*PLEASE NOTE I DON'T WORK ON FRIDAYS*

*PLEASE ALSO NOTE I DON'T PROVIDE MTPE SERVICES*

Areas of expertise
- Home Automation: manuals, catalogues and brochures for home automation products; other technical manuals, for example of household appliances
- Printing products: product descriptions, newsletters and promotion materials of a printing company
- Tourism: hotel & camping websites, facilities, surroundings, activities
- Gastronomy: food product ingredients, recipes and wine descriptions

Background
I have lived and worked in Italy, Portugal, the US, Germany and the UK, and I have recently moved back to the Netherlands. These experiences have turned me into an open-minded person, sensitive to cultural differences and to the way these are expressed in language.

Education
- Master's degree in Literary Studies, Leiden University
- Three years of university education in Italian language and literature
- Three years of university education in Dutch language and literature

Professional experience
I have been working as a freelance translator since 2006.
During my studies I have worked in restaurants in both the Netherlands and in Italy, I have also worked as an in-house translator at an Italian food company, where I translated many recipes, ingredients, product descriptions and other food-related texts. While living in Portugal, I taught Dutch at a language school.
From 2007 until 2010 I was a writer for the Dutch company Letter on Demand (briefopbestelling.nl/letterondemand.co.uk). This job has helped me to develop my writing skills, and as a consequence this has improved the quality of my translations. Translation is not only about having good knowledge of foreign languages, but it also has a lot to do with mastering your own native language. I love my language, I am a good translator and writer, and I am very dedicated to my job.

Published translations
- Oli e Aromi. Pensieri, parole e ricette, Food Editore, 2008
- Mamma. Pensieri, parole e ricette, Food Editore, 2008
- Oriente. Pensieri, parole e ricette, Food Editore, 2008
- Party. Feste, cocktail e stuzzichini, Food Editore, 2007
- Bollicine. Pensieri, parole e ricette, Food Editore, 2008
- Cani. Pensieri, parole e pappe, Food Editore, 2009
- Pittura Gotica, Scala Group, 2011
- La Cappella Sistina, Scala Group, 2011
- Mafia, Scala Group, 2011
- The Prado, Scala Group, 2011
- The Story of Nude Photography, Scala Group, 2011
- Paris, Scala Group, 2012

Recent feedback
- "Very good translation in my opinion. The translator is clearly very experienced, beautiful style; she perfectly understood the source text and transposed it with a very good mastery of the Dutch language."
- "This is a very good translation, perfect grammar and a beautiful style."