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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 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 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.

Languages English (fluent) experience in: Oil & Gas Shipbuilding Business Ecology Administration Marketing Logistics French (fluent) experience in: Banking Shipbuilding Business Insurance Construction Administration Italian (advanced level) experience in: Banking Shipbuilding Car industry Construction Administration Spanish (basic knowledge) PC Skills OS: Windows/Linux Microsoft Office decent user Internet browsers/ E-mail CAT-tools: Deja Vu X, SDL, Trados 7, Multiterm, Omega T Typing 180-200 symbols per minute (Cyrillic / Latin) Skills in local office computer net mounting and maintenance Personal features Responsibility, ability to take quick and rational decisions, quick learning ability and adaptation to new working conditions and colleagues, readiness and eagerness to work on deadlines and under pressure and to go to business trips, A communicative, attentive and persevering person, experienced in constructive cooperation with the expatriates. Hobbies: Housing Accomplishment, Community Theater, Amateur Astronomy, Radio Communications and Meteorology

I am a PhD candidate at Koç University, Istanbul, at the faculty of Archaeology and History of Art. I have studied English for almost 20 years, I wrote my master thesis in English and my current PhD program is fully taught in English. I have translated a large amount of material from English to Italian, from Italian to English and from Turkish to English in the past years. In 2017 I got the TOEFL certificate with a score of 104/120. I write academic researches and texts in English on a weekly base, using materials written in various languages. I have direct experience of how important getting a good translation is and I am ready to help this happen for the people who need.

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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.

I am an energetic and unafraid leader who enjoys ownership and is always looking for new ways to work and grow. I am hands on and have no problem rolling up mysleeves and getting things done to support my teams. I also can see the bigger picture and plan for the long-term development of my markets and will always ensure me bring my team on board with my plans. - I am competitive and love hitting goals. - I am adept at organizing multiple competing priorities - While others are bogged down in the reactive, I find ways to be proactive. - I truly love talking to people and are excited by the idea of helping them ease the chaos in their lives. - Challenge and high-pressure situations excite me – I’d much rather be crazy busy than bored. - I am resourceful. “I have no idea” is not in my vocabulary. - My communication and customer service skills are in a dead heat for first place – I am not one to shy away from a difficult conversation. - I am flexible and adapt to the situation.

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.

I love foreign languages since I was a child, I love traveling to get in touch with different cultures and to broad my horizon. Anywhere I go I always try to learn a few words in the local language to feel like part of local people. I love children’s books, watching TV series and walking in nature. I’m curious, serious, customer and quality oriented. I’m a trustworthy person who can take care of your projects.

A fast, accurate, and precise translator at your service. Graduate in Linguistics at the Masters and Doctoral level, I have been working on several projects in diverse fields, ranging from marketing to sociology, from politics to IT. I am still relatively new on this platform, but I am starting this new professional adventure with passion and enthusiasm.