Paula Góes-Wright

Current

Portuguese Language Editor of Global Voices Online at Global Voices Online
Brazilian Portuguese Localization Specialist at PartyGaming

Past

Writer and translator (EN-->PT) at JungleDrums
Translator (EN-->PT) at Million Artists
Translator (EN-->PT) at Hurluberlu Films

Software localization (EN-->PT) at Celtx
Reporter at iBahia
News Producer at TV Gazeta

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Education

Universidade Federal de Alagoas

Recommended

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Connections

159 connections

Industry

Translation and Localization

Websites

Paula Góes-Wright’s Summary

Paula Góes-Wright’s Specialties:

My key words : Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese, translator, translation, localization, Brazil, media, news, copywriting, internet, photography, literature, CAT and localization tools, software localization, website localization, blogs, non-profit organization, citizen media, new media, l10n, subtitling, project manager, social networks

Paula Góes-Wright’s Experience

Portuguese Language Editor of Global Voices Online

Global Voices Online

(Non-Profit; Online Media industry)

December 2007 — Present (2 years )

Portuguese Language Editor at Global Voices Online [http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/]
Translator at Global Voices Online in Portuguese
[http://pt.globalvoicesonline.org/]

Global Voices Online is a non-profit global citizens’ media project founded at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, a research think-tank focused on the impact of the Internet on society. I cover Portuguese speaking countries together with a group of volunteer authors that I manage.
Brazilian Portuguese Localization Specialist

PartyGaming

(Public Company; PRTY.L; Gambling & Casinos industry)

February 2006 — Present (3 years 10 months)

Brazilian Portuguese In-house translator and project localisation coordinator into other 15 languages for one of the company's systems.

Specialities: software, website, online gaming, marketing, entertainment, PR, research
Writer and translator (EN-->PT)

JungleDrums

(Broadcast Media industry)

January 2006 — December 2007 (2 years )

Producer, reporter and translator for bilingual magazine (English-Portuguese) published for lovers of Brazilian culture[www.jungledrums.org/english]
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Translator (EN-->PT)

Million Artists

(Writing and Editing industry)

June 2006 — September 2006 (4 months)

http://MillionArtists.com/br
Translator (EN-->PT)

Hurluberlu Films

(Motion Pictures and Film industry)

August 2004 — June 2006 (1 year 11 months)

Motion picture films subtitling at independent distribution company http://www.hurluberlu.com
Software localization (EN-->PT)

Celtx

(Online Media industry)

July 2005 — July 2005 (1 month)

Localization into Brazilian Portuguese of Celtx software for pre-production of motion picture films, videos, theatre, and animation. (see www.celtx.com)
Reporter

iBahia

(Broadcast Media industry)

May 2001 — May 2002 (1 year 1 month)

iBahia is the regional branch in Bahia of the popular Globo.com [www.globo.com] [www.ibahia.com]
News Producer

TV Gazeta

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

1998 — April 2001 (3 years )

TV Gazeta de Alagoas – Maceió, AL, Brazil
TV Gazeta de Alagoas is a regional branch of the biggest TV network in Brazil, Rede Globo