She has translated many notable works from German into Portuguese and her awards include the Goethe Medal in 2006.
Her first degree was in German studies which she obtained from the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon.
For her master's degree she again studied in Lisbon but this time in the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
[1] Their work has included the plays of Bertolt Brecht, German Tankred Dorst, American Sam Shepard, the Irish playwright Conor McPherson, Austrian Werner Schwab, Botho Strauss,[1] American Eugene O'Neill, British playwright Shelagh Delaney, Canadian Carole Fréchette and William Shakespeare.
[1] The German award was made on 22 March which is Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's date of Death.