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Lúcia Assumpção

Teacher, translator and and copy editor in English and in Portuguese.

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

lucia.assumpcao11@gmail.com


Languages

English

Spanish

French



WORK EXPERIENCE

As a Coordinator and Head of Department
1994 - to the present moment

Owner of the company: Lúcia Assumpção – Special Courses in English, Writing, Translation, Copy Editing in English and in Portuguese.

2013 - 2015

Coordinator of the Copy Editing and Translation Department of Autêntica Publishing Company

1985 - 1989

Coordinator of the Translation and Interpreting Course, Head of the English Department, Coordinator of the Translation Workshop - Centro Universitário Newton Paiva.


As an English, Translation, and Interpreting Teacher
2012 - to the present moment Special Courses in English and Portuguese:

Tutoring, preparation for English tests and Master’s and PhD exams. English courses for Copasa, Estado de Minas newspaper and Hemominas employees.

1986 - 1990 / 1994 - 2007 - Newton Paiva College:

English in the Communications, International Business, Pharmacy, Marketing, Computer Science, and Translation and Interpreting Courses.

1983 - 1985 - Federal University of Ouro Preto - Translation and Interpreting in the Letters Department.
1990 - 1994 - Federal University of Minas Gerais – High School – Languages Department.

Teaching-assistantships
1984 - 1985

• Teaching-assistant of Spanish, University of Vanderbilt, EUA.


1971 - 1975

• Teaching-assistant of English at the Federal University of Minas Gerais.



As a tourist guide

• Kellogg Foundation, Exxon, Gem Center, Unitour, Revetour, Fiat.



Fellowships

• Kellogg Foundation (Vanderbilt University), Fulbright (Travel grant to the USA), CAPES (Master’s), CNPq (Brazilian National Research Council – Master’s), FAPEMIG (as a copy editor and a translator).


Education

UFMG

• Master’s degree in English – Federal University of Minas Gerais – 1988 (dissertation on translation procedures).

Vanderbilt University

• Graduate course: English, Spanish and Portuguese - Vanderbilt University - Nashville, TN-USA.


UFMG

• Undergraduate course: majors in English and Portuguese – School of Letters of the Federal University of Minas Gerais.