Working Languages

Mother tongue: Italian
Target language: Italian
Source languages: English, French, German, Spanish

Main language pairs: EN>IT | FR>IT | DE>IT | ES>IT

Professional Profile

Senior Translator, Legal Linguist, Localization Specialist & QA Reviewer with 28+ years of professional experience

BA in Translation and Interpreting | SDL Trados Certified | ProZ.com Certified PRO

Full-time professional translator since 1998, with extensive experience in legal, judicial, institutional, technical, IT/software, intellectual property, life sciences/pharmaceutical, medical, financial, automotive and marketing content.

I provide professional translation, full MT post-editing (MTPE), proofreading, linguistic review, quality assurance (QA), terminology management and localization services, primarily into Italian.

My experience combines long-standing expertise as a senior freelance linguist with extensive work for international corporations, translation companies, technology companies, public institutions and EU bodies.

I have worked on projects for and/or involving organisations and companies such as European Parliament, EMA, EUIPO, Microsoft, Google, Cisco, Amazon, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Oura, Lingsoft, Morningside/Questel and other international organisations and LSPs.

Core Specialisations

Legal & Judicial

• Legal translation and revision
• Judicial and court documentation
• Arbitration and arbitral awards
• Contracts and agreements
• Procedural documents
• Court and institutional documents
• International judicial cooperation
• Cross-border legal documentation
• Intellectual property proceedings
• Patents, trademarks and designs
• IP filing and prosecution support documentation
• Legal correspondence
• Notarial acts
• Corporate and commercial documentation
• Regulatory and compliance documentation

Sworn Court Translator at the Court of Nocera Inferiore since 2004.

European & Institutional

Extensive experience with EU institutional terminology and documentation, including work for the European Parliament DG TRAD.

Experience includes:

• Parliamentary texts and amendments
• Draft resolutions
• Committee documentation
• Legislative and regulatory texts
• Institutional communications
• EU policies and programmes
• International relations documentation
• Environmental and climate-related legislation
• Trade and economic documentation
• EU terminology and reference resources

Experienced in working with IATE, EUR-Lex and EU institutional terminology.

Intellectual Property

Specialist experience in:

• Patents
• Trademarks
• Designs
• Patent-related technical documentation
• Trademark filing and prosecution documentation
• IP disputes and proceedings
• EUIPO-related documentation
• Patent specifications
• Claims and descriptions
• Legal-linguistic IP research
• IP terminology and terminology consistency

I also provide outsourced legal-linguistic research and IP support for law firms, trademark practices and corporate clients.

Life Sciences, Medical & Pharmaceutical

Extensive experience in:

• Pharmaceuticals
• Medical devices
• In-vitro diagnostics (IVD)
• Clinical and regulatory documentation
• Medical documentation
• Healthcare and wellness
• Patient/user-facing content
• Regulatory affairs
• Instructions for use (IFUs)
• Product documentation
• Safety documentation
• Clinical and scientific material

Projects have included work for Thermo Fisher Scientific, Lingsoft, Morningside/Questel, Oura and other international life-science clients.

IT, Software & Localization

More than 28 years of experience in technology and software-related translation and localization, including:

• Software localization
• Applications and mobile apps
• UI strings
• Web applications
• Digital products
• Online help
• User interfaces
• Technical documentation
• Cloud/software services
• Consumer and enterprise technology
• Hardware/software products
• Telecom
• Networking
• Automation and industrial technology
• PLCs and process control
• Technical support content
• In-context localization
• Localization QA and linguistic testing

Experience includes projects for major technology companies including Microsoft, Google, Cisco and Amazon, as well as specialised software and digital-product localization projects.

Technical & Industrial

• Industrial machinery
• Automation
• PLCs
• Process control
• Plant engineering
• Machine tools
• Manufacturing
• Electronics
• Telecommunications
• Networking infrastructure
• Consumer electronics
• Office equipment
• Automotive technology
• Technical manuals
• Installation and maintenance documentation
• Safety documentation
• Product specifications
• Data sheets
• Training materials

Automotive

Experience with:

• Automotive technology
• Vehicle systems
• Automotive components
• Technical documentation
• User documentation
• Diagnostic and service material
• Digital/connected vehicle applications
• Automotive marketing and product content

Financial & Commercial

• Financial documentation
• Banking and financial services
• Corporate documentation
• Commercial agreements
• Marketing and advertising
• Product documentation
• Business communications
• Financial-related products and services

Translation & Localization Services

I provide:

• Professional translation
• Full human-quality MTPE
• Proofreading
• Revision and editing
• Linguistic QA
• Terminology review
• Software localization
• Website localization
• App localization
• UI/UX linguistic review
• In-context review
• DTP/post-DTP linguistic review
• Terminology management
• Consistency checks
• AI-assisted translation workflows
• Translation quality assessment

For MTPE projects, I do not limit the work to correcting obvious machine errors: the objective is to deliver a professionally readable, accurate and contextually appropriate Italian text, with terminology, style, syntax and consistency reviewed throughout.

Quality Assurance & Review

Particular expertise in complex QA and revision workflows involving:

• Terminology
• Numbers and dates
• Units of measurement
• Names and references
• Tags and placeholders
• Variables
• Formatting
• Punctuation
• Consistency
• Untranslated content
• Source/target correspondence
• Legal terminology
• Client-specific terminology
• EU institutional terminology
• Software/UI constraints

I have also worked extensively as a translator for European Parliament DG TRAD assignments.

CAT, Localization & Technology Tools

CAT / Translation Technology

• Trados Studio 2024/2026
• Trados Cloud / Translation Memories
• Trados Enterprise
• memoQ
• Phrase
• MateCat
• Passolo
• Lokalise
• Xbench
• Juremy
• IATE / EUR-Lex terminology resources

Software & Localization

• Passolo
• Software localization environments
• Cloud-based localization platforms
• XML/HTML-based content
• Web and application localization
• UI/in-context translation workflows

Office / DTP / Technical

• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• FrameMaker
• PageMaker and other DTP environments
• HTML/XML
• PDF workflows
• Database and spreadsheet environments

I am highly experienced in adapting to client-specific CAT, TMS, localization and QA environments.

AI-Assisted Translation & MTPE

I have extensive practical experience working with machine translation, AI-assisted translation and post-editing workflows, while maintaining professional human linguistic responsibility for the final output.

My approach combines: AI/MT efficiency + professional human linguistic expertise + terminology + CAT/TM + QA

This is particularly useful for large-volume projects requiring controlled terminology, consistency and accelerated turnaround while maintaining professional quality standards.

I also have a strong technical interest and practical experience in local LLM/AI workflows, translation automation and AI-assisted linguistic QA.

Professional Experience

1998–Present — Senior Freelance Translator / Linguist / Project Manager

Full-time professional translator and language-services professional working with international translation companies, direct corporate clients, technology companies, public institutions and EU-related organisations.