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Professional Experience |
1999-Present
Freelance translator
Currently working on a wide range of texts for British and Italian publishers. My latest published work is the Italian translation of Robert Sharenow's "The Berlin Boxing Club" ["La stella nel pugno", Piemme, Milano, 2012, ISBN 9788856620528].
A detailed list of all my published works is available on request.
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SELECTED RECENT TRANSLATIONS
2012
*Sarah Khan (with illustrations by Sarah Horne), Dinosaur Quiz Cards, Usborne, London, 2012 (in progress)
2011
* Rob Lloyd Jones, Gill Harvey, Jane Bingham, Susanna Davidson (with illustrations by Alan Marks, Peter Dennis, Adam Stower), Illustrated Classics for Boys, Usborne, London, 2008 (in progress)
* Robert Sharenow, The Berlin Boxing Club, HarperTeen, New York, 2011 (La stella nel pugno, Piemme, 2012, ISBN 9788856620528)
* Russell Punter (with illustrations by Philip Webb), Christmas Stories for Little Children, Usborne, London, 2010 (out for Christmas 2011)
* Kevin Brooks, Black Rabbit Summer, Puffin Books, London, 2008 (out in 2001)
2010
* Gary Paulsen, Hatchet, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1999 [1987] (out in 2011)
* Rebecca Levene, The Three Musketeers (based on the novel by A. Dumas), Usborne, London, 2009 (Giovani lettori Usborne: I tre Moschettieri, out in 2011)
* Robert Westall, The Kingdom by the Sea, Harper Collins Children's Books, London, 2009 [1990] (La grande avventura, Piemme, 2011, ISBN 9788856615739)
* Jackson Pearce, Sisters Red, Little Brown and Co, New York, 2010 (Cacciatrici, Piemme, 2011, ISBN 9788856613483)
2009
* Gill Harvey, Crime and Detection, Usborne, London, 2007 (Crimini e indagini, Usborne, 2010, ISBN 9781409513568)
* [No writer name given], Football Sticker Book, Usborne, London, 2009 (Libri con adesivi Usborne - Il calcio, Usborne, 2010, ISBN 9781409515395)
* Eva Ibbotson, The Dragonfly Pool, Pan McMillan, London, 2008 (Lo specchio delle libellule, Salani, 2010, ISBN 9788862561297)
* Neal Shusterman, Unwind, Simon & Schuster, New York, 2007 (Unwind - La divisione, Piemme, 2010, ISBN 9788856602203)
* Russell Punter, Stories of Robots, Usborne, London, 2006 (Racconti di robot, Usborne, 2010, ISBN 9781409513483)
* Graphic novels and comics collections for Planeta DeAgostini and Magic Press:
DMZ: The Hidden War (DMZ 5: La guerra nascosta, 2009)
Jack of Fables: Americana (Jack of Fables 4: Americana, 2009)
2008
* Anthony McCarten, Death of a Superhero, Alma Books, Richmond, 2006 (Morte di un supereroe, Salani, 2009, ISBN 9788884519627)
* David Almond, Skellig, Hodder, London, 1998 (Skellig, Salani, 2009, ISBN 9788862560429)
* Eva Ibbotson, The Secret Countess, Picador, London, 1981-2007 (La contessa segreta, Salani, 2009, ISBN 9788884519832)
* Laura Howell, Weather & Climate Change, Usborne, London, 2007 (Meteorologia e cambiamenti climatici, Usborne, 2009, ISBN 9781409502586)
* Lucy Eyre, If Minds Had Toes, Bloomsbury, London, 2007 (Se la mente avesse occhi, Salani, 2008, ISBN 9788884519030)
* Susan Hubbard, The Society of S, Simon & Schuster, New York, 2007 (Il sodalizio del sangue, Salani, 2008, ISBN 9788884518637)
* Rob Lloyd Jones, See Inside Ancient Egypt, Usborne, London, 2007 (I segreti dell’antico Egitto, Usborne, out in 2009)
* Graphic novels and comics collections for Planeta DeAgostini and Magic Press:
Scalped: Dead Mothers (Scalped 3: Madri morte, 2009)
DMZ: Friendly Fire (DMZ 4: Fuoco amico, 2009)
Scalped: Casino Boogie (Scalped 2: Casino Boogie, 2009)
Jack of Fables: The Bad Prince (Jack of Fables 3: Il cattivo principe, 2008)
Vinyl Underground: Watching The Detectives (out in 2009)
Jack of Fables: Jack of Hearts (Jack of Fables 2: Jack di Cuori, 2008)
Scalped: Indian Country (Scalped 1: Nazione indiana, 2008)
DMZ: Public Works (DMZ 3: Lavori pubblici, 2008)
2007
* Phoebe Damrosch, Service Included, William Morrow, New York, 2007 (Servizio compreso, Ponte alle Grazie, 2008, ISBN 9788879289115)
* Martine Leavitt, Heck Superhero, Front Street, Honesdale, 2004 (Bella la mia vita da supereroe, Salani, 2008, ISBN 9788884516480)
* Anne Fine, Frozen Billy, Doubleday, London, 2004 (Bifreddo, Lucy Secca e lo zio ventriloquo, Salani, 2008, ISBN 9788884515575)
* Rob Lloyd Jones, 1001 Pirate Things To Spot, Usborne, London, 2007 (1000 cose da trovare nel paese dei pirati, Usborne, 2008, ISBN 9780746093894)
* Brian Kolodiejchuk (ed.), Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light, Doubleday, New York, 2007 (Sii la mia luce, Rizzoli, 2008, ISBN 9788817019286 – I translated chapters 8, 9, 13 and the appendices)
* Rob Lloyd Jones and Jörg Mühle, See Inside Pirate Ships, Usborne, London (I segreti delle navi pirata, Usborne, 2008, ISBN 9780746092866)
* Yael Goldstein, Overture, Doubleday, 2006 (Preludio, Ponte alle Grazie, 2007, ISBN 9788879288125)
* Anne Fine, Charm School, Doubleday, 1999 (Charm School, Salani, 2007, ISBN 9788877829016)
* Rosie Dickins, The Children's Book of Art, Usborne, London, 2005 (Primi passi nell’arte, Usborne, 2007, ISBN 978074608339-0)
* Graphic novels and comics collections for Planeta DeAgostini and Magic Press:
Clive Barker’s The Thief of Always (La casa delle vacanze, 2007)
DMZ: On the Ground (DMZ 1: Inviato speciale, 2007)
Popeye: "I yam what I yam!" (Popeye Vol. 1: Braccio di Ferro, 2007)
DMZ: Body of a Journalist (DMZ 3: Il corpo di un giornalista, 2008)
Loveless: Blackwater Falls (Loveless 3: La caduta di Blackwater, 2009)
Jack of Fables: The (Nearly) Great Escape (Jack of Fables 1: La (quasi) grande fuga, 2008)
2006
* Michael Raleigh, The Blue Moon Circus, Sourcebooks Landmark, 2003 (Salani, out in 2008)
* Rodman Philbrick, The Last Book in the Universe, Blue Sky Press – Scholastic, 2000 (L’ultimo libro dell’universo, Salani, 2006, ISBN 8884517265)
* Michael Moorcock, “Introduction” (“Un moderno visionario”, along with two more essays by Mike Carey and Paul Duncan in Watchmen 20 anni dopo, Lavieri, 2006, ISBN 9788889312254)
* Kirsty Scott, Mother’s Day, Hodder & Stoughton, 2006 (Supermamme disperate, Salani, 2007, ISBN 9788884515896)
2005
* Sue Grafton, R is for Ricochet, Marian Wood – Putnam Books, 2004 (R come Rancore, Salani, 2006, ISBN 8884516226)
* Rosie Dickins, The Usborne Introduction to Modern Art, Usborne, London, 2004 (L’arte moderna, Usborne, 2006, ISBN 0746072171)
* Three comics series for the monthly magazine Star Fantasy, published by Edizioni Star Comics
2004
* Abigail Wheatley & Struan Reid, The Usborne Introduction To Archaeology, Usborne, 2004 (Il grande libro dell’archeologia, Usborne, 2005, ISBN 074606876X)
* Benny Morris, “Doing Time in Israel” ("Dal carcere, in Israele", introduction to the revised edition of 1948. Israele e Palestina tra guerra e pace, Rizzoli, 2004, ISBN 8817002550)
* Rachel Firth, Usborne Discovery – Astronomy, Usborne, 2004 (Scoperte Usborne: Astronomia, Usborne, 2004, ISBN 0746061536)
2003
* Iain Sinclair, “Regime Change in Whitechapel” (“Cambio di regime a Whitechapel”, along with seven more essays by Steve Bissette, Michael Gilbert, Darko Macan, Leah & Amber Moore, James Owen, Tim Perkins and Marc Singer in AA. VV., Alan Moore: Ritratto di uno straordinario gentleman, Black Velvet, 2003, ISBN 8887827168)
* Mary Hoffman, Stravaganza – City of Stars, Bloomsbury, 2003 (Stravaganza. La città delle stelle, Mondadori, 2004, ISBN 8804528451)
* Martine Murray, The Slightly True Story of Cedar B Hartley, Allen & Unwin, 2002 (Storia quasi vera di una tredicenne... che voleva vivere una vita insolita, Mondadori, 2004, ISBN 8804526378)
2002
* Fiona Patchett, Usborne Beginners: Eggs and Chicks, Usborne, 2002 (Prime Letture Usborne: Uova e pulcini, Usborne, 2003, ISBN 0746055390)
* Italian translation of the introductory essays in California, Here I Come – Vintage California Graphics, Kitchen Kitsch – Vintage Food Graphics, Mexicana – Vintage Mexican Graphics and Future Perfect – Vintage Futuristic Graphics, Taschen Verlag GmbH, Köln, 2002 (Tri-lingual editions in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, ISBN 3822819654, 3822819670, 3822819689 and 3822819662 respectively)
2001
* Ben Denne, The Usborne First Encyclopedia of Seas and Oceans, Usborne, 2001 (Piccola enciclopedia del mondo marino, Usborne, 2002, ISBN 0746050291)
* Translation of several essays and features in EGM Italia, the officially-licensed Italian edition of US magazine Electronic Gaming Monthly
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1994-1998
Editor/translator: Edizioni Star Comics, Perugia, Italy.
For this publishing house, which between 1986 and 1998 specialised in the Italian edition of American comics, I managed up to five monthly magazines simultaneously, liaising with and co-ordinating authors, translators and production staff. I also provided translations for features I considered particularly challenging in terms of language and style.
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Sept. 1996
Fumo di China Award as Best Comics Translator
Fumo di China is Italy’s leading trade magazine about comics.
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Specialization |
Fiction
Children's books
Comics
Magazine features on popular culture (eg video games, cinema, pop music, TV shows)
Art catalogues
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Languages |
English - Italian (native) |
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Education |
1999 University of Parma, Italy
Laurea cum Laude, Modern Languages – English, French
Thesis: “Irvine Welsh’s 'Trainspotting': from text to screen”
NB – Prior to 2000, Italian universities did not award short (bachelor) degrees. This and the fact that my thesis was a 40,000-word piece of original research, make my degree equivalent to an MA/MPhil.
1992 University of Wales, Cardiff, UK
One full academic year as part of the Erasmus exchange scheme, promoted by the European Union
Obtained the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English – Grade: A
I lived and worked in Britain (Cardiff and Bath) for a total of 2½ years. While in Bath, in 2001/02, I attended courses in Quark Xpress and Photoshop, obtaining a National Open College Network (NOCN) certificate for both. |
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Equipment |
Hardware – Apple Mac computer, broadband Internet connection, inkjet colour printer
Software – Mac OS X, MS Office 2004 for Mac, Mozilla Firefox 7, Apple Mail 3, Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional, Adobe Photoshop CS3
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