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Especialización

Additional work areas: Art/Crafts/Painting • Automotive Industry/Cars & Trucks • Botany • Cinema, Film, TV, Drama • Cosmetics/Beauty • Engineering: Mechanical/Automation&Robotics • Fashion / Textiles / Clothing • Gastronomy • Industry and Technology (general) • Literature / Poetry • Machinery & Tools • Management • Manufacturing • Marketing / Market Research / Retail • Science (general) • Sports / Recreation / Fitness • Transportation / Transport / Shipping

About me

I am a freelance translator based in Asti, Italy. I have been working full time since 1997, offering professional translation and editing/proofreading services from English to Italian.

Experience

11 years' experience as freelance translator. Ongoing cooperation with leading translation agencies worldwide. References available upon request.

Specializations

Consumer Electronics

Translation of user guides and general documentation about:
TVs, DVDs, MP3 players, games consoles, printers and supplies, satellite navigators, air conditioning, mobile phones,
microwave ovens and cooking robots.
End customers include: Sony, HP, Alpine, Toshiba, Samsung, Kenwood, Sanyo, Sharp, Ricoh, Minolta, etc.

Photography

Translation of camera user guides and localization of photoediting software for leading manufacturers.
End customers include: Nikon, Canon, Fujifilm, Ricoh, Tamron (lenses), Samsung, Vinten (tripods).

Computing

Translation & localization, hardware & software. End customers include: Dell, Microsoft, Symantec, TrendMicro.
Marketing, Management, Quality Manuals, Company Newsletters, Surveys, etc.
End customers include: HP, Dow Chemical, Timken, Rockwood, Cadbury Schweppes, McDonald's, BMW, Rockwell Automation, etc.

Precision Instruments

Translation of user guides for: level & flow measurement tools, metrology software for bearings, microscopes.
End customers include: Endress+Hauser, Taylor Hobson, Leica.

Mechanics & Machine Tools

Translation of user guides and general documentation about: capping and packaging machines, barcode raeders, automotive, pumps, CNC machining centers, grinders, milling machines, spinning lathes, wood working machines.
End customers include: Pressco, Grundfos, Sandvik.

Art

Translation and editing of articles and essays.
End customers include: Allemandi (articles for the Italian edition of The Art Newspaper) and UNICEF.

Tourism

Translation of brochures and localization of Web sites for European hotels.

Food & wine

Translation of marketing materials for local producers.

Published Books

• Una giornata con Picasso (A Day with Picasso), Billy Klüver, awaiting publication, Allemandi, Torino.
• The Paradise Institute, essays for the XLIX Venice Biennale, Plug In Editions, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2001.
• Islam, D. Waines, Le Lettere, 1998, Firenze, group translation.
• Upgrade PC, M. Soper, P. Norton, Jackson Libri, 2002, group translation.
• Teoria e pratica delle misure di livello (Theory and Practice of Level Measurement), Wim van de Kamp, Endress+Hauser, 2002.

Education

University of Turin. Graduated in 1997 with honors. B.A. in Modern Languages (English and German), specializing in translation.

SETL - European School of Literary Translation, Turin, 1996. Diploma in literary translation from American English.

Liceo Scientifico "F. Vercelli", Asti, 1992. High school with emphasis on scientific subjects.

Memberships

AITI (Italian Association of Translators and Interpreters). Accredited in 1999 as scientific/technical translator.

Insurances

Professional liability insurance covering the risk of legal assessments caused by service or professional mistakes.

Interests

English and Irish literature, contemporary art, yoga, hiking & travelling.

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