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Working languages: English to Italian
Russian to Italian
Italian to English |
|  milena ferrante
specialized in website localization
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Native in: Italian  | | |
Freelancer,  Verified site user | | Translation, Editing/proofreading, Website localization, Software localization, Transcription | | Specializes in: | | Internet, e-Commerce | Mathematics & Statistics | | Education / Pedagogy | Law: Contract(s) | | Poetry & Literature | Music |
| Also works in: | | SAP | Marketing / Market Research | | Tourism & Travel | Food & Dairy | | Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino | Journalism | | Patents | Other | | Computers (general) | Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs | | General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | Advertising / Public Relations | | Medical: Health Care | Media / Multimedia | | Law (general) | Business/Commerce (general) |
More Less | | Questions answered: 182, Questions asked: 0 Easy / 1 PRO, PRO-level points: 233 | Sample translations submitted: 2| | English to Italian: 6th ProZ.com Translation Contest - Entry #4460 |
| Source text - English
Eroticism has this in common with an addictive drug: that there is a coercive element to its pleasure with which part of us is in complicity, and part not. Thus ever since time began men have been trying to enjoy eroticism without being destroyed by it. Societies, religions can be defined in the way they deal with this conundrum. Polygamy, monogamy with repression, monogamy with affairs, monogamy with prostitutes, serial monogamy. Not to mention individual solutions of great ingenuity, or desperation: Victor Hugo with the door knocked through the wall of his office, to let in a girl each afternoon. Auden's flair for finding call-boys in every town. Picasso who simply refused when wife and mistress demanded he choose between them. Then there is always the hair-shirt of course. But perhaps the thing to remember when you wake up with a life full of fresh paint and tortuous complications is that eroticism wasn't invented for you, nor merely for the survival of the species perhaps, but for a divinity's entertainment. Nothing generates so many opportunities for titillation and schadenfreude as eroticism. Which is why it lies at the centre of so much narrative. How the gods thronged the balconies of heaven to see the consequences of Helen's betrayal! And your friends are watching too. Your antics have put the shine on many a late-night conversation.
On the borders between mythology and history, that wily survivor Odysseus was the first who learnt to trick the gods. And perhaps his smartest trick of all was that of lashing himself to the mast before the Sirens came in earshot. There are those of course who are happy to stand at the railings, even scan the horizon. Otherwise, choose your mast, find the ropes that suit you: sport, workaholism, celibacy with prayerbook and bell... But the kindest and toughest ropes of all are probably to be found in some suburban semi-detached with rowdy children and a woman who never allows the dust to settle for too long.
| Translation - Italian
C’è almeno un elemento che rende l’erotismo paragonabile a una droga: quella sorta di coercizione insita al godimento che ci rende complici, seppur solo per metà. Così, dalla notte dei tempi, l’uomo è diviso tra l’incanto dell’erotismo e l’ansia di esserne preda. Società e religioni si definiscono nel loro rapporto con tale dilemma. Poligamia, monogamia e repressione, monogamia e tradimenti, monogamia e prostitute, monogamia seriale. Senza dimenticare soluzioni del tutto personali, prova di somma ingenuità o disperazione: Victor Hugo con la porta ricavata nel muro dell'ufficio per ospitare la ragazza di turno. L’intuito di Auden nello scovare ragazzetti dovunque andasse. Il disarmante rifiuto di Picasso di sciogliere l’annoso dilemma, moglie o amante. Dopodiché c’è sempre il cilicio, naturalmente. Ma forse al risveglio mattutino profumato di fresco e di tortuose complicanze non ci si ricorda mai abbastanza che l’erotismo non è stato inventato per noi o per la sopravvivenza della specie, ma per il piacere degli dei. Niente è in grado di creare tante occasioni di stuzzicare l’animo e di schadenfreude quanto l’erotismo. Ecco perché è il nodo focale di tanta narrativa. Osservate, ad esempio, gli dei accalcati sulle logge dell’Eden a spiare gli strascichi dell’infedeltà di Elena. Anche gli amici guardano voi. I vostri mezzucci hanno rinfocolato più di una conversazione notturna.
Al confine tra mito e storia, lo scaltro superstite Odisseo fu il primo a carpire come si ingannano gli dei. Forse la sua miglior trovata fu quella di legarsi a un albero maestro prima che il canto delle Sirene gli lusingasse l'udito. C’è, naturalmente, chi si accontenta di rimanere al palo, a scrutare l’orizzonte. Se così è, sceglietevi il palo e le corde che vi garbano: sport, dipendenza dal lavoro, celibato con libro di preghiere e rintocco di campane…Ma le corde più amabili e resistenti stazionano probabilmente in qualche sobborgo di villette a schiera con gli attaccabrighe e una donna che non ama dar pace alla polvere se non per un po'. | | English to Italian: Divorce Certificate | Source text - English
THEREFORE
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This judgement is capable to rule in the presented case, according to articles 22 and 24 in accordance with the Divorce Law; having proved that the plaintiff, having registered in the Official Book of Residents of this City at the time of filing this court case, in accordance with article 23 of the Divorce Law; having expressly abided both parties before the jurisdiction and competence of this judgement; and according to the article 29 of the Divorce Law submitted the testimonial information to establish the patrimony of both parties, and the existence of the child born of the marriage.----As grounds for divorce the plaintiff pointed out the incompatibility of characters that caused the separation of said spouses, --- grounds for divorce referred to in section XIX of the article 30 of the Divorce Law, and declared the complaint in all the terms -- established the conformity with the additional article 370 of the Code of Civil Procedure. | Translation - Italian
DI CONSEGUENZA
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Questa corte dichiara la propria idoneità in merito al giudizio del presente caso, ai sensi degli articoli 22 e 24 della Legge sul Divorzio; provato che il querelante si è registrato nel Registro Ufficiale dei Residenti di questa Città al momento della presentazione della presente istanza, ai sensi dell’articolo 23 della Legge sul Divorzio; avendo entrambe le parti dichiarato di volersi sottomettere alla giurisdizione e alla competenza di questa corte; e avendo prodotto, ai sensi dell’articolo 29 della Legge sul Divorzio, le informazioni testimoniali per stabilire l’ammontare del patrimonio di entrambe le parti e l’esistenza di un figlio nato dal suddetto matrimonio.---- Come motivazioni per la concessione del divorzio, il querelante ha adotto l’incompatibilità di carattere che ha provocato la separazione di detti coniugi --- motivazioni riportate nella sezione XIX dell’articolo 30 della Legge sul Divorzio, e ha esposto l’istanza nei termini stabiliti --- stabilita la conformità con l’articolo aggiuntivo 370 del Codice di Procedura Civile. |
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More Less | | Years of translation experience: 10. Registered at ProZ.com: Jun 2005. | English to Italian (Honours degree in Modern Languages, at Milan State, verified)
Russian to Italian (Honours degree in Modern Languages, at Milan State, verified)
English to Italian (Specialization diploma on EFL (Teaching of English, verified)
| | N/A | | Adobe Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Flash, Powerpoint, QuarkXPress, SDL TRADOS | 6th ProZ.com Translation Contest: English to Italian  [download] | | milena ferrante endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines. | | About me
Specialization fields: website localization, marketing/ecommerce, music, education, medical statistics, literature, creative writing.
Working fields: sport, user manuals, law (contracts).
Winner of translation competition on Proz.com and member of certified program.
Experience with creative writing (published books and translations in Italy) in the music field. I am a contributor to Italian music magazines such as JAM.
I have my own website on music and culture (created with Dreamweaver).
http://chitradivakaruni.altervista.org/homepage.htm
LANGUAGES:
EN > ITA
RUS > ITA
ITA > EN
FREELANCE TRANSLATOR
1994 - present
ENGLISH-ITALIAN
ITALIAN-ENGLISH
Website localization, legal (divorce papers, contracts), technical (engineering: cable extrusion), business (marketing), medical statistics, music, education, literature translations.
Among published translations:
P. Guralnick, L’ultimo treno per Memphis - Amore senza Freni (Last Train to Memphis), Baldini, Castoldi, Dalai Milano, 2002 (with other translators).
Jim Fowler, Phil Jarvis, Mel Chevannes, "Statistica per le Professioni Sanitarie", EdiSES S.r.l., Napoli, 2005.
Some past projects:
Translation of Footprint Guide, “Croatia” for Whitestar Publisher, Italy
ERP/SAP project for MTS, China
Patent document for International Patent Translation Bureau, France.
Art/History Website and Conference for CompassLanguages, USA (translation and proofing)
Localization of website www.frenchfavors.com
Ongoing cooperation with Translated.net
RUSSIAN-ITALIAN
(occasionally)
Business, technical, sport translations. I translated technical and marketing documents in a company specialised in cable extrusion machinery.
Some past projects:
Localization of website: http://www.alilon.com/it
Localization of website (part) www.pyraxa.com
Translation of financial documents for Alphatrad, France
Translation of transport documents for Adjutor, Lithuania.
SECRETARY-INTERPRETER
1998 - 1999
Secretary-interpreter at import-export firm (Cable-Extrusion Machinery), “Dea Tech Machinery S.P.A.”, Cameri (Novara, Italy).
Customer care, interpreter and translator English-Russian-Italian in commercial and technical departments.
TEACHING
2006-today
Currently teaching Business English at University of Piemonte Orientale “A. Avogadro”, Novara, Faculty of Economics.
2004-today
ESL Teacher in secondary schools (schools list on request)
COMPUTER LITERACY
SDL TRADOS Freelance 2007
Office: Word processing, Powerpoint, Excel.
Dreamweaver, Flash (website creation), Adobe Acrobat, Quark Xpress 7.0
Knowledge of download ‘peer to peer’ applications such as BitTorrent, Soulseek, WinMx, and management of mp3, video and audio files. FTP.
My website on music and culture to be found at:
http://chitradivakaruni.altervista.org/homepage.htm
TOURIST GUIDE
June - August 1996-1997-1999-2000
Tourist guide for “EF Language Travel”, Milan. Travelled to Edinburgh, London, Oxford, Brighton, Eastbourne as a teacher and activity organizer for groups aged 13-20.
EDUCATION
Honours degree in Modern Languages, at Milan State University
Languages: Russian, English.
French language at High school.
Specialization in EFL (English as Foreign Language) at Milan University (Mark: 80/80)
Piano diploma at Conservatorio in Alessandria, Italy
Other experiences:
7-year ballet course
1-year piano jazz improvisation course
Winner of Piano Duo competitions
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| Job type | | Translation | 2 | | | Language pairs | | Russian to Italian | 1 | | English to Italian | 1 | | | Specialty fields | | Advertising / Public Relations | 2 | | Internet, e-Commerce | 1 | | | Other fields |
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