Owner, Five-Star International Communications; Independent Scholar; Translator; Writer and Lecturer
Brazil
- Current
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- Senior researcher at Centro de Memória da Bahia, Fundação Pedro Calmon
- Owner at Five-Star IC
- Past
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- Professor of English and Translation at Unifacs - Universidade Salvador
- Teacher at Associação Cultural Brasil Estados Unidos
- Assistant Editor at UCLA Center for African-American Studies
- Editorial Assistant at UCLA Latin American Studies Center
- Education
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- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of London
- Connections
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- Industry
- Translation and Localization
- Websites
Sabrina Gledhill’s Summary
Translator, writer and scholar with over 20 years' experience in Portuguese- and Spanish-to-English translations. Over 25 books translated in Brazil and other countries, including titles published or distributed in the USA. Main client since 1988: the Odebrecht Group, translating their in-house magazine (Odebrecht Informa) and art books for their Cultural Works and Clarival do Prado Valladares Award programmes.
Lecturer on African-Bahian culture - Capoeira, Candomblé and Cuisine.
Researching Salvador's British Cemetery and the British presence in Bahia.
Sabrina Gledhill’s Specialties:
History, anthropology, art, academic publications in general, engineering & construction, petrochemicals.
Sabrina Gledhill’s Experience
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Senior researcher
Centro de Memória da Bahia, Fundação Pedro Calmon
(Research industry)
June 2006 — Present (3 years 6 months)
Historical and Biographical Dictionary of Bahia project, researching the lives of men and women who have played significant roles in the government and history of the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia
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Owner
Five-Star IC
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Translation and Localization industry)
June 1994 — Present (15 years 6 months)
Translate Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish into English, particularly business and academic publications. Main client: the Odebrecht Group. Over 20 books translated, including titles published in the USA. Consultancy and lectures on aspects of the local culture in Bahia, Brazil - specifically the African-Brazilian religion Candomblé and the martial art Capoeira.
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Professor of English and Translation
Unifacs - Universidade Salvador
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)
July 2000 — January 2003 (2 years 7 months)
Translation, English as a foreign language, and English literature courses
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Teacher
Associação Cultural Brasil Estados Unidos
(Translation and Localization industry)
1990 — 1996 (6 years )
Taught advanced and graduate English classes, including pronunciation and writing.
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Assistant Editor
UCLA Center for African-American Studies
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
1983 — 1986 (3 years )
Helped prepare manuscripts for publication, including St. Clair Drake's Black Folk Here and There vol 1, Carlos Moore's Castro, the Blacks and Africa, and Race, Class and Power in Brazil, ed. Pierre-Michel Fontaine.
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Editorial Assistant
UCLA Latin American Studies Center
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
1981 — 1983 (2 years )
Worked on the HAPI Index, produced a newsletter and copy-edited scholarly books, including Rubens Borba de Moraes's Bibliographia Brasiliana.
Sabrina Gledhill’s Education
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University of California, Los Angeles
MA , Latin American Studies , 1982 — 1986
While working as an undergraduate and graduate student at UCLA, I interned and was later hired as an editorial assistant at the Latin American Studies Center and went on to become an assistant editor at the Center for African-American Studies. I also worked as a freelance journalist for several publications and as a copy-editor (sub-editor) for the University of California Press and other academic publishers.
- Activities and Societies:
- Entertainment Co-Editor, UCLA Daily Bruin
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University of California, Los Angeles
BA , English , 1979 — 1982
- Activities and Societies:
- Entertainment Writer at the UCLA Daily Bruin, Phi Beta Kappa
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University of London
Anglo-Saxon Archaeology 1974 — 1976
- Activities and Societies:
- Expeditions to East Sussex and the Outer Hebrides
Additional Information
Sabrina Gledhill’s Websites:
Sabrina Gledhill’s Interests:
race relations, African-Brazilian culture, research, digital photography, music, film, literature
Sabrina Gledhill’s Groups:
Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA), Society for Latin American Studies (SLAS)
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United Nations International School Alumni Group -
Brazilian Travel & Tourism Network
Sabrina Gledhill’s Honors:
Summa cum Laude (BA), Phi Beta Kappa (BA), two-time finalist for the Clarival do Prado Valladares Award (2005 and 2006)
Sabrina Gledhill’s Contact Settings
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