Portuguese Language
Translation Services
TLS offers professional, high quality
English to Portuguese translations and Portuguese to English translations.
Our team consists of expert Portuguese translators. All translators
specialize in different fields such as legal, medical, financial,
technical and others.
TLS' translation teams consist of professional
linguists who work on a variety of documents, including:
- Patents and legal documents
- Brochures and Catalogues
- Packaging materials
- Software
- Multimedia
- Websites
- Reports
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About the Portuguese Language
Portuguese or língua portuguesa) is a Romance
language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain) and northern
Portugal from the Latin spoken by romanized Celtiberians about
1000 years ago. It spread worldwide in the 15th and 16th centuries
as Portugal established a colonial and commercial empire (1415–1999)
which spanned from Brazil in the Americas to Goa in India and
Macau in China. During that time, many creole languages based
on Portuguese also appeared around the world, especially in Africa,
Asia and the Caribbean.
Today it is one of the world's major languages,
ranked sixth according to number of native speakers (over 200
million). It is the language with the largest number of speakers
in South America (188 million, over 51% of the continent's population),
and also a major lingua franca in Africa. It is the official language
of nine countries (see the table on the right), being co-official
with Spanish and French in Equatorial Guinea, with Chinese in
the Chinese special administrative region of Macau, and with Tetum
in East Timor.
In July 2007, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema announced
his government's decision to make Portuguese Equatorial Guinea's
third official language, in order to meet the requirements to
apply for full membership of the Community of Portuguese Language
Countries. This upgrading from its current Associate Observer
condition would result in Equatorial Guinea being able to access
several professional and academic exchange programs and the facilitation
of cross-border circulation of citizens. Its application is currently
being assessed by other CPLP members.
Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes once called Portuguese
"the sweet language", whereas Brazilian writer Olavo
Bilac poetically described it as a última flor do Lácio,
inculta e bela: "the last flower of Latium, wild and beautiful".
Source:Wikipedia
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