Hi, I am Cátia Cassiano

I am a NAATI Certified Translator, Chartered Linguist, Mentor and Translation Entrepreneur. I live in Sydney, Australia and I am the founder of Updated Words Translations.

Recently, I have started a new chapter in my career. In addition to the mentoring I provide here at school, I have also become a Mentor at the AUSIT Mentoring Program. Through the program, I can help my mentees start their businesses and flourish in this wonderful profession I love.

Recently, I have started yet, another chapter in my life, as a language teacher. This was suggested to me by an acquaintance who was also interested in learning Portuguese. So, I accepted the challenge and here I am!

My motivation

When I started my career, there were not many options to help translators, or at least I was not aware of them. So, I had to venture into the world on my own and answer all those questions in my mind by myself. It was hard.

As I started running my business I thought I could help my colleagues one day. If I could help them answer those questions, they would reach their full potential faster and have a successful career. This was the motivation behind this school.

The Language Courses show my love and respect for the Portuguese Language. Unfortunately, in the last decade, the Portuguese Language has not been loved or respected by those who are elected to do so. The Orthographic Agreement of 1990 means that the Portuguese are now encouraged to write and speak the Brazillian variant of the language, which obviously is wrong and inadequate. Just imagine if you forced the British to speak and write American English! They claim they wanted to unify the language. As a linguist, I don't think you unify languages, they are 'living beings", you let them grow and fly away with the culture of the countries where they are spoken. So this was my motivation, helping those who want to learn Portuguese, to do it with a native speaker who can teach them the real Portuguese.

My tools

The experience I've gained over the last 14 years of my career became my most powerful tool. Although I have no magical potion or formula for success, I've got 14 years of running a business and working in this industry.

These 14 years were made of achievements and failures, hardships and prosperous times and all of it is part of who I am today and the entrepreneur I have become.

I use it all to empower you to keep going and never give up. Never fear failure, for failure leads to learning and that keeps you moving forward. I also want you to use my failures to your advantage, avoiding making those mistakes and going straight through to your success.

For my language students, I provide them with my native speaker knowledge. I want them to learn the same way I did growing up.

My absolute goal

Most of all I want to see my students and mentees well-established in this profession, running a profitable business, and being very successful and happy in their careers. I want my language students to be able to write and speak Portuguese fluently, so they can maintain a conversation with a native speaker like me.

For me, your success is my absolute goal, that is why I created all of this and why I am here to help you anytime you need me.

I strongly believe that mentorship is a long-term relationship, so it won't finish at the end of the program or course. I will be here to help you anytime you need me.

So, whether you looking for language learning, academic guidance or business mentorship, you can always count on me to help you get there. I am just one click away!

So come with me on this journey, I will be with you every step of the way!