Sofia Espada Email & Phone Number

Hi, I'm Sofia: a translator passionate about the audiovisual world and subtitling 🎬 😄As someone who has always loved reading, languages and making up her own worlds using the power of words, I started my early 20s by following the visual side of that passion for stories and narrative, and becoming a photographer while studying audiovisual communication and cinema. Since human psychology and sociology are two domains that have always fascinated me as well, in the sense that I like learning about how our mind works and interacts with other minds, how they are influenced and so on, marketing was another one of the fields that I pursued, becoming a community manager.For some years, these were the things that made me feel closer to whom I thought I was, but, unknowingly, I always kept looking for something more. As the pandemic hit and I was no longer able to work in those fields, I started attending many webinars and online events on translation. And something clicked: I realized that I could combine my biggest passions, audiovisual narratives, the written word and languages! I enrolled in a postgraduate degree in audiovisual translation and the rest is (a happy, challenging and always fulfilling) history 🌟Besides being passionate about subtitling, my background as a cinema student and the theoretical and practical knowledge I've acquired regarding how audiovisual projects are made, step-by-step, allows me to have a deeper understanding of:• The audiovisual field;• The importance of having high quality subtitles;• How subtitles can add value to the audiovisual experience.I also like to combine my professionalism with a more personal approach, to know more about the people I work with (you, perhaps? 😄) and to see everyone first as the human being that they are, so be ready to be asked how your day is going and to see a (debatably moderate) amount of emojis as we exchange emails!If you have an interesting project to share with me, say hello 👋 at sofiaespada.translates@gmail.comLet's discuss it and turn it into an unforgettable audiovisual experience!Fields of expertiseCinema | Entertainment | Comedy | K-Dramas | Culture & Arts | Marketing📍 Lisbon (GMT/UTC+1) Familiar with the following CAT Tools: SDL Trados Studio 2021, MemoQ 9.6 and Phrase (Frm. Memsource). And with the subtitling tools Subtitle Edit, Spot and Aegisub. I am also familiar with the subtitling guidelines and best practices for all major streaming platforms.

Listed skills include Audiovisual Translation, Analog Photography, Team Work, Mac Os X Server, and 8 others.