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experienced freelance translator/localization/proofreader for English-Italian, English-Spanish and Spanish<>Italian language pairs with a Master's Degree in Modern Languages and Cultures. Fields of expertise for translation/localization: marketing/localization/websites/e-commerce (4 years experienced), technical/finance/legal (4 years experienced) software/IT/cybersecurity (3 years experienced), EU/trademarks/intellectual property (2 years experienced), MTPE general/editorial and travel/tourism (7 years experienced), nutrition-health&wellness (3 years experienced), video games (2 years experienced). Other fields of expertise for translation/localization: fashion/beauty.

My name is Guido Ballarini, I have 15 years of experience in the field as translator/editor from English to Italian and Italian proofreader. My mother tongue is Italian and I have lived for over 9 years in the United States and for 5 of these years I worked as a full-time in-house translator from English to Italian. In this period I honed my translator and CAT user skills to a very high level. I also have several years of experience as project manager, having run translation projects for over a dozen of languages for almost 3 years. Since 2007 I am a Freelance translator with hundreds upon hundreds of jobs completed and over 2 millions of words translated for a total of 15 years of experience in the field. I am a proficient user of TRADOS and Wordfast and I have completed a big project on SmartCAT so I can use it professionally too.

I love translating legal documents (e.g. contracts, certificates, notarial certificates, licenses, patents, apostilles, legalizations) and other documents such as books, emails, academic transcripts, websites, and user guides.

- Passionate multilingual translator with more than 15 years of experience translating from English, French to Italian and vice versa. - As a language and communication lover from a very young age, I thrive in contexts where it is necessary to constantly research, upgrade, and discover the beauty of languages and communication media. - I have successfully translated a plethora of projects ranging from simple emails to entire websites, and I am always on the lookout for new linguistic challenges. - Punctuality, Professionalism, and Precision are my mottos.

I am a native Italian speaker holding a Bachelor's Degree in Translation and Interpreting in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, with certain experience in the provision of language and language-related services. I am passionate about what I do - Linguistics has bewitched me since middle school - and I feel lucky to have the possibility to enjoy such a dynamic job. I am also an inveterate traveller, with a insatiable hunger for diversity, customs and traditions forgotten by the whole world and growth opportunities - in all their forms.

I am a full-time freelance translator with a BA in EN-IT translation obtained in 2001 from SSIT School of Milan. I have worked as in-house translator in the architect studio Eliotopia (Milan) for about a year, until I started to focus on my freelance carreer. It still remained one of my main clients throughout the years. I grew up in my family business, an international female, male and children's apparel store, making of fashion one of my specialty fields. After travelling from Ireland to Australia, I have settled in the pitoresque city of Cremona, cradle of ancient traditions and Stradivari violins. Today I mostly work with translations involving a creative style. From fashion to localization of videogames, websites, apps and softwares. Some of my clients include alibaba.com, pawshake.com, apposta.com, yoox.com, fx interactive, and the humongous gaming sites poki.com and minigiochi.it - for whom I have also served as SEO copywriter.

I have a Bachelor's degree in Intercultural Communication, a Master's degree in Scientific and Technical translation and Interpreting, and a one-year Master's degree in Global Marketing. I currently work as a Junior Export Manager, therefore I am familiar with market-related documents. In addition, I am about to complete a professional course in legal and commercial translation with the language pairs EN>IT, RU>IT. I am professional, friendly and extremely helpful. My main aim is to ensure an efficient and optimal work, in accordance with customer requirements.

Skills Demonstrated specific successes in managing direct, multiple and simultaneous projects Demonstrated specific successes in managing change, influencing change, managing risk, and in leading negotiations Demonstrated specific successes in collaboration, goal alignment, and customer advocacy Demonstrated leadership qualities: integrity, credibility, professionalism, action orientation, drive, confidence, and the ability to thrive in a fast paced, ambiguous environment Demonstrated outstanding communication skills, both verbal and written

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Specialized in Financial and Legal field documents like IPO, Annual Reports, Shareholders, contracts, legal opinions, DDPs, etc. Experienced with Fashion, Travel, Medical, Game, Marketing, Business and multimedia environments, energy, and TechnicalTranslation and website localizaiton service, so as to MTPE and Transcription, Subtitle, and voiceover service. Experienced with over 20 years of translation career, I hold the confidence to deal with multi-language translations for various industries with CAT/memo/SE/MEMOSOURCE tools.

Translation is my passion!

I speak Italian, French, English, German and Spanish - Born in Italy and raised between Italy and France. Bilingual Native Italian/French- I have been living in London and Stuttgart and I have been working as interpreter and tour guide for 10 years. I am now working as a superyacht charter broker and in my free time I am still working as interpreter / translator freelance.