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My name is Alessandra Russo and I am an Italian freelance translator located in the UK. I translate from English, Swedish and Spanish into Italian, which is my native language.
I have 6+ years experience in the fields of translation, proofreading, editing, localising and QA.
After obtaining a BA (honours) in Modern Languages (English and Swedish), I moved to the UK to get an MA in Translation with Language Technology and Spanish.

I am specialized in environment & energy, Telecommunications, marketing and manuals.


Past projects include:

o Telecommunications: data protection, encryption systems, backup & storage solutions, replication, deduplication, data restore and recovery.
o Environment and energy: environmental impact assessments, photovoltaic modules, wind energy, alternative resources, new technologies.
o Marketing: market research material, information leaflets, company presentations, press releases, brochures, internal training, websites, surveys, catalogues.
o Manuals: user manuals, household appliances, home automation, medical instruments, specifications, industrial control systems, computer-aided technologies, vending machines.


I only translate into Italian, which is my mother tongue, since it allows me to deliver natural and accurate translations.


Hardware and software

o Packard Bell Laptop, high speed internet connection, b/w and colour printer, scanner.
o Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Reader, ABBYY Fine Reader, Outlook, Frontpage, WinRar, WinZip.
o CAT TOOLS: SDL Trados 2007, Idiom Workbench, Wordfast PRO, Transit Satellite PE.
o Good HTML knowledge, excellent command of main Internet browsers (Internet explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera)

The rates included in my profile are for estimation purposes only and are subject to change upon review of the job.