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Zenilda C.

Zenilda C.

Portuguese & Cape Verdean Interpreter/Translator | 10+ Years

"𝘡𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳/𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 — 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥." – Client Testimonial I’m a native Portuguese and Cape Verdean Creole speaker with 10+ years of proven experience delivering fluent, culturally accurate translations and real-time interpretation for legal, medical, and educational clients — both in person and remotely. Trusted by government institutions, school districts, and top LSPs, I’m known for my reliability, quality, and seamless PDF-to-Word conversion skills. 🔍 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲: ⚖️ 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Portuguese court interpreter (4+ years) for FOX Translations — trusted by MA Trial Courts, Probation, and Public Utilities 🏥 Legal/ Medical 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 3,500+ hours of over-the-phone/remote sessions with Akorbi, Voyce, TransPerfect 📄 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 + 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 Using ABBYY FineReader & advanced OCR, I deliver clean, editable Word files from PDFs — even image-only scans 🌐 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 & 𝗔𝗽𝗽 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Fluent in the digital language — skilled with WordPress and custom interfaces 💼 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗜’𝘃𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵: Fox Translation Services • Rosetta Languages • Akorbi • Language Line • FOX Translations • TransPerfect • US Embassy • U.S. Coast Guard • Voyce • MAPA Translations • ECOWAS 🧰 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗜 𝗨𝘀𝗲: Trados | SmartCat | TMX and XLIFF files | ABBYY Reader | Aegisub | Adobe Acrobat | MS Office | Canvas ✅ 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗲: 100% Job Success | Top Rated Plus | $100K+ Earned | Reliable Full-time freelancer | Available 40+ hrs/week | Responsive and dependable Culturally sensitive, confidentiality-focused, always on time Let’s connect! I’d love to be your go-to interpreter or translator — for this project and the next.

🇨🇻Praia, Cape Verde$45/hr40% JSS4.92 (216)Since Aug 2017

Earnings and projects

MRR
$263

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#103,381 / 412k
🇨🇻Country#2 / 7
Revenue, last 30 days
$120

Last 6 months: $1.6k

World#89,625 / 412k
🇨🇻Country#4 / 7
Total earnings
$105k

Billed in all: $105k

World#37,087 / 412k
🇨🇻Country#1 / 7
Per project
$270

$263 in the last 6 months

World#240,361 / 412k
🇨🇻Country#6 / 7
Projects, last 6 months
6
83% fixed17% hourly
World#34,405 / 412k
🇨🇻Country#1 / 7
Projects in all
389

Across 395 contracts

96% fixed4% hourly
World#2,915 / 412k
🇨🇻Country#1 / 7

Earnings, last 30 days

$105k+$120 earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$105.0k$105.1k$105.2kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: #1 in 1 skill of 15

Rarest: top 11% in European Portuguese Accent, of 27. Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. 1Cape Verdean Creole2 freelancers · 🇨🇻 #1Top 50%
  2. 3European Portuguese Accent27 freelancers · 🇨🇻 #1Top 11%
  3. #19Brazilian Portuguese Accent99 freelancers · 🇨🇻 #1Top 19%
  4. #29Simultaneous Interpreting158 freelancers · 🇨🇻 #1Top 18%
  5. #34Over-the-Phone Interpreting136 freelancers · 🇨🇻 #1Top 25%
  6. #38Consecutive Interpreting190 freelancers · 🇨🇻 #1Top 20%
  7. #95English to Brazilian Portuguese Translation403 freelancers · 🇨🇻 #1Top 24%
  8. #97Portuguese to English Translation453 freelancers · 🇨🇻 #1Top 21%