BACKGROUND

I am a qualified translator and former university researcher and lecturer in the area of language technologies.

I specialise in academic translation for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (Linguistics, Sociology, Psychology, Law, Political Sciences, History, Literature, Geology). Further fields of expertise include: Tourism and Marketing (esp. web-based).

Through academic publications and collaboration with scientific journals, I have extensive editorial, copy-editing and writing experience in Italian, English and Spanish.

My academic work and translations have been published, among others, by Bononia University Press, FrancoAngeli, Peter Lang, and Ma.Gi. Edizioni.

EDUCATION

Jan 05 – June 08 PhD in Linguistics, Università di Bologna (Italy)

Sept 96 – March 02 BA (Hons) and MA in Translation, Advanced School of Modern Languages for Interpreters and Translators, SSLMIT, Università di Bologna (Italy)

I also studied/researched at:

July 08 – Oct 08 Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain)
Sept 06 – Dec 06 Lancaster University (UK)
Aug 05 – Sept 05 Universidad Internacional M. Pelayo, Santander (Spain)
Sept 02 – Dec 02 University of California at Los Angeles (USA)
Sept 00 – June 01 University of California at Los Angeles (USA)
Sept 98 – June 99 Universidad de Granada (Spain)

FURTHER FIELDS OF SPECIALISATION

- Economics, Marketing, HR, Financial.
- IT (software documentation).
- Legal, Work Permit, Immigration.
- Automotive.
- Website localisation (Education).
- Media, Press releases.
- Subtitling, Documentaries (Biography, Literary).
- Literary (Autobiography, Correspondence).

PEOPLE I HAVE WORKED WITH Bononia University Press Edizioni Iris Edizioni Ma.Gi. FrancoAngeli Edizioni Peter Lang La Bottega dell'Elefante Cineforum Teramo MediAzioni Languages in Contrast InTRAlinea Corpora International Journal of English Studies Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Centro Euro-Mediterraneo per i Cambiamenti Climatici Booking.com Internet Web Solutions Marina di Loano Star Management Dayco srl