Silvia Durisotti, translator and reviewer.

I am a native Italian speaker, and I work directly with companies and translation agencies.

My name is Silvia Durisotti. I am a freelance translator and reviewer. In 2019, I started Bold Translations, my professional translation service from English to Italian. Count on me to translate your site or technical and commercial documents, or come to me for your post-editing, review, and terminology management.

I assure transparency and quality.
This means that I translate only into Italian, my native language,
and only in my specialization areas.

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My Specializations

I have translated in many realms over the years, including:

Websites and Software

Software and Saas
User interfaces
Websites and blog posts
E-commerce sites

Marketing

Brochure
Newsletters
Product descriptions

Technical Translations

Technical sheets
Manuals
Installation instructions

Business

Correspondence
Presentations
Personnel training material

What I can do for you

If you work for a company or own one

I can translate and adapt your websites, e-commerce shops, software, SaaS, user interfaces, apps, and manuals so you can reach the Italian market.

If you have a translation agency

You can count on me to localize, translate, and revise your clients' texts.
I can serve as a language lead, create style guides, build glossaries, and coordinate a team of translators.

I first worked in-house and later became a freelancer.
Translation is a life-long passion for me.

I graduated from the Higher School of Modern Languages for Interpreters and Translators of Trieste (SSLMIT), and then began my career path in-house, working in many different roles, everywhere from the commercial and marketing departments to the foreign department. For more than 15 years, I also was the person in charge of translation and review.

In 2018, I enrolled in the program "Master in Translation and New Technologies: Translation of Software and Multimedia Products" in Seville, Spain. In 2019, I completed the program and started to lay the foundations for my current business. I kept on working in-house full-time and completed my studies with an internship at a translation agency. I soon opened my freelance business. In 2020, I made the leap and left my in-house job to become a full-fledged freelance translator. At first, I worked exclusively on translation but then was soon assigned my first translation revision jobs. My career took another step forward and I started to work with two Fortune 500 companies. Since 2021 I have been the language lead for the Italian team in charge of localizing one of the world's largest project management software. As the cross-language lead, I was part of localization for a project and activity management software and became the point of contact between the translator teams and the project manager team. I am also a reviewer for a major U.S. tech company.

Bold Translations is a different kind of translation service. This is why:

My extensive experience working in-house taught me how to handle business procedures, and I gained specific technical and terminological skills that would have been hard to learn if I had started out immediately as a freelance translator.

When I take on a translation project, I know from the get-go what to ask and what to expect. I understand how many aspects can be underestimated by those not familiar with company dynamics. I keep this front of mind when I interact with the company employees as well as with outside contractors (copywriters, developers, and graphic designers), and translation agencies. I also understand the world of translation through and through in all its specificities.

As I have been involved in all phases of the translation process – both in the role of a contact person in the company and as a freelance professional – I know how to be flexible and organized to respect deadlines.

More About Me

I live and work in the province of Udine in northern Italy, not too far from the Prealps mountains. I can see the mountain ranges of Friuli from my office window! But my true love is the water. I have been underwater diving for 15 years. I have a freediving license and several underwater diving licenses. I am a determined person who believes in respecting the work of others and in fair pay because there are hours of unseen research, work, and study behind every translation. I also believe in high quality. I work hard in everything I do and always aim for the highest standards. This is why I consider study fundamental. This has always been true for me; I have consistently invested in my ongoing education. Whether I am diving in the waters of Croatia or reading articles about technical writing, plain language, and inclusive language, I am always learning.

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