Translation Skills

5 Tips for translating Italian menus
If you love Italian food as much as I do, translating an Italian menu might be your dream project. Have you ever been lucky enough to translate foodie texts or menus from Italian? Then you’ll know what I mean when I say it’s more challenging than you first think. (more…)

Top tips for checking your translations
Always read through your work, I was told at school. Of course, being the obedient student I was, I always did so…until somewhere around the second sentence…
But that was a long time ago, and now, as a professional Italian to English translator I appreciate how important it is to check your translations before sending them off. What’s even more important is having some kind of plan or checklist to follow so you focus on one element at a time. If you try and check everything at once, (more…)