Highlights

• Freelance translator, proofreader and linguistic consultant

Education

September 30th – October 2nd 2005
Conference on literary translation “III Giornate della Traduzione Letteraria”
University of Urbino (Italy)

June 2004 – June 2005
Training course “Il nuovo traduttore letterario” SETL (European School of Literary Translation)
Fondazione Idis/Città della Scienza, Napoli
Courses on: translation from Spanish into Italian held by professional translators; creative writing; editing; information technology and publishing. Meetings and seminars with writers and representatives of the main Italian publishing houses.

1999 - 2005
University Degree in Translation
University of Bologna, S.S.I.T.
(Faculty of Translation and Interpreting)
Dissertation thesis: “Anita and Me e il cinema della diaspora indiana: una proposta di traduzione”. Work on a translation proposal for the dubbing of the Anglo-Indian film “Anita & Me” by Meera Syal.
Mark: 108/110

September 2003 – March 2004
Erasmus exchange project
University of Warwick, UK


November 2004
Cambridge BEC (Higher)
Business English Certificate
British Council, Napoli (Italy)

Professional Experience

2005-
Freelance English-Italian and Spanish-Italian translator and proofreader.

September 2005 –
Zanichelli S.p.a.
Main activities and responsibilities: linguistic revision and lexicographic research for the Italian-English English-Italian dictionaries Ragazzini 2007 and Ragazzini-Biagi Concise (both published in June 2006); technical translations for illustrations; linguistic revision of a forthcoming Spanish course for Windows. Ongoing editorial work on the Ragazzini dictionary.

Oct. 2005 – Feb. 2006
Eventi In Stile, public relations services agency
Stewardess for GiroTp, a guided bus tour of the city of Bologna, organized by ATC, the local transport company.

April 2005 – June 2005
Internship at the publishing house Zanichelli S.p.a, editorial office, lexicographic section
Main activities and responsibilities: linguistic revision and lexicographic research; proofreading; text revision; linguistic advice; business correspondence with foreign publishing houses. Contribution to several publications: Ragazzini 2007 Italian-English English-Italian dictionary; Ragazzini-Biagi Concise (Fourth edition) English-Italian Italian-English dictionary; Atlante Zanichelli 2007, the forthcoming Spanish-Italian, Italian-Spanish dictionary.

March 2005
Internship at Studio Staff Napoli S.r.l.
Main activities and responsibilities: processing and on-line publication of a project for an e-learning course of Spanish for beginners.

Translator's Corner History & Ratings

Detailed Ratings

Languages Spoken

• English
• Spanish
• Italian

Sworn Status

• Translator is not Sworn

Services Offered

• English to Italian Proofreading
• Spanish to Italian Proofreading
• English to Italian Translation
• Spanish to Italian Translation

Translation Specialties

• Art
• Film
• Literature - Children's
• Literature - Fiction
• Literature
• Literature - Theory & Criticism
• Musical Instruments
• Music
• International Development
• Human Resources
• Hotel Management
• Computer Hardware
• Software Localization
• Website Localization
• Education
• Depositions
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Travel & Tourism
• Linguistics
• Political Science
• Sociology
• Multimedia
• Telecommunications
• Television & Radio

Software I have

• Adobe Acrobat
• Adobe Photoshop
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Wordfast