Keynote Speaker

Ewandro Magalhaes

Ewandro brings to ConvTI 20+ years of unparalleled experience as a world class linguist and language services executive. As a former Chief Interpreter in the United Nations system, he staffed, mentored and led top-shelf professionals in large conferences throughout the world. A prolific writer, trainer and speaker with a strong social media following, he has become a trend-setter among his peers. He is also the go-to person for technology solutions in language services. Ewandro has a Master’s Degree in Conference Interpretation from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS). He has lived and worked on three continents and speaks four languages in addition to his native Portuguese. 

The nomadic entrepreneur: not an oxymoron

JT Hine

JT Hine, CT (I>E) translated his first book, a medical text, in 1962. After a 24-year career in the Navy, he joined the University of Virginia as the Administrator of the Physics Department and then Housing Director (Management Services). He left the University in 2000 to concentrate full-time on his writing and translating. Blogging as the Freewheeling Freelancer, he lives and works on his bicycle in North America and Europe. He is the author of the novels Emily & Hilda (2019) and Days of Lead (coming out in 2020). He also conducts workshops and writes self-help books and articles for freelancers. He belongs to several ATA divisions, the National Capital Area Chapter of ATA and the American Translation and Interpreting Studies Association (ATISA). He is also an ATA Certification Exam grader.

Legalese

Bruna Marchi

Bruna Marchi is a lawyer with a graduate degree in Conference Interpreting, extension courses at Fordham University, NY (Law), and is pursuing a graduate degree in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law. She is the founding partner of Descomplicando o Inglês Jurídico (with a homonymous YouTubeTM channel), where she teaches legal English and Comparative Law, organizes events and gives lectures on the subject. She currently is the professor of the Legal English extension course at the PUC-SP, while she also developed and teaches judges and prosecutors at the Educere Insitute in Brasília, Brazil. 

Game Localization

Carlos la Orden Tovar

With a double Degree in Translation & Interpreting and in Foreign Language Education in his back pocket, Carlos la Orden Tovar started to travel Europe and America to forge a professional career that has since been linked to Information Technology, Languages and Education.

In the last two decades Carlos has lived and developed his skills in up to 10 different countries, proudly working as a Technology Trainer, Localization Project Manager, School Teacher and Translator. His natural inclination towards learning, sharing knowledge and gathering new experiences has driven his career through a few unbeaten paths, mixing academic and business life.

Over the years, he has worked with dozens of international clients such as Amazon, Microsoft, 3M, Cisco, United Technologies and Nokia, to name a few. He is a regular at translation industry events and loves sharing knowledge with fellow professionals in order to build a better, more human, yet tech-oriented industry lead by happy people.

He lives in beautiful Bologna and splits his time as a Lecturer at Universidad Internacional de la Rioja, speaker and freelance Language Consultant and Localizer.

Intersection of Healthcare and Culture - Intercultural Mediation

Dr. Izabel Souza

Izabel Souza served a three year term as Secretary General for the International Federation of Translators (FIT), a federation of over 100 interpreter and translator associations. In this role she contributed to the development of the first FIT list serve. She continues to work with FIT as FIT Liaison to ISO, as FIT Head of Delegation to the ISO annual meetings. She has been working with ISO (www.iso.org) and ASTM (www.astm.org ) since 2009, as a subject matter expert, assisting with the development of international as well as national interpreting and translation standards of practice. Recently she has had the honor to have been selected to work as project manager of the upcoming ISO Standard on Medical/Healthcare Interpreting. I am a member of ATA, ATISA, IAPTI, EST, IMIA, Critical Link, and ATIF.  the book entitled Intercultural Mediation in Healthcare.  

Her work as an educator started when she became licensed to teach Bridging the Gap. She has since worked as an interpreting and translator professor at Boston University, Cambridge College, and Osaka University. I work as a curriculum design consultant for other organizations. 

Translating and Subtitling

Rafa Lombardino

RAFA LOMBARDINO is a Brazilian translator and journalist who has been living in California since 2002. She is the author of “Tools and Technology in Translation ― The Profile of Beginning Language Professionals in the Digital Age,” published in 2004 and based on her class by the same name. She started working as a translator in 1997, is certified by the American Translators Association (English > Portuguese & Portuguese > English), and has a Professional Certificate in Translation from the University of California San Diego Extension (Spanish > English), where she started teaching in 2010. Her additional combinations are Spanish > Portuguese, Italian > Portuguese, and Italian > English. She is the President and CEO of Word Awareness, a small network of professional translators established in 2004 and incorporated in 2009. She is also a Proz.com instructor, having presented more than 20 webinars, and served as the Blog Editor and Administrator of ATA’s Portuguese Language Division (PLD). She has an Associate’s Degree in Computer Sciences, emphasis on Data Processing, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Communications, major in Journalism. She specializes in Technology, Corporate Communications, Human Resources, Education, EH&S (Environment, Health, and Safety), Health and Well-Being, Tourism, Audiovisual, and Literature.

Legal Translation: Present and Future

Paula Arturo

Paula Arturo is a Lawyer, Translator, and Law Professor, with nearly two decades of experience in the language profession. She is a co-founder of Translating Lawyers Academy, an online academy that helps legal translators hone their writing and translation skills. She is a founding member and Administrator of the Law Division of the American Translators Association and Co-head of Legal Affairs at the International Association of Professional Translators and Interpreters. Her bragging rights include translating the works of several Nobel Prize laureates and world-renowned jurists. 

LinkedIn Marketing

Martina Russo

Translator. Business owner. Outdoors enthusiast and a true world citizen. For over seven years, Martina has been helping brands like Skullcandy, Volvo and Swatch communicate with the Italian, Swiss Italian and European markets with a passionate approach to professional translation. She loves her work: nothing makes me prouder than empowering brands to speak to new audiences and that’s why she puts her heart and soul into every project she does.

Alongside translation, she established and run Freelancer at Work, an e-commerce site that enables freelancers and entrepreneurs advertise their services 24/7 with our range of custom decals. When she’s not working she can usually be found climbing up a mountain, or snowboarding down one. She loves being covered in snow and breathing in cold mountain air more than anything – but having a good book in her hands is a close second!