We arrange Portuguese interpreters, confirmed by name before you book, between Portuguese and Arabic or English for Brazilian, Portuguese and Lusophone African visitors: player and coach meetings, food and commodity trade, engineering and aviation work, hospital appointments, and lawyer or notary meetings across the UAE. Tell us where your guests are from and we match the interpreter to the variety.
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Before You Book
Portuguese is one language with two written standards and many accents. Getting the variety, the tone and the names right is what makes a Portuguese speaker relax in a UAE meeting.
Brazilian and European Portuguese differ in pronunciation, everyday vocabulary and some grammar. A bus is "ônibus" in Brazil and "autocarro" in Portugal; a mobile phone is "celular" or "telemóvel"; a train is "trem" or "comboio". Educated speakers understand each other, but European Portuguese is spoken faster with reduced vowels, and some Brazilians find it hard to follow at first. Angola, Mozambique and other Lusophone African countries largely follow European spelling with their own accents. Tell us where each speaker is from; we match the interpreter to that variety where we can, and confirm before booking if a particular accent matters.
In Brazil, "você" is the normal way to say "you", first names come quickly even in business, and "o senhor" or "a senhora" shows respect to older or senior people. Portugal tends to be more formal: titles such as "Doutor" for a graduate or "Engenheiro" for an engineer are often used in address, and plain "você" can sound too direct to some speakers. In general practice, the interpreter follows each speaker's lead and carries the right level of respect into Arabic and English, so a Brazilian's friendliness does not read as overfamiliar and a Portuguese speaker's formality does not read as cold.
Portuguese and Brazilian names often carry two or more surnames, usually with the mother's before the father's, and particles such as "da", "de" and "dos". People are commonly known by the last surname, so João Pedro Santos Oliveira is "Senhor Oliveira", not "Senhor Santos". Brazilians, including footballers, are often known by a first name or a nickname. Numbers use a decimal comma, so 2,5 means two and a half. Send a name list as written on passports and tell us how each person likes to be addressed; the interpreter uses it in the room and our office keeps it consistent in the paperwork.
Where We Interpret
Consecutive interpreting for meetings and appointments, simultaneous for conferences and training, and escort interpreting for visitors on the move.
Contract discussions, medicals, club inductions, training sessions and press days for Portuguese-speaking players and coaches. The interpreter keeps the terms of a negotiation exact and the tone of a dressing-room talk natural.
Supplier visits, buyer meetings and plant or warehouse inspections for meat, poultry, coffee, sugar and other produce. Send specifications and certificate lists ahead so terms such as cuts, grades and shelf life are ready.
Site inspections, equipment training, aircraft and technical handovers. Send drawings, manuals and the agenda in advance, and tell us about site access and safety requirements.
Portuguese-speaking patients and families at UAE hospitals and clinics: consultations, consent discussions and discharge instructions, with Brazilian or European medical vocabulary as needed.
Viewings, developer and bank meetings, and free zone appointments. The interpreter conveys what each side says accurately and neutrally; it is not legal or financial advice.
Lawyer consultations, notary signings, arbitration and police or prosecution matters involving Portuguese speakers. Courts make their own interpreter arrangements for hearings, so ask the court first; our court interpreter page covers SWLT's exclusive contracts with the Federal Courts and the Federal Public Prosecution.
Brasília is seven hours behind the UAE all year; Lisbon is four hours behind in winter and three in summer. A UAE afternoon is a Brazilian morning, so we book the interpreter for that window.
How It Works
Date, emirate, hours and setting, plus where the Portuguese speakers are from: Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Mozambique or elsewhere.
Agenda, specifications or draft terms, and a name list as written on passports, with the name each person goes by.
We confirm the interpreter and variety, the mode (consecutive, simultaneous or escort) and the price before you commit.
After the day, our office can translate minutes, contracts and Portuguese documents at AED 250 per page + VAT.
Where Our Interpreters Work
Transparent Pricing
Interpreting is quoted per booking; we do not publish rates. Portuguese translation is AED 250 per 200-word page, excluding 5% VAT.
FAQ
Usually the last one. Portuguese and Brazilian names often carry two or more surnames, with the mother's before the father's, so João Pedro Santos Oliveira is "Senhor Oliveira". Brazilians, footballers included, are often known by a first name or nickname. Tell us how each person likes to be addressed and send names as written on passports.
Yes, we arrange interpreters for Brazilian as well as European Portuguese. Tell us where the speakers are from and we match the interpreter to that variety where we can, confirming before you book.
They are one language, but pronunciation, everyday words and forms of address differ, and European Portuguese can be harder for Brazilians to follow at first. For a meeting it is better to tell us the variety so the interpreter sounds natural to your guests.
Not reliably. Spanish and Portuguese speakers can follow simple talk, but not a negotiation, a medical consultation or a contract with the precision those need. Book a Portuguese interpreter.
Yes, Portuguese–Arabic and Portuguese–English can both be arranged; direct Portuguese–Arabic is confirmed before booking. Tell us which language each participant speaks so we plan the set-up before the day.
Interpreting is quoted per booking and our rates are confidential. A day with a football club, a supplier inspection trip and a hospital appointment are each quoted on their own terms, and matching Brazilian or European Portuguese is part of the booking. Portuguese document translation is AED 250 per page + VAT.
Yes, for contract meetings, medicals, inductions, training and media days, as single bookings or a run of days. Interpreting the conversation is not legal advice; the player's own advisers handle that.
Yes. Brasília is seven hours behind the UAE all year, and Lisbon four hours behind in winter and three in summer, so a UAE afternoon is a Brazilian morning. We book the interpreter for that window and confirm the variety before the call.
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Tell us whether your guests are from Brazil, Portugal or Lusophone Africa, and send the schedule. We confirm a Portuguese interpreter and a quote on WhatsApp, and translate the documents that follow.