Since 2012 I have been working as a translator, first as an employee and later as a freelance translator, and have translated more than 400,000 words, providing a translation, proofreading, post-editing and localization service of technical documents and marketing texts.

TYPES OF DOCUMENT TRANSLATED:

Marketing texts: Website and brochures, Press releases, Presentations, newsletters, invitations, Product descriptions, Product catalogues, Description catalogues, Promoting information campaigns.

Technical documents: Operating Instructions, Maintenance and assembly instructions, Installation manuals, Technical data sheets, Programming manuals, Safety instructions, Surveys. 

FIELDS OF EXPERTISE AND PROJECTS:

Technology, Environment, Energy, Electrical Engineering and Electronics: Equipment and Connection Technology, Switch cabinets, wiring system, Compact machine landing page, Round balers, Technical Specifications for Tube Welding Line, Elevator Station and Pallet Storage Units, Pallet transportation systems, Safety instructions on Toothed Belts drives, Storage and retrieval machines, Control panels, Technical Specification for Electrical Equipment, General design data of Electrical equipment, Acceptance test of tube welding line, Documentation for equipment supply, Exhaust Aftertreatment Systems, Scope of equipment for Machine/foundation cover as walking platforms, Telescopic handlers, Roll location plan, Outlet grille with a hit-and-miss damper, Leak Test Systems, Electrostatic filters, Measuring cycles, Uses of agriculture machinery and tools, New wheel loaders, Standard procedures for filling seed hoppers, cleaning the separation units and orienting the tools, Overview of the faults, Seed distribution systems, Zero emission construction machines, Particulate Filters, Installation declarations for incomplete machines, Household appliances, Construction machinery, Recycling fluorescent lamps, Metal lathes, Material safety data sheets, Biofuel technology, Global warming, Throttle valves, Global Warming, Nuclear decommissioning.

IT and software localization: Graphics tablets, stylus, Routine Maintenance Planner courses, Controlling Enquirer courses, Diagnostic list, Diagnostic software, CRM Guidelines, IT Systems, Software localization, Software strings, Warranty statement, Important Product Information, Software procedures, User manuals, Classic voice and modern voice, User interface, Gaming translations.

Biomedicine and Pharmacology: Patient information leaflets, Informed consent forms, Papers, Scientific articles, Summaries of product characteristics, Instructions for Use of Ophthalmic surgical microscopes.

Other: Employee surveys, household appliances, Road Show presentation, Website success stories for gardening and landscaping companies, Interim certificates, Changes in the Equipment programmes, Information on Data protection and the Use of Personal data, Recommendations, tips and tricks for using household appliances, Website descriptions of household appliances, home care and personal care products. 

Employment as a Translator and Customer Service Manager

From September 2012 to August 2016 I worked in an E-commerce company where I also dealt with writing textual contents and translations of websites (EN-DE <> IT) for different companies in the Fashion and Entertainment Industries.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

-  April 2020 - September 2020, Postgraduate course on Specialized translation ENG > IT on Biomedicine and Pharmacology (ICoN Consortium, Universities of Genoa and Pisa, Italy).

- November 2019, 6-hour on-demand Medical translation course organized by STL Formazione.

- April 2019, TradPro 2019: One-day networking and training conference for translators, interpreters and language specialists in Pordenone, Italy.

EDUCATION

- Postgraduate 1-year course on specialized translation ENG > IT at the ICoN Consortium (Universities of Pisa, Genoa and Bari) in the following domains: IT and Software Localization, Technology, Environment and Energy.

- Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Modern and Contemporary Western Languages and Literature, Ca' Foscari University of Venice. Languages: English, German and Swedish.