I am a native English speaker and have been studying Portuguese for 7 years now. I've studied abroad in Brazil, focusing on my verbal comprehension and speaking. Also, I interact with Portuguese speakers on a daily basis in San Diego, which inhabits 30,000 Brazilian Portuguese speakers. I've hosted Brazilians at my home who only speak Portuguese, and have given them tours in San Diego and Los Angeles, actively translating from English to Portuguese, and also from Portuguese to English. I have translated dozens of articles on Duolingo, have over 15,000 points and a tier 2 translator. I'm the right person for the job because I am American, I speak English fluently, I speak Portuguese, and have proven I can translate from Portuguese to English. I will translate sentence by sentence, then modify if needed for the meaning of the paragraph. And I will use a translation dictionary if necessary. Please contact me if you have any further questions or if you'd like to see an article I've translated. Thank you. -Jonathan