About Me

I'm Leidiane Dirksen, a native Brazilian Portuguese linguist specializing in English to Brazilian Portuguese (EN > PT-BR) translation. Over the past year as a freelance translator, I've built my practice around three areas I care about most: bringing stories to life through editorial translation, making video content accessible through subtitling, and helping businesses communicate clearly across languages and cultures.

I combine a Business Administration and Human Resources background with specialized training in CAT tools, subtitling, and MT post-editing (MTPE) to deliver translations that are linguistically accurate, natural to read, and culturally adapted for Brazilian audiences — whether the source is a novel, a corporate document, or a video script. I take deadlines and style guides seriously, and I see every project as a partnership: clear communication with clients and project managers is as much a part of my job as the translation itself.

What I do