Training
My training work has two strands. The first is continuing professional development for sign language translators and interpreters already working in the field. The second is aimed at groups and organisations that want to understand Libras and what Brazilian law establishes in relation to it.
- For translators and interpretersTopics and sessions ↓
- For groups and organisationsTopics and sessions ↓
Formats
- Talks, workshops and short courses
- In person or online, for both strands.
- University teaching
- On undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
- One-to-one mentoring
- For translators and interpreters, focused on professional development.
Strand 1Training for translators and interpreters
For those already working in the field, delivered through professional associations, training courses and postgraduate programmes. The topics I teach most often:
Interpreting into Portuguese
The Libras-to-Portuguese direction in simultaneous interpreting: understanding the signed source text, register decisions and spoken production under time pressure.
Career and professional practice
Translation and interpreting as a profession and a livelihood: pricing, professional presentation, positioning, good practice and building a career that lasts.
Translation policy and linguistic rights
How Brazilian federal legislation regulates Libras translation and interpreting, the linguistic duties that follow from it and the role of translators and interpreters in securing rights.
Recent sessions
- Sept 2026TalkO papel do intérprete educacional na garantia de direitos linguísticosMunicipal Department of Education, Juiz de Fora, Brazil · online
- Feb 2026TalkDicasJur: contribuições de uma série extensionistaTILSJUR (Federal University of Santa Catarina, UFSC) and Letras de Lei (Federal University of Pelotas, UFPel), Brazil · online · video
Earlier sessions (8)
- Nov 2025WorkshopProfissional em movimento: práticas para viver e sustentar o seu trabalhoII Fórum da Associação de Tradutores e Intérpretes de Libras do Amapá (Astilap) · Macapá, Amapá, Brazil
- Sept 2025Short courseMás allá del contenido: calidad técnica en la traducción al video9.º Encuentro Nacional de Intérpretes de Lenguas de Señas · Red de Intérpretes de Lengua de Señas de Chile (RICH) · online · in Spanish
- Jul 2025WorkshopDe la idea al negocio: cómo emprender en TraducciónI Conferencia Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Traductores, Intérpretes y Guías Intérpretes de Lenguas de Señas · Buenos Aires, Argentina · in Spanish
- Jul 2025TalkPolíticas de traducción y de interpretación: entre la regulación institucional y el posicionamiento profesionalI Conferencia Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Traductores, Intérpretes y Guías Intérpretes de Lenguas de Señas · Buenos Aires, Argentina · in Libras
- Jun 2025TalkDireito Linguístico: o papel do Tradutor e Intérprete na acessibilidadeModule “Políticas Linguísticas e Tradutórias” · BA in Libras–Portuguese Translation and Interpreting, Federal University of Goiás (UFG), Brazil · online
- Dec 2024LectureTópicos Especiais II: Direitos, políticas e línguas: onde o TILS entra no debate?Postgraduate specialisation course in Libras Translation and Interpreting · Instituto Singularidades, Brazil · online
- Nov 2024TalkPolíticas de tradução e de interpretação de LS: Práticas, Crenças e GestãoIII Encontro TILSJUR · Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil · online · video
- Jun 2024Short courseBoas práticas profissionais para TILSInclua, Brazil · online
What participants say
So much sharing, so much learning and so many lightbulb moments in a single day! […] We need to value our work as interpreters, but it is extremely important to pay attention to the details that make all the difference when it comes to getting hired. Here’s to more workshops like this one!
I came away from our session with plenty of tasks to complete and ideas to take forward. […] I recommend this workshop to any translator or interpreter working between Libras and Portuguese.
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Strand 2Training for groups and organisations
For public bodies, NGOs, companies and study groups.
What the law requires of organisations
What Brazilian law requires of companies and public bodies, from communication with the public (events, videos and campaigns) to everyday working life within their own teams.
What makes Libras a language
An introduction to the linguistics of Libras for people who have never studied the language: how it is organised, the most common myths and what this knowledge changes in interactions with Deaf people.
Recent sessions
- Oct 2026WorkshopAspectos linguísticos da LibrasI Semana de Encontros Plurais · Pluraliza, FFLCH, University of São Paulo · São Paulo, Brazil · news item
- Apr 2026TalkIntérpretes de Libras nas empresas: responsabilidades, boas práticas e o papel da tecnologiaBrazil’s National Libras Day · Hand Talk and Inclua · online
Earlier sessions (3)
- Mar 2025TalkNoções de Libras para o atendimento ao públicoProjeto TAMAR · Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil · Libras taught by Deaf teacher Guilherme Leopold
- Oct 2024Short courseNoções de Libras para o atendimento ao públicoProjeto TAMAR · Praia do Forte, Bahia, Brazil · Libras taught by Deaf teacher Elinilson Soares
- Mar 2024TalkNoções de Libras para o cotidianoFundação de Ensino e Engenharia de Santa Catarina (FEESC) · Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil · Libras taught by Deaf teacher Talita Bet
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