Cláudia Anjos Lopes

Question and Answer

• What is your name?
  • Cláudia Anjos Lopes
• Where do you live?
  • Portugal
• What made you decide to become a translator or interpreter?
  • I really enjoy the act of translating. It does not feel like work at all. It feels like pleasure. I wish I can achieve my dream of becoming a full time translator.
• List one strength that you think sets you apart from your colleagues.
  • I have a masters in microbiology.
• Name the one thing that you most enjoy in your translating or interpreting career.
  • I can translate at any time!
• We all have worked on those not-so-perfect assignments. Write about one such assignment that was not ideal and what you learned from it.
  • There was a time I had to translate a menu for a restaurant. I know very few about food. So I realized it would be good to keep glossaries.
• If you could go back in time to when you were just starting out as a translator or interpreter, what advice would you give to your younger self?
  • I would tell my younger to start doing it earlier.
• Name one resource – such as a phone app, CAT tool, website, and so forth – that you find especially helpful in your translating or interpreting work.
  • MemoQ
• What's the best book you've read this year?
  • Elizabeth is miss