After obtaining a degree in Translation and Conference Interpreting and a diploma in Business & Foreign Languages, I began working in sectors that allowed me to build on my passion for languages and, above all, for text translation. For 18 months I worked in Italy as both an in-house and freelance Italian translator in a translation agency specialized in manuals, user guides and technical documentation. I also gained in-depth experience of Office, Trados, MultiTerm and Extract. After this, I moved to London where I worked for 3 and a half years as Editorial Assistant for a media company. Here, I assisted the team in the monthly production and review of TV listings on behalf of international TV channels such as Discovery and ESPN with particular reference to the Italian language. Following this, I then spent 3 years as the in-house Italian translator at a major international translation agency in Leeds where I translated, edited, proofread, and QAed a variety of texts from English and French into Italian in sectors such as marketing, business, legal and government. In addition to the above, I also carried out freelance translation activity on a part-time basis until I decided to make it my career full-time since February 2013.