PERSONAL DETAILS Name: Jose Bernardo Fernandes de Silva Maia  
• Birth date: 17th August, 1964  
• Telephone: (0351) 22 609 13 61 / (0351) 96 033 22 62  
• Email: joesmaia@gmail.com  
• C.V. online (in Portuguese): jbmaia.blogspot.com  
• C.V. online (in English): cvjosemaia.blogspot.com  

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS  
• Trainers Pedagogical Degree (2009).  
• Completed secondary studies in Languages and Literature (Portuguese, English level 8 and French level 8) in Braga, Portugal (1974 and 1983).  
• Introductory Course to Journalism organized by FAOJ, a Portuguese youth institution (1982).  
• First grade at Montgomery School in Exeter, England (lived in England between 1966 and 1971).
• Attended up to the 4th year of the Portuguese and English Teaching Degree (4 years + 1 training year) at the University of Minho in Braga, Portugal, (1983 to 1989). Completed all English and Pedagogy disciplines of the course. 
• Four month Officer’s Course in the Portuguese Army during regular military service.  
• Introductory Course to Web Design (Macromedia's Flash, Dreamweaver and Fireworks) (88 hours, 2007).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE  
• Private English tuition classes (2002 to 2013)  
• English teacher (Lower Intermediate and Higher Intermediate) at Lancaster College, Gondomar, Portugal (09/2009 - 08/2010).  
• Two intensive (40 hour) English courses (intermediate levels) as a freelance teacher for Siemens, Portugal, in 1997.  
• Portuguese and English teacher in Portuguese secondary public schools (1988 - 1993).  
• English teacher at the Army’s Superior Institute in Agueda, Portugal (09/1990 - 08/1991).  

TRANSLATING EXPERIENCE
• Freelance Portuguese / English translator: computer software manuals, updates of Dorling Kindersley Travel Guides, C.V.s, websites, legal documents, etc.  
• Translator/interpreter for the Portuguese Army, Madeira, Portugal (05/1990 - 09/1990, during regular military service).  
• Simultaneous translation (Portuguese - English) of two press-releases at the "Portugal Fashion" in Porto, 1999.  

SPECIFIC SKILLS  
• Bilingual Portuguese/English.  
• Teaching and translating professional experience.  
• Professional experience working with Microsoft software (Word, Outlook and Excel), Internet software for emailing, searching and shopping, graphic design software (Photoshop, Illustrator, Freehand, InDesign, QuarkXpress).  
• Good cultural background.