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BB Portuguese Translators
A widely accepted
"best practice" in our industry is for Portuguese translators and
interpreters to work only into their native language: Portuguese.
Some companies often assume that if you can translate from a
language, you can also translate into it. Bolstered by unwarranted
confidence, some translators make the same assumption without ever
putting it to the test.
BB Portuguese
firmly believes that a best practice is to have a qualified native
speaker edit our work. Therefore, we have Portuguese translators in
our team for different target-countries such as:
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Brazil
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Portugal,
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African
Portuguese-speaker countries
We believe that a
Portuguese translator should work in a single language pair, and
most of our translators should work in a few specialties. Camila
Saunier, market manager and also a career Portuguese translator,
explains that “specialty brings competence and confidence” –
referring to her legal translation and interpretation jobs, and the
continuous demand from a few selected clients for her services.
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Portuguese language territories
(source Wikipedia) |
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Country/Region |
Speakers
(native) |
Total
speakers |
Population
(2005) |
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Africa |
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Angola |
60% |
80% |
11,190,786 |
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Cape Verde |
ND |
ND |
418,224 |
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Mozambique |
6.5% |
40% |
19,406,703 |
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São
Tomé and Príncipe |
50% |
95% |
187,410 |
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Equatorial Guinea |
- |
- |
1,014,999 |
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not official: |
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Namibia |
20% |
20% |
2,030,692 |
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South Africa |
2% |
2% |
44,344,136 |
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Asia |
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East Timor |
ND |
20% |
1,040,880 |
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Macao S.A.R., China |
5% |
7% |
449,198 |
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not official: |
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Daman, India |
10% |
10% |
113,949 |
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Goa,
India[1] |
4% |
4% |
1,400,000 |
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Europe |
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Portugal |
100% |
100% |
10,566,212 |
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not official: |
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Luxembourg³ |
14% |
14% |
468,571 |
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Andorra |
4-13% |
4-13% |
70,549 |
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Spain |
2% |
4% |
44,187,127 |
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France |
2% |
2% |
60,656,178 |
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Germany |
2% |
2% |
82,689,000 |
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Switzerland |
2% |
2% |
7,489,370 |
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The Americas |
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Brazil |
99% |
100% |
186,112,794 |
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not official: |
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Paraguay |
7% |
7% |
6,347,884 |
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Bermuda |
4% |
4% |
65,365 |
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Venezuela |
1-2% |
1-2% |
25,375,281 |
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Canada |
1-2% |
1-2% |
32,805,041 |
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