Harris Linguistic Services: A sua Ponte Global

Simon Richard Harris is a seasoned freelance translator with over three decades of professional experience delivering specialized translation, post-editing, and proofreading services.

A member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (MCIL) and ASETRAD, he holds a degree in Portuguese and German from the University of Leeds and is qualified to certify sworn translations for official use in the UK. Simon translates into English from Spanish, Portuguese, German, and French, maintaining deep expertise across complex technical, legal, and commercial disciplines.

Throughout his career, Simon has collaborated with leading law firms, international financial institutions, government agencies, and direct corporate clients. His technical portfolio covers complex sectors including civil, electrical, and telecommunications engineering, IT, software, and renewable energy tenders. In the legal and financial sectors, he regularly translates court decisions, corporate contracts, annual reports, and international arbitration filings with rigorous precision and sector-specific terminology.

Lúcia Rodrigues brings 30 years of expert translation and editing experience to the team, specializing in legal, financial, technical, and medical domains.

Fluent in multiple European languages, she provides translations from Spanish, English, French, and German into Portuguese and English.

Her work focuses on delivering strict linguistic precision, structural fidelity, and seamless terminological consistency across all specialized fields.

Lúcia's extensive background includes over 25 years working directly with leading law firms and major construction companies, such as Dragados, giving her a uniquely deep grasp of complex construction-legal matters.

Her profile encompasses handling legal proceedings, judicial rulings, corporate contracts, civil engineering specifications, and regulatory medical trials. In addition to her technical capabilities,

Lúcia is an accomplished literary translator, having published classics for major collections—including Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days (ISBN 84-9789-487-1), Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe (ISBN 84-9789-488-X), Herman Melville’s Moby Dick (ISBN 84-9789-801-X), L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz (ISBN 84-9789-493-6), Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island (ISBN 84-9789-489-8), and Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver's Travels.

Cibele Meléndez is a bilingual translator, editor, and sworn interpreter with extensive experience across technical, legal, financial, medical, and editorial translation. Holding a degree in Foreign Languages alongside advanced post-graduate qualifications in Literature, Cibele is a certified Sworn Translator and Interpreter for English and Portuguese.

She offers comprehensive language services across Portuguese (both European and Brazilian variants), English, Spanish, French, and German.

Her professional background includes high-level legal and technical translation for institutions such as Harvard Law School, global tech brands, and environmental consulting firms like NewFields.

Cibele specializes in sworn public documentation, corporate law, financial audits, software localization, and regulatory medical texts. She also brings rich editorial experience to the team, having translated classic literary works for major international publishing collections.