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ROBERTO LEAL FERREIRA
Translator
From French, English, Italian and Spanish into Brazilian and European Portuguese
CURRICULUM VITÆ
Address: Rua Vitorino Carmilo, 606/51
S. Paulo, SP, Brazil
01153-000
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone/Fax: +5511 3666 1855
1 - Formation - Courses of Greek and Portuguese, FFLCH/USP (University of S. Paulo),
1977; Course of Linguistics, IEL/UNICAMP (1978); Bachelor 's degree - Philosophy (FFLCH/USP -1983); MA course at IFCH/UNICAMP (Contemporary Philosophy, 1996;
incomplete).
2 - Translations:
a) Translations for International Agencies via Internet
1. Medical translations (Philips Medical Systems – English/Portuguese) for Localsoft,
Spain.
2. Technical translations (mechanical engineering, X-ray gauges) for Martay Corp. /
iTranslate, USA/France - (English/Portuguese).
3. Technical translations (telecommunications, electronics) for Holland Translating Service,
the Netherlands (English/Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese).
4. Technical translations (accounting and law; cookery; fitting, car industry, software,
medicine, etc.) and supervision of projects for Logos, Italy, (Italian/Portuguese,
English/Portuguese; French/Portuguese, both European and Brazilian), 1999-2002. (Level 1
translator).
5. Technical translations (naval engineering) for Incoin, Spain (Spanish/Portuguese).
6. Web site and technical translations (tourism, metallurgy) for Lexicon, Italy
(Italian/Portuguese).
7. Technical translations (computer science) for Business Logic, France (French/Portuguese
and English/Portuguese).
8. Business translations for Gringolandia.com, USA.
9. Technical translations (broadcasting) for Cabinet Chapman, France
(English/Portuguese).
10. Non-technical tanslations (English/Portuguese) for R-Byte Translations, Canada.
11. Technical translations (Spanish/Portuguese and English/Portuguese) for BCNnet, Spain.
12. Technical translations (plastic industry) for Ediciones Nuño, Spain (Spanish/European
Portuguese).
13. Technical translations for LMA et Associés, France (English/Portuguese and
French/Portuguese).
14. Technical translations (mechanical engineering) for OMGA S.p.A. and MGA S. p. A.,
Italy (Italian/Portuguese).
15. Business translations for Abracadabra Translations Inc., USA, (English/Portuguese).
16. Technical translations for iSpeak (English/Portuguese), Panama/USA.
17. Technical translations for Irlang, Italy (Italian/Portuguese).
18. Translations for Parlo.com, USA (French/Portuguese).
19. Technical translations (French/Portuguese and English/Portuguese) for Activaction,
France.
20. French/Portuguese and English/Portuguese translations for Lombard Media,
Luxembourg.
21. Technical translations (French/Portuguese) for Opti-Thermie Environnement, France.
22. Technical translations (French/Portuguese) for Mecatrad Sarl, France.
23. DAT, France - technical and business translations (French/Portuguese and
Spanish/Portuguese).
b) Books from English into Portuguese:
1) Vico, by Peter Burke, Edunesp, 1997.
2) Computadores, mente e conduta (Computers, Mind and Conduct), by Graham Button,
Jeff Coulter,John R. R. Lee, Wes Sharrock, Edunesp, 1998.
3) O grande, o pequeno e a mente humana (The Large, the Small and the Human Mind) ,
by Roger Penrose, Edunesp/Cambridge University Press, 1998.
4) A ciência e o poder (Science and Power), by Federico Mayor, Augusto Forti et al.,
Papirus, 1998. (Nominated by the publishers to the Jabuti award, best Brazilian translation,
1998.)
5) A dominação masculina revisitada (Male domination revisited), by Pierre Bourdieu et
al., Papirus, 1998.
6) A filosofia do horror - Paradoxos do coração (The Philosophy of Horror - Paradoxes of
the Heart), by Noël Carroll, Papirus, 1999.
7) O currículo do futuro (The Curriculum of the Future), by Michael F. D. Young, Papirus,
2000.
8) Tudo o que é de Deus é bom (All that is God's is good), by Marjo de Theije, (University
of Amsterdam PHD thesis), forthcoming.
9) O caso Elgin (The Elgin Affair), by Theodore Vrettos, Odysseus, 2004.
10) O Nascimento da democracia ateniense, by Chester Starr, Odysseus, 2004.
11) O mesmo e não o mesmo (The same and not the same), by Roald Hoffmann (Nobel
Prize in Chemistry 1981), Edunesp, forthcoming.
c) Books from French into Portuguese:
1. Teologia da História, (Théologie de l'Histoire) by H.-I. Marrou, Vozes, 1989.
2. O tempo da história (Le temps dans l' histoire), by Philippe Ariès, Francisco Alves,
1989.
3. São Bernardo e a arte cisterciense (Saint Bernard et l’art cistercien), by Georges Duby,
Martins Fontes, 1990.
4. Aristóteles (Aristote) , by Louis Millet, Martins Fontes, 1990.
5. Política, by Aristotle,(La Politique d’Aristote), M. Fontes, 1991.
6. Emílio ou da Educação (Émile ou de l’Éducation) , by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, M.
Fontes, 1995.
7. Do amor (De l’amour), by Stendhal, M. Fontes, 1993.
8. Entre o tempo e a eternidade (Entre le temps et l’éternité), by I. Prigogine et Isabelle
Stengers, Cia. das Letras, 1992.
9. Caos e acaso (Chaos et hasard), by David Ruelle, Edunesp, 1993.
10. Carta a D'Alembert (Lettre à d’Alembert), by J.-J. Rousseau, Editora da Unicamp,
1993.
11. Por que não somos nietzschianos (Pourquoi nous ne sommes pas nietzschéens), by Luc
Ferry, Vincent Descombes et al., Ed. Ensaio, 1994.
12. História da Sociologia (Histoire de la Sociologie), by Charles-Henry Cuin and François
Gresle, Ed. Ensaio, 1994.
13. A inteligência no trabalho (L’intelligence dans le travail), by A. Wisner,
Fundacentro/Edunesp, 1994.
14. Ciência e Tecnologia Hoje (L’état des sciences et des techniques), Nicolas Witkowski
editor, Ed. Ensaio, 1995.
15. A Ciência e as Ciências (La Science et les sciences), by G.-G. Granger, Edunesp, 1994.
16. Dos Ritmos ao Caos (Des Rytmes au chaos), by Pierre Bergé, Yves Pomeau, Monique
Dubois-Gance, Edunesp, 1996.
17. Um Dia na Vida de Ivan Denísovitch, (Une journée d’Ivan Denissovitch) by A.
Soljenitsin, Siciliano, 1995.
18. O Passado de uma Ilusão (Le Passé d’une illusion), by François Furet, Siciliano, 1995.
19. Lições de Metafísica Alemã (Leçons de métaphysique allemande), vol 1, by J.
Rivelaygue, Ed. Ensaio, (forthcoming).
20. Lições de Metafísica Alemã, (Leçons de métaphysique allemande) vol. 2, by J.
Rivelaygue, Ed. Ensaio, (forthcoming).
21. Meia-Noite (Minuit), by Julien Green, Mandarim, 1996.
22. Tempo e Narrativa (Temps et récit), vol. 3, by Paul Ricoeur, Papirus, 1997.
23. Filosofia da Ciência Contemporânea (Philosophie de la science contemporaine), by
Roland Omnès, Edunesp, 1996.
24. Nas origens das ciências cognitivas (Aux origines des sciences cognitives), by J.-P.
Dupuy, Edunesp, 1996.
25. A intuição na filosofia de Jacques Maritain (L’intuition dans la philosophie de Jacques
Maritain), by Laura Fraga de Almeida Sampaio, Loyola, 1997.
26. O fim das certezas (La fin des certitudes), by I. Prigogine, Edunesp, 1996.
27. Introdução à crítica da razão árabe (Introduction à la critique de la raison arabe), by
Abed Al-Jabri, Edunesp, 1999.
28. Esperanças e sabedoria da medicina (Espoirs et sagesse de la médecine), by Jean
Bernard, Edunesp, 1999.
29. O olho e o cérebro (L'oeil et le cerveau), by Philippe Meyer, Edunesp, 2002.
30. As mulheres públicas (Le femmes publiques), by Michelle Perrot, Edunesp, 1998.
31. A nova comunicação (La nouvelle communication), by Yves Winkin, Papirus,
Campinas, 1998.
32. O campo econômico, by Pierre Bourdieu, Papirus, 2000.
d) Books from Italian into Portuguese:
1. O Homem, quem é ele? - Introdução à antropologia filosófica (L’uomo, chi è?), by
Battista Mondin, Edições Paulinas, 1979.
2. Anita Garibaldi - A mulher do general (Anita Garibaldi, la donna del generale), by Anita
Garibaldi, M. Fontes, 1989.
3. Nascer não basta (Nascere non basta), by Luigi Zoja, Axis Mundi, S. Paulo, 1992.
4. Newton e a Consciência Européia (Newton e la coscienza europea), by Paolo Casini,
Edunesp, 1995.
5. Deus na filosofia do século XX (Dio nella filosofia del Novecento), by Giorgio Penzo e
Rosino Gibellini (org.), Loyola, 1998.
6. Introdução à Antropologia Teológica (Introduzione all’Antropologia filosofica), by Luis
F. Ladaria, Loyola, 1998.
7. A educação como política social (L’educazione come politica sociale), by Domenico
Izzo, Edunesp, forthcoming.
8. Introdução à teologia dogmática (Introduzione alla teologia dogmatica), by John
O’Donnell, Loyola, 1999.
9. Introdução ao direito eclesial (Introduzione al diritto ecclesiale), by Gianfranco
Ghirlanda, Loyola, 1998 .
10. As leis do caos (Le leggi del caos), by Ilya Prigogine, Edunesp, 2002.
11. Rosa Venerini, Mestra de Vida, by Rita Pomponio, Paulus, 2006.
3 - Editing and proofreading of translations:
1. O Príncipe (Il principe), by Machiavelli, Martins Fontes, 1989.
2. O Senso religioso (Il senso religioso), by Luigi Giussani, Cia. Ilimitada,1988.
3. Discurso sobre o espírito positivo (Discours sur l’esprit positif), by Auguste Comte,
Martins Fontes, 1990.
4. O Elogio da Loucura (Praise of Folly), by Erasmus of Rotterdam, Martins Fontes, 1990.
5. Senhores e Camponeses (Seigneurs et paysans), by Georges Duby, Martins Fontes, 1990.
6. Observações sobre a Tortura (Osservazioni sulla tortura), by Pietro Verri, Martins
Fontes, 1992.
7. Dos delitos e das penas (Dei delitti e delle pene), by Cesare Beccaria, Martins Fontes,
1991.
8. Do espírito das leis (De l’esprit des lois), by Montesquieu, 1993.
9. Descartes, by Georges Pascal, Martins Fontes, 1990.
10. Homo Aestheticus, by Luc Ferry, Ed. Ensaio, 1994.
11. Moralidades pós-modernas (Moralités post-modernes), by J.-F. Lyotard, Papirus, 1996.
12. As dançarinas mortas (Las bailarinas muertas) by A. Soler, Cia. das Letras, 1998.
13. A morte no bosque (La mort du bois) by Brigitte Aubert, Cia. das Letras, 1998.
13. Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne, Cia. das Letras, 1998.
4 – Editing of Dictionaries:
1. Vocabulário Técnico da Filosofia (Vocabulaire technique et critique de la Philosophie),
André Lalande, Martins Fontes, 1993.
2. Dicionário de Filosofia (Diccionario de Filosofía), 1st vol., by Ferrater Mora, Martins
Fontes, 1994.
5 - Subtitling
Several movies and TV shows for CCN, S. Paulo, from Italian (Totò, Antonioni, etc.) and
French (Paris Première) into Portuguese, and from Portuguese into Spanish.