Jacob J. Pierce is a Cuban national who has resided in Brazil for more than 15 years. He is a
translator and interpreter of professional conferences in Portuguese, Spanish and English and is fully
bilingual in Spanish and Portuguese. Jacob is a professor of Hebrew, Portuguese and Spanish. He is
also a proficient technical, literary and medical translator of Portuguese, Spanish and English. Currently
Jacob is offering specialised Spanish courses for Brazilian advertising and business executives, as well
as classes in Portuguese in Madrid for Spanish business executives wishing to do business in Brazil.

Jacob has a master’s degree in protocol, event organization and institutional relations from the
School of International Protocol at the University of Miguel Hernández, in Madrid. He also holds a
doctorate in Spanish philology from the University of Zaragoza Spain, has a degree in translation and
interpretation from the University of Gama Filho in Rio de Janeiro, and holds a degree in writing from
the University of Rio de Janeiro.

Mr. Pierce belongs to a select group of professional interpreters in Brazil, who specialize in
presidential and ministerial affairs. Over the years he has gained extensive experience working with
various presidents, ministers and national and international authorities in many different countries,
often accompanying them in their private meetings and presentations.

Jacob has also been the interpreter of renowned international figures in the literary field such as the
Colombian poet and writer William Ospina, the famous Cuban writer Pedro Juan Gutierrez, the
Spanish writer Enrique Vila-Matas, Brazilian writers Ventura Zuenir and Rubem Fonseca and Brazilian
intellectuals Frei Betto and Leonardo Boff among others. He has also translated the great American
linguist Noam Chomsky. Jacob has worked directly with presidents and ministers from more than 15
countries in Cuba, Brazil and Spain. He has gathered a vast range of experience in the field with over
3000 hours of simultaneous interpretation, high-level meetings of major international companies, as
well as experience working in several diverse events. My Website: www.jacobjpierce.com