ZILDA BUZACK
Portuguese <> English Interpreter/Translator
Approved by the State Department
Simultaneous/Consecutive Conference Interpreter – Court Certified (NY/NJ)
Interpreter for the State Department
Phone: +1 (917) 686-7071 (USA)
+ 55 (21) 3823-0553 (Brazil)
E-mail: zilbuzack@cs.com
www.portugueseinterpreter-translator.com
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Professional US State Department
Accreditation: Approved as Portuguese <> English Seminar/Conference Interpreter.
Court Interpreting
State Approved in Simultaneous, Consecutive and Sight Interpreting by the New York
and New Jersey Administrative Offices of the Courts (Master level)
Experience: Simultaneous/Consecutive Interpreting since 1998
Recent relevant assignments:
U.S. - Brazil Academic Partnership Workshops – Increasing Diversity through the Abdias Nascimento Program. Speakers, among others: Secretary of Continuing Education, Literacy, Diversity, and Inclusion for the Brazilian Ministry of Education and the Director for the Institute of International Education, USA. Location: Institute of International Education, United Nations Plaza, NY. September 29-30, 2014. (hired by the IIE).
Presentation by the Governor of Brazilian Midwest State Mato Grosso do Sul, Mr. Andre Puccinelli. – Simultaneous interpretation during the Governor’s presentation. Topics: investments in agribusiness, hydropower plants and tourism in Brazil; wildlife and agricultural diversity in the Brazilian Midwest. Consecutive and simultaneous interpretation during the Governor’s meetings with US investors. Location: Hilton Hotel, New York City. Hired by the Governor’s advisors. March 13, 2014.
MegaFlorestais – 8th Annual Meeting – The Architecture of Forest Governance in the 21st Century – Six day meeting of forest leaders around the world to discuss better ways to manage forest and agricultural land tenure in their respective countries. Location: Bali, Indonesia October 21-25, 2013.
International Federation of Accountants – Meetings between the IFAC President and Vice President and a delegation of members of the Brazilian Federal Accounting Commission. Contact: Joseph Bryson. Location: IFAC headquarters. New York, NY. September, 2013.
Seminar on Issues in the Administration of Justice for a Delegation of Judges from Brazil - Program developed and conducted by the International Judicial Academy and the American University Washington College of Law. Topics covered, among others: Introduction to the U.S. political structure and legal system; The suppression of illegally obtained evidence under the Fourth and Fifth Amendments; The Hearsay Rule, the Confrontation Clause and special issues in evidence (including the Brady disclosure duty, eyewitness misidentification and the reliability of forensic evidence); Relevance, the Role of the Judge and Jury, privileges, and experts; Evidence in U.S. trials; Litigating a civil case – Brazilian vs. US civil case system comparison; Inter American Legal System and Human Rights Protection, etc. Location: Washington, D.C. April 15-19, 2013.
Meetings between the BUSBC (Brazil/US Business Council) and various Washington DC Government agencies, as follows: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of State, Department of Health and Human Services, Brazilian Embassy, Department of Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Department of Treasury, Department of Commerce, and Homeland Security. Washington DC, September 14-17. (Hired by the US Chamber of Commerce). Contact: Tim Ridout).
DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) - Five-day Seminar to Brazilian Federal Agents/Supervisors – Topics covered, among others: Confidential Source Management; DEA Mission and History; Officer Survival; Tactics; Firearms; Leadership in Law Enforcement. Location: DEA Headquarters, Quantico, VA. (Hired by the US Embassy in Brazil). August, 2012.
First Latin American High Security (ID/Currency) Printing Conference - Topics covered, among others: bank note printing designs and manufacturing, bank note/ID counterfeiting prevention measures, cash processing equipment innovations, ID/bank note security features. Location: Sheraton Rio de Janeiro. July 2012.
15th Anniversary of Copel’s Listing on the NY Stock Exchange (the largest energy provider for the state of Parana, Brazil) – meetings between the governor for the state of Parana, Brazil, as well as the President of Copel, and investors/members of the press, followed by presentations. Location: New York Stock Exchange. June 2012.
IBM two-day seminar - Brazilian Channels Technology - topics covered, among others: IBM Systems Manager, Virtualization, System X, Cloud Computing, IBM Systems Storage Solutions, PureSystems, Intel/Emulex. Location: IBM Durham, NC headquarters. June 2012
Financial Audits in Brazil – Sarbanes-Oxley related audits of Brazilian companies on behalf of PCAOB – Industries: aviation, ethanol and sugar, retail, telecommunications, etc. Locations: branch offices of Ernst and Young Deloitte and Touché in São Paulo, Brazil. April – May, 2012
Investing in the Brazilian Communications Sector – Telecommunications investment opportunities in Brazil. Topics: telecommunications sector revenue growth, Brazilian government telecommunications improvements, projects for infra-structure related improvements in Brazil, business opportunities in telecommunications in Brazil. Location: New York, NY. April 2012.
IBM presentation to Brazilian bank Banco do Brasil IT personnel – Subjects: IBM perspectives on technological evolution; big data and analytics; application of public, private and hybrid cloud computing to banking; innovations in server application and hosting capabilities; IBM’s core banking technologies Location: IBM headquarters, NY. April 2012.
Qualicorp Health Insurance Management/Board Meeting - Global provider of risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage and human capital consulting. Topics covered, among others: the healthcare sector in Brazil, individual health insurance vs. affinity group health insurance, interface with beneficiaries, enrollment, billing, prevention of medical loss ratios (MLR), insurance fraud reduction and prevention. Location: Qualicorp offices, New York. January 2012, 2011.
Minimally Invasive Hip and Knee Replacement Training – Demonstration of Biomet’s hip and knee surgical techniques and cadaveric lab workshops. Biomet Orthopedics Skills Academy, Warsaw, Indiana (Contact: Tyson Baker - International Medical Education Manager for Biomet). December 2011.
38th Annual Symposium on Vascular and Endovascular Issues – subjects covered, among others: aortic endografts, aortic dissections, thoracic aneurysms, spinal cord ischemia, telescoping methods for aortic and arterial anastomoses, carotid stenosis, aortic bifurcation, aortoilliac occlusive disease, stent grafts, treatment of popliteal aneurysms with stent grafts, cardiac risk in vascular surgery patients, extra cranial venous obstructions, etc. Hilton Hotel, NYC. November, 2011
First Annual Investment Forum - Topics: The Healthcare Industry in Brazil, Brazil Emerging Markets in 2012, The Future of High Frequency Trading in Brazil, Fundamentals and Equities Strategies for 2012, Currencies and Commodities Outlook for 2012. Location: Soho Trump Hotel, New York, November 2011.
United Nations Peace building Committee meeting for political and economic reform in Guinea Bissau – High level meeting with representatives of member-states. Location: United Nations Headquarters, November 2011.
International Conference on Rabies in the Americas – subjects covered, among others: rabies epidemiology and surveillance; rabies virus neutralizing antibodies; comparative post-mortem histopathology of immune responses in human rabies encephalitis; comparable pathogenesis of experimental rabies virus infection in red foxes; survival of human rabies without a neutralizing antibody; characterization of a plant-derived monoclonal antibody cocktail for human rabies prophylaxis. Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico. October, 2011
Plans for Strengthening the Growth of Futures, Commodities and Stock Exchange Markets in Brazil – meeting sponsored by JP Morgan. Location: JP Morgan NY. September 2011.
Background: Born and raised in Brazil. Residing both in Brazil and in the United States.