Alex Collett Ladd


 Interpreter & Translator
Contact: alexladd@mac.com leia esta página em português
Language Combinations:
Portuguese < > English
Portuguese < > Spanish
Spanish < > English 		Specialization: Politics, literary, financial, trade, IT, international arbitrations, road shows, IPOs, due diligence, retail, telecommunications, environment, mining, energy, advertising, food, agriculture, medical.
EXPERIENCE

CONFERENCE INTERPRETER - 1993 to present

U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT - 1996 to present

INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATIONS- 2000 to present

U.S. FEDERAL COURTS - 1995 to present

STATE SUPERIOR COURTS - 1993 to present
QUALIFICATIONS U.S. State Department
Approved Portuguese Seminar and Administrative Interpreter.

Administrative Office of the Courts, New Jersey
Approved Portuguese (Master level) and
Spanish interpreter (Journeyman level).

American Translators Association (ATA)
Member

Berlitz
Approved as Portuguese and Spanish interpreter for U.S. Immigration hearings.

Conference Interpreting Assignments (Portuguese)

Secretary General to the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon, Food security summit, Intercontinental Hotel, NY, September 21, 2010

Award Cermony for Brazilian President Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva, Waldorf Astoria, September 2008

São Paulo Governor Geraldo Alckmin, New York Stock Exchange NY, 2005

World Culture Open UN , 2004

United Nations Global Compact UN, June 2004

FTAA Ministerial Summit Miami, 2003

Nobel Laureate José Saramago, New York Public Library NY, 2002

Nobel Laureate José Saramago, Speech at NYU NY, 2000

United Nations Beijing + 5 Conference UN, 2000

Lucent Global Scholars Conference NJ, 1997

Second Indosuez Brazil Conference NY, 1996
  EDUCATION
New York University, Bachelor of Arts, January 1990. Majored in Journalism and minored in Spanish.
PERSONAL
Native speaker of Brazilian Portuguese. Fluent in Spanish. Excellent command of Apple and PC computers.

 

TRANSLATIONS

Books

LIFE AS IT IS
Selected Short Stories
of Nelson Rodrigues, 314 pgs.
Host Publications (2008)

THE LITTLE CAPOEIRA BOOK
by Nestor Capoeira, 150 pgs.
North Atlantic Books (1995)

Music

BELEZA TROPICAL II
1998 Luaka Bop records
Translation of lyrics for David Byrne’s compilation of Brazilian music.

FABRICATION DEFECT
1999 Luaka Bop records
Translation of lyrics for Tom Zé's compilation

Screenplays

BOSSA NOVA
2000 starring Amy Irving.

Plays

ALL NUDITY SHALL BE PUNISHED
By Nelson Rodrigues 2001

THE ASPHALT KISS
By Nelson Rodrigues 2005

MARY OF MAGDALA
By Armando Nascimento Rosa 2006