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Sergio Monteiro

Sergio Monteiro

Translator and Editor

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Technical author and communication specialist

  • Education

    • Universidade do Minho

      2000 - 2005
      Licentiate degree Applied Foreign Languages

    • Universidade do Minho

      2016 - 2018
      Post-Graduation Translation and Multilingual Communication

      Completed as part of the Master's degree in Translation and Multilingual Communication. This Master's program offers training in Portuguese and foreign languages leading to a specialization in translation and multilingual communication. There is a cluster of compulsory subjects common to all students, a cluster of specialized subjects and a variety of optional subjects by means of which the student will establish a personal choice of professional profiles (translation… Show more Completed as part of the Master's degree in Translation and Multilingual Communication. This Master's program offers training in Portuguese and foreign languages leading to a specialization in translation and multilingual communication. There is a cluster of compulsory subjects common to all students, a cluster of specialized subjects and a variety of optional subjects by means of which the student will establish a personal choice of professional profiles (translation, interpreting/community interpreting, AVT, localization, terminology, tourism). Show less

  • Experience

    • Freelance Portuguese Translator

      Jan 2006 - Jan 2018
      Translator and Editor

      • Over 10 years of experience in the IT and computing areas with an average of about 400 thousand words translated yearly.• Edited and proofread texts featured in high visibility areas of clients’ websites and publications, requiring an exceptional level of accuracy, reliability and quality.• Achieved a high level of proficiency in the use of CAT and translation management tools, including Trados Studio, MemoQ, and Memsource.

    • Bosch Security and Safety Systems

      Feb 2018 - Oct 2020
      Technical Writer

      • Developed technical documentation for conference and public address products independently and unsupervised.• Regularly proofread content for grammar and spelling, submitted content for feedback, and implemented changes.• Organized and managed multiple translation and localization projects for upwards to 24 languages.• Prepared and managed regular multi-channel publishing of technical documentation.• Coordinated a team of six tech writers, assisting and facilitating communication and tech writing activities.• Acted as the subject matter expert for translation topics, leading a focus group tasked with optimizing processes and implementing cost saving measures in translation.• Successfully spearheaded a team that worked on defining optimized processes and tools, as well as on establishing a transparent, streamlined, and agile way or working for an international team of over 30 technical communicators.• Participated actively in improving and implementing style guides and standards that would be applied to all technical documentation across the company.• Assisted in developing a metadata approach that would be used throughout the company. Show less

    • Vestas

      Nov 2020 - now

      • Led, developed, maintained, and implemented systems and processes related to technical documentation.• Facilitated continuous improvement initiatives related to technical documentation systems and processes.• Ensured that systems and process improvement requirements were collected, evaluated, and utilized to improve the way we work in the technical documentation departments.• Ensured the validation of system solution designs and functionality through user involvement.• Supported the development of the company's technical documentation vision and strategy.• Provided the development and maintenance of training material, and was responsible for implementing the new and improved ways of working as part of the business improvement projects for the users in the technical documentation departments. Show less

      • Documentation Specialist

        Apr 2024 - now

      • Lead Technical Writer

        Apr 2023 - Mar 2024

      • Technical Writer

        Nov 2020 - Mar 2023

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Training course in Simplified Technical English - STE Writing Rules

      Technical Documentation by Etteplan
      Jan 2019

    • Training in Schema’s ST4 DocuManager

      SCHEMA Group
      Feb 2018