficiency

English language proficiency

Register switching

Education

DPSI/DPI or equivalent (advantage)

Job description

We recruit freelance Portuguese interpreters and translators for assignments across healthcare, legal, employment and business settings. Clients speak European, Brazilian and African varieties of Portuguese.

Portuguese speakers in the UK come from Portugal (including Madeira), Brazil and Portuguese-speaking African countries such as Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. Interpreters need to understand the differences in vocabulary, pronunciation and forms of address between European and Brazilian Portuguese, and should tell us which variety they translate into.

Work includes hospital and maternity care, employment tribunals, food processing and logistics workplaces, police interviews and school meetings. Business work can also include contract, website and marketing translation into European or Brazilian Portuguese.

Responsibilities

• Interpret for European, Brazilian and African Portuguese speakers, adjusting vocabulary to the client.
• Translate commercial and legal texts into the variety of Portuguese the client specifies.
• Keep everything you hear and read on assignments strictly confidential, and remain impartial throughout.
• Build and maintain your own glossaries for the sectors you work in.
• Deliver written translations that are accurate, complete and proofread, on or before the agreed deadline.
• Produce accurate transcripts and English translations of recorded Portuguese speech, for example police interviews or research recordings.

Requirements

• Excellent spoken and written Portuguese and English, with the ability to switch register for different clients.
• The DPSI (Diploma in Public Service Interpreting), DPI (Diploma in Police Interpreting) or an equivalent qualification is an advantage; CIOL or ITI membership is welcome.
• Please state your translation variety (European or Brazilian Portuguese) and any experience with the other.
• Willingness to complete a DBS check for assignments in healthcare, education or with vulnerable people.
• Right to work in the UK if you will take on-site assignments in the UK.
• A reliable internet connection, headset and quiet, private workspace for remote assignments.

What we offer

• Remote work by video and telephone, plus on-site bookings.
• Fair compensation for your skills and time.
• Opportunities for professional development.
• Help from our operations team before and after assignments.
• Varied assignments across healthcare, legal, government, finance and more.
• Flexible working: choose the assignments that suit your availability.

Portuguese work with SILA Linguists

SILA Linguists is a language services company providing interpreting, translation and transcription across the UK, North America, Australia, New Zealand and beyond, in more than 350 languages and dialects. As a Portuguese linguist with us, you can take on the full range of work we offer in Portuguese:

• Portuguese interpreting of every type: face-to-face, telephone (OPI) 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, video (VRI) through the SILA Linguists app or the client's platform, consecutive, simultaneous, conference and remote simultaneous (RSI), community and escort interpreting.
• Portuguese translation of documents into and out of English, from letters, medical reports and school records to contracts, research and websites.
• Certified Portuguese translation with a signed statement of accuracy, accepted by UK authorities such as courts, the Home Office, universities and employers.
• Portuguese transcription of audio and video recordings, with time stamps, translation of the transcript and subtitling.

Our vetted, trained and qualified linguists work in legal, police and court settings, immigration and asylum matters, NHS and private healthcare, social care, schools and universities, charities and business. Every assignment is covered by confidentiality agreements and UK GDPR.