Seeking remote roles in localization, linguistic QA, language management, and AI language evaluation. I bring 15+ years of experience in translation and localization, with expertise in quality standards, terminology, brand voice, and cultural adaptation. Open to permanent positions, long-term contracts, and suitable project-based opportunities with global brands and international teams.
Amanda F
@amanda_lqa
Brazilian Portuguese Language Specialist | Localization QA | AI-Ready Language
What I'm looking for
Brazilian Portuguese Translator and Transcreator with 15+ years of experience adapting marketing, product, digital and multimedia content for Brazilian audiences. Experienced in English-to-Brazilian Portuguese translation, transcreation, brand voice adaptation, localization and linguistic quality assurance for global technology companies, Fortune 500 brands and international clients.
Skilled at transforming source content into natural, culturally relevant Brazilian Portuguese while preserving intent, tone, personality and brand identity. Experienced across marketing campaigns, social media, websites, product content, technical documentation, multimedia and entertainment-related content, with a strong understanding of Brazilian language, culture and communication styles.
Combines creative localization expertise with a strong quality mindset, including terminology management, style guides, linguistic review and AI-enabled localization workflows.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Brazilian Portuguese Language Specialist
Self-employed
Jan 2008 - Present (18 years 9 months)
Performed linguistic quality assurance (LQA) and multilingual content evaluation for large localization projects, ensuring linguistic accuracy, terminology consistency, fluency, cultural appropriateness, and compliance with client-specific quality standards. Reviewed machine-translated content against predefined quality thresholds and provided time-aligned speech transcription and video annotation
Freelance Language Specialist
Freelance
Jan 2008 - Present (18 years 9 months)
Delivered language quality assurance, translation review, localization, and machine translation post-editing services for international clients while adhering to client-specific linguistic and quality standards.
Provided Brazilian Portuguese localization quality assurance for marketing materials, technical documentation, user guides, websites, multimedia content, and software. Audited third-party translations, evaluated MTPE against quality thresholds, maintained terminology resources, and served as a final quality gate; entrusted with final approval within Cisco's global localization program.
English Teacher
Red Balloon
Jan 2010 - Jan 2010 (0 months)
Contributed to language technology initiatives through annotation and evaluation tasks.
Events Coordinator
IDEA
Jan 2007 - Jan 2009 (2 years)
Coordinated events with a focus on rigorous guideline adherence and consistent quality judgment.
Shop Manager
Espaço da Mulher
Jan 2004 - Jan 2006 (2 years)
Worked as a Shop Manager at Espaço da Mulher.
Education
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LinkedIn Learning
Professional Training Certificates (2026), Generative AI, Prompt Engineering & Multilingual QA
Completed multiple 2026 training modules in generative AI workflows, prompt engineering, data annotation and quality review, and multilingual QA topics including MTPE and multimodal/speech annotation.
OneForma
AI Expert Foundations Pathway, AI Data Quality & Language Quality Assurance (LQA)
Completed language quality assurance training in 2026, covering AI fundamentals, LLMs, human-in-the-loop evaluation, hallucination detection, and bias/fairness.
Cultural Norte Americano (CNA)
Certificate of English Proficiency, English Proficiency
Earned a Certificate of English Proficiency through Cultural Norte Americano (CNA) in 2003.
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