Margherita De Togni — English > Italian Translator

Aliquantum, Inc.
Denver, CO

• Software QA
• Translation and editing projects, specializing in software and other computer material
• Manage translation projects internally and for clients

University College, Denver University

• 2006 - Course on Localiztion Tools: hands-on introduction to localization tools, such as Trados, Catalyst, SDLX and how to best use a translation memory in a translation project
• 2005 - Teaching class "Introduction to Localization Tools"

Freelance Translator

• Documentation QA
• Translation Projects, especially participation in large business software translation project for Oracle

• Act as Team Outsourcing Contact for Italian, responsible for quality assessment of deliverables, scheduling of activities, primary contact for vendors (queries on technical and content issues)
• Convert, analyze, pre-translate and prepare files for the translation cycle
• Translate, edit and proof UI, online help, web pages and documentation
• Create Online help systems and documentation deliverables using FrameMaker and WebWorks
• Act as Team Outsourcing Contact for Italian, responsible for quality assessment of deliverables, scheduling of activities, primary contact for vendors
• QA Lead, performing linguistic and functional testing of software releases and service packs, reporting and researching software issues
• Mentor new translators and software testers, providing training on internal Localization processes, Trados, Catalyst, source control tools and bug reporting tools

J.D. Edwards/PeopleSoft
Denver, CO
(now an Oracle Company), a leading American business software company

• Translate and edit of software and technical documentation using several proprietary and non proprietary tools
• QA expert for the Italian team, performing linguistic and functional testing of software releases and service packs, researching software issues, reporting of issues and follow up with developers
• Develop processes and procedures for all internal and cross-functional activities dealing with outsourcing for translations to maximize and improve productivity
• Review translation tests and evaluate candidates

Bowne Global Solutions

• Translation, editing and proofreading of GUI and technical documentation using several proprietary and non proprietary tools
• Functional and linguistic software testing

Freelance Translator/Interpreter, Language Teacher

• Collaborated with several translation agencies in translation and interpretation projects
• English Language Teacher in Middle School for 2 years
• German Language Teacher in classes for professional development organized by the Emilia-Romagna Regional Government
• English-Italian Translation Teacher in a School for Translators and Interpreters in Padua (2 semesters)

• Italian Language Teacher for Moscow State University (Russia) - two semesters
• June - August 1996, Interpreter/Translator for Centro Scavi e Ricerche Archeologiche of Turin (Italy), Onsite interpreting and translation during the excavation of Nisa ( Turkmenistan)
• Italian Language Teacher for Moscow State Linguistic University (Russia) - two semesters
• Collaborated with various agencies to translation and interpretation projects

• CAT: Trados 7.1, SDLX 2005, Catalyst 6, Déjà Vu X
• Web Content Development: FrontPage, DreamWeaver, Photovista,
  Photoshop CS, Illustrator 8
• DTP: FrameMaker 7, Acrobat 6, WebWorks 2003, PageMaker 6.5

Advanced School of Modern Languages for Translators and Interpreters
University of Trieste, Italy

• Languages studied: Italian, English, Russian, German;
• Other major subjects: translation, international organizations, economics, linguistics, etc.

• Various professional courses, among which courses on Trados Workbench, IBM Translation manager, as well as other ERP software courses provided internally by J.D. Edwards

• EU Course on web site design