I started translating from English to Dutch when I was very young, as I was gathering articles about cars. Professionally, I started in Sao Paulo, at All Tasks Translations in the early '90s, first as a proofreader and later on as a translator for Ford projects.
In the mid-90s I joined EMTI, the Brazilian branch office of a Portuguese software localization firm (later LH Mendez).
In 2001 I started freelancing, translating documents in the IT, Communications and Mechanical areas.