Thalia Cerqueira

Highly experienced Linguist and Translator with 22 years of expertise in high-stakes, technical translation, proofreading, and editing.

Fields of expertise: law, agribusiness, bioenergy, government policy, medical, marketing, cardiology, human resources, public relations, business administration, child development, intermittent fasting, and other industries. Proven track record in terminology management, quality control, and evaluating complex linguistic outputs to ensure extreme factual and grammatical precision.

Senior Linguist & Professional Translator at Senior Linguist & Professional Translator (2004 – Present)

• Data Quality Assurance: Performed advanced proofreading, editing, and quality control on high-complexity legal, agricultural, and environmental data, ensuring zero error tolerance.
• Guideline Compliance: Successfully translated and reviewed extensive academic and corporate volumes under strict publishing and corporate guidelines.
• Terminology Management: Created and managed technical databases and glossaries to standardize terminology across transnational projects.

MTPE & Localization (Sprouty App) at Self-employed

Performed Machine Translation Post-Editing (MTPE) and quality evaluation for English to Brazilian Portuguese AI-generated outputs. Ensured linguistic fluency, cultural relevance, and natural localization while executing transcreation when necessary.

Prompt Engineering (Zing Coach App) at Self-employed

Authored, tested, and optimized specialized prompts for English<>Brazilian Portuguese translation generation, improving model accuracy and alignment.

Translator, Proofreader, Recruiter, and Senior Coordinator at Grupo Primacy Translations (2004-10 – 2009-08)

• Quality control & assurance: editing, proofreading, and terminology management (term bases and glossaries).
• Coordination of in-house translators.
• Recruitment and selection of translators, proofreaders, and interns.
• Translation and editing of large projects.
• Implementation of Wordfast across the team of linguists.
• Liaising with the Project Manager to ensure all linguists were on the same page regarding deadlines, client demands, and quality requirements.

Undergraduate in Portuguese, English & Literatures – UFF — Universidade Federal Fluminense (2004)

Graduate in English>Portuguese Translation – PUC — Pontifícia Universidade Católica (2006)

Course in Proofreading – Editora UNESP (2018-01 – 2018-01)

Conference in IV Brazilian Conference of Translators – Proz.com (2012-09 – 2012-09)

Conference in III Brazilian Conference of Translators – ProZ.com (2011-11 – 2011-11)

Course in Legal Fundamentals for Translators – Association of Certified Translators of Rio de Janeiro (2011-09 – 2011-09)

Course in Advanced English – Language Studies International (2010-11 – 2010-11)

Conference in Translating and the Computer Conference – City University London (2010-11 – 2010-11)

Course in Law for Translators – Ana Luiza Iaria (2009-07 – 2009-07)

Course in Legal Translations from Portuguese into English – Daniel Brilhante de Brito (2010-09 – 2011-01)

Course in Legal Translations from English into Portuguese – Daniel Brilhante de Brito (2008-03 – 2008-07)

Course in Portuguese-English Translation Course – IBEU - Instituto Brasil Estados Unidos (2003-08 – 2004-07)