Experience

Vistatec

• Ireland
• Translation and Localization
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Senior reviewer working on software

  • Dec 2013 - Present

  • Reviewing User Interface strings, website texts as well as marketing material. • Assuring adherence to the client’s style guide and glossary • Evaluating the translators’ work, giving them feedback and suggestions within the framework of a robust and complex quality assurance system. • Solving arbitrations about quality issues, clarifying the reasons for penalization or accepting the translators’ explanations. • Performing QA checks on the final products (OS, apps, websites…) to solve any length or context issue in the Italian translations and open bugs on functional issues. Show less



Self-Employed

• Translation and Localization
• 700 & Above Employee

• Freelance translator/reviewer working on video games

  • Aug 2013 - Present

  • Translating or reviewing User Interface, audio scripts and marketing material for video game products. • Performing reviews and QA checks on the work of other translators. • Taking care of the bug fixing phase to solve the final linguistic issues before the release of a product, in collaboration with the testers. • Working in team with other freelancers, as translator or reviewer, to deliver bigger projects to the client as a finalized package. • Building project glossaries, used as a reference when working in a team of translators to ensure consistency in the final terminology. Show less



SOGET

• Italy
• Translation and Localization
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Project Manager

  • Apr 2013 - Jul 2013

  • Organizing the localization of software products, as well as legal texts and advertising material. • Choosing the most suitable resources for the job, always with an eye to schedule and budget. • Reviewing the final result to ensure the necessary quality from the linguistic point of view. • Supporting both the customers and the vendors in their requests. • Organizing the localization of software products, as well as legal texts and advertising material. • Choosing the most suitable resources for the job, always with an eye to schedule and budget. • Reviewing the final result to ensure the necessary quality from the linguistic point of view. • Supporting both the customers and the vendors in their requests.



Binari Sonori

• Italy
• Translation and Localization
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Localization Project Manager

  • May 2007 - Apr 2013

  • Organizing the localization of software and AAA video game products in the main European and East Asian languages. • Evaluating the most suitable approach to short-term and long-term projects, both in terms of schedule and budget. • Coordinating multiple translation, software engineering and audio engineering resources for the achievement of a quality product by the established deadline. • Ensuring consistency of choices and strategies across different languages throughout the project. • Supporting both the customers and the vendors in their requests and in case of unexpected obstacles. • Training new Project Managers in order to prepare them to manage projects efficiently. Show less



Yellow Hub

• Italy
• Translation and Localization
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Translator and editor

  • May 2005 - Apr 2007

  • Translating from English or Spanish into Italian, mainly advertising and legal texts. • Proofreading translated texts to obtain the best result for the customer in terms of quality of the final product. • Writing feedback to translators regarding their use of terminology and style. • Teaching Elementary and Lower Intermediate English and Business English courses. • Translating from English or Spanish into Italian, mainly advertising and legal texts. • Proofreading translated texts to obtain the best result for the customer in terms of quality of the final product. • Writing feedback to translators regarding their use of terminology and style. • Teaching Elementary and Lower Intermediate English and Business English courses.