Working languages:
English to Portuguese
German to Portuguese
Japanese to Portuguese

Larissa Falcao
Available and looking for work to do

Vinhedo, São Paulo, Brazil
Local time: 23:31 PDT (GMT-7)

Native in: Portuguese Native in Portuguese
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Services Translation, Editing/proofreading, Subtitling, Native speaker conversation
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Specializes in:
Art, Arts & Crafts, PaintingPhotography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)
Printing & PublishingTextiles / Clothing / Fashion
ArchitectureCosmetics, Beauty
FolkloreLinguistics
Poetry & LiteratureMedia / Multimedia

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Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 1
Experience Years of experience: 10. Registered at ProZ.com: Jul 2020.
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Bio

ACADEMIC EDUCATION

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Master
of Letters (Japanese Language, Literature and Culture)

2015 - 2018

UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO (USP) (São Paulo University)

Title: ‘The influence of the graphic style of Art Nouveau on the first
newspapers of Japanese immigrants in Brazil’, Master dissertation

Academic Advisor: Professor Wataru Kikuchi

Scholarship: Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior,
CAPES, Brazil.

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Bachelor of Design

2009 -
2013

FACULDADES DE CIÊNCIAS ECONÔMICAS (FACAMP) (Faculty of Economic Sciences)

Title: ‘Living tight: comparative analysis of furniture proposals for small
houses in Brazil and Japan’, Bachelor dissertation

Academic Advisor: Professor Mariana de Azevedo Barretto Fix

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Technical
course in Foreign Trade integrated to High School

2006 -
2008

COLÉGIO
VISCONDE DE PORTO SEGURO 
(school)

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ADDITIONAL
COURSES

2018
– Japanese Etiquette, Aliança Cultural Brasil - Japão (ACBJ), Brazil

2017 -
Japanese Composition, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil

2016 - "Mission to Japan" - São Paulo
University Committee to Meiji University, Japan

2016
- Understanding Kanji, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil

2015
- Japanese Language Reading Practice, in Universidade de São Paulo (USP),
Brazil

2015
– The Vanguards of Japanese Poetry: Futurism, Dadaism and Surrealism,
Universidade de São Paulo (USP) Brazil

2014 -
Educational Design through Distance Leraning, Universidade de São Paulo (USP),
Brazil

2014
- Translation Theory and Practice, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
(UNICAMP), Brazil

2012
- Academic Writing, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil

2008 - Cultural Exchange Programme to
Fördegymnasium Flensburg School, Germany

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PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE

·        
2016 - present

Wegmann
Automotive

Freelance technical translator: German to Portuguese

·        
2014 - present

Online Foreign Language
Teacher

Japanese,
English and Portuguese

·        
2014 - 2019 

Shisei Ki Aikidô Dojo

Volunteer Aikido martial art instructor to
children

·        
2013 - 2014 

Coordenadoria
de Defesa Agropecuária do Estado de São Paulo 
(Agricutural
Defense Organization of the State of São Paulo)

Designer

·        
2007 - 2007

Robert
Bosch Ltda.

Intern

Mandatory internship for conclusion of technical
course in Foreign Trade integrated to High School. Consolidation of
knowledge in import, export and logistics areas.

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LANGUAGE CERTIFICATIONS

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English: Level
2 Certificate in English (ESOL) | Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) |
Council of Europe Level C1

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Japanese: 日本語能力試験 N2

·        
German: Deutsches
Sprachdiplom der Kultusministerkonferenz - Zweite Stufe | Niveaustufe C1

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EXTRA QUALIFICATION

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Aikido: 合氣道初段ヲ允可ス - 1st degree black belt



Profile last updated
Jul 25, 2020