{"id":46277,"date":"2015-10-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gengo.com\/uncategorized\/hall-of-fame-gustavo\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T15:12:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T06:12:18","slug":"hall-of-fame-gustavo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gengo.com\/community\/hall-of-fame-gustavo\/","title":{"rendered":"Hall of fame: Gustavo"},"content":{"rendered":"A translator in the English to Portuguese (Brazilian) pair, Gustavo is one of our Gengo Wordsmiths <\/a>who has translated over 500,000 units. The Beatles’ music, as well as frequent conversations with native speakers, helped him become fluent in both English and Spanish.\r\n\r\nWhat languages do you speak and what are your experiences with learning them?<\/b>\r\n\r\nI speak English, Spanish and Portuguese, which is my first language. I studied English at school since I was eight years old, but I also learned a lot by listening to my father\u2019s Beatles records.\r\n\r\nI enrolled in a private English course with a great teacher when I was 13, and continued studying until I finished high school. Then in 2005, I lived in London for one year. This experience pushed my skills to another level. Being totally immersed in an English-speaking society, watching their TV, reading their newspapers and talking to native-English speakers made me aware of many expressions I\u2019d never heard of before.\r\n\r\nWhen I returned to Brazil, I didn\u2019t want to waste all this knowledge so I enrolled in a translation specialization course at Universidade Gama Filho<\/a>, Rio de Janeiro. Here, I increased my knowledge in translation techniques, tools and areas of expertise.\r\n\r\nAt university, I studied Spanish for three years. As the language is very similar to Portuguese, I didn\u2019t find it very hard to learn. During my time in London, I worked with many Spanish speakers and tried talking to them to develop my Spanish. In Brazil I worked as a photo editor at Getty Images Latin America<\/a> and had daily calls with their offices around the country, which was great for improving my Spanish, too.\r\n\r\nWhat are your favorite translation tools?<\/b>\r\n\r\nI use OmegaT<\/a> for larger texts and Google Translator for short jobs. WordReference<\/a> can be very helpful, too.\r\n\r\nWhat are your tips to become a Wordsmith?<\/b>\r\n\r\nI think the most important thing is managing your time properly. Many Gengo translators have other part-time or full-time jobs, so it\u2019s not always possible to find time in your daily routine to do extra work. My main jobs is a journalist and I usually work in the afternoons and early evenings, so I still have time in the mornings to translate.\r\n\r\nAnother thing I\u2019ve learned is that it\u2019s useless trying to push yourself too hard by working late at night or when you\u2019re too tired. Your concentration won\u2019t be the same, and you\u2019ll probably spend twice the amount of time you\u2019d normally need to finish a job. So, if possible, always try to work when you\u2019ve rested enough and your mind is still fresh. <\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A translator in the English to Portuguese (Brazilian) pair, Gustavo is one of our Gengo Wordsmiths who has translated over 500,000 units. The Beatles’ music, as well as frequent conversations with native speakers, helped him become fluent in both English and Spanish. What languages do you speak and what are your experiences with learning them? 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