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March 2024: Technical specification of a particular type of food packaging; product descriptions of designer light fittings; various project descriptions written by an architect; a very long report on the energy retrofit of Italy's residential buildings stock. February: technical descriptions of designer light fittings; an architect's report on an upgrade to a school building; a very large analytical report on incentivisations for energy upgrades to residential buildings in Italy January: various small jobs + a very large set of documents comprised a Bill of Quantities and associated Excel files for a large restaurant on Lake Garda December 2023: various technical descriptions of light fittings; the text of a long interview with a famous Italian architect; the Bill of Quantities for the electrical systems of a new restaurant. November: a very long, badly written Bill of Quantities for the electrical system of a building refurnishment. PLUS various technical info sheets detailing the specifications for various light fittings. October: a very long scholarly essay, for a private client, on the architecture of the 1930s in the Italian colonies. This has taken all month and isn't finished yet. For publication as a book (the Author hopes) September was busy: reports on architecture and construction projects, plus a manual for an industrial machine August is always a very quiet month because Italians take a long break, but I've been busy translating the Introduction to a book about historic architecture in China. 1 user1 user (edited) Update July 2023: a series of articles for publication in an upmarket interiors magazine; 3 technical reports on the construction / refurbishment of large distribution warehouses May 2023: more architects' reports about their projects; a series of articles for a design magazine; a very challenging academic paper on traditional Chinese architecture of a particular kind April 2023: a more or less continuous flow of architects' project reports; descriptions of lighting fittings; various articles for an upmarket design & interiors magazine; and a very large technical manual for an industrial water purification machine Update 31.03.2023: another month of translating architects' reports about their projects - from large urban developments to the design of light fittings for internal and external use. Additionally, a long academic paper on the philosophy and ethics of architectural restoration. Update 28.02.2023: a massive academic paper about philosophy and landscape. Dancing-on-the-head-of-a-pin stuff. Every paragraph took an hour or more. Apart from that, just a few short magazine articles and an architect's technical report about a new building. Update 31 Jan 2023: internal corporate communications (confidential) for a major fashion brand; manufacturer's descriptions of lighting fittings by important Italian designers; technical documentation about the components supplied by an Italian steel and metalworking company for high-rise buildings in New York City; architects' project reports; etc. 1 user December 2022 monthly update: reports about various projects by a well-known architectural practice based in Milan. Translations of legal documents involving property/real estate. Various articles for an upmarket architecture and design magazine. Etc. 1 user
Update: architect's reports on a forthcoming development in the Balkans, on sustainable design principles. Interesting stuff. Other documents on lighting fixtures, interiors, etc. Update: more technical descriptions of light fittings; architectural reports, specifications, etc. Update: technical description of lighting design for an Italian design manufacturer; a detailed academic paper describing the architectural criteria for a project to recover a historic fortress and bring it back into re-use for the public good; a "fantasy" project by a Sicilian architect for the protection, from future wars, of the artistic assets of the world's great museums; a large quantity of Excel spreadsheets describing the technical components of a range of construction materials. 1 user (edited) Ongoing translations of various kinds: academic papers, architects' reports about their projects, technical spreadsheets about construction products, etc. etc. Over the past month or so: a continuous stream (including at weekends) of official press releases for a government department; a large Bill of Quantities for the refurbishment of an early XX century villa and grounds Power of Attorney for a member of the Board of a large international company A constant avalanche of press releases for an official body Multiple legal and commercial documents for the launch of a new international Italian company Recent work includes, inter alia, translating a large amount of very technically challenging and not well-written text for the website of an architectural firm (edited) In the past month: lots of press releases for government bodies; a series of magazine articles about sailing ships; and a very large, very challenging technical brochure describing all the design and construction processes for a very large industrial complex The latest in a series of instruction booklets for constructing a scale model of a famous sailing ship. A very long Bill of Quantities for the refurbishment of a luxury villa and gardens on the Côte d'Azur. Work to be carried out by an Italian contractor In the past few weeks: official government documents; more Bills of Quantities; technical details of printing machines; distribution contracts for magazines and newspapers; instructions for assembling a model ship; etc. An architect's report describing a very large infrastructure project in southern Italy The military record of a deceased Italian gentleman (demobilised 1920) A very large collection of technical documents for an Italian manufacturer of special products for anti-seismic strengthening of buildings. In the past few weeks: a PR document recounting the history of an industrial firm; a Bill of Quantities for alteration works to a 19th century villa; a press release about a new range of designer tapware; etc. etc. In the past week or so: assembly instructions for a model sailing ship; a PPT file for an advertising company; the history of a company that sells petroleum products; etc. 1 user1 user A large PowerPoint presentation by a media company illustrating their concept for a Covid-19-related Christmas Holidays smartphone application intended for children of up to 12 years old. Introduction, blurb, essays, and illustration captions for a book about industrial architecture in Emilia-Romagna A bill of quantities for an air conditioning system and associated building work (edited) An academic paper on Covid-19: the responses of architects and city planners Ongoing work translating the instructions for assembling model cars, boats, etc. Fun! In the past few days: tender documents for an international aid organisation; a series of articles for an upmarket interiors and design magazine; a legal document setting out the General Conditions of Sale for franchisees of the products of a company; and the Bill of Quantities for the construction of a luxury swimming pool Lots of small projects (construction, architecture, architectural history & theory, interior design, etc.), too numerous to describe one by one. (edited) Various small projects (Bills of Quantities, press releases etc.) and one large project; an academic book on literary culture in 16th. century Italy 1 user A scholarly essay on the idea of Eden in landscape architecture. A series of scholarly articles for a magazine of architectural theory A brochure for a large engineering company, describing its sustainability policies 1 user A series of articles for an upmarket architecture/design/interiors magazine 1 user A series of press releases for an Italian government website- all done urgently (within an hour for each) |
