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Translation Volume: 154 pages Duration: Mar 2007 to Jun 2007 Languages: Spanish to Italian
Translation of a novel
Poetry & Literature
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Translation Volume: 125 pages Duration: Oct 2007 to Jan 2008 Languages: English to Italian
Translation of an autobiography
Poetry & Literature
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Translation Volume: 50 pages Duration: Feb 2008 Languages: English to Italian
Translation of a collection of essays
Poetry & Literature
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Portfolio
Sample translations submitted: 2
English to Italian: A modern De Quincey Autobiography of an Opium Addict
Source text - English As I passed down the line of smoking couples for the last time I could not help but feel a pang of regret that I could not wholly adjust myself to their way of life. It was the cursed handicap of one's upbringing, the standards which willy-nilly are implanted in us with our mother's milk. All along, ever since I had felt the desire to get behind this mask of the Orient, to submerge myself in it, I had felt this handicap. More than ever was it evident in my search after religion. The Christian faith had failed to satisfy me...
Translation - Italian Mentre superavo per l'ultima volta le coppie di fumatori, non potei fare a meno di sentirmi travolto da un acuto senso di rimpianto, per non essere riuscito ad adattarmi completamente al loro modo di vivere. L'origine di quell'odiosa incapacità era la mia educazione, i principi inevitabilmente instillati in noi dal latte di nostra madre. Fin dall'inizio, da quando avevo sentito l'impulso di conoscere il vero volto dell'Oriente, di immergermi in quella cultura, avevo avvertito questa incapacità, più che mai evidente nella mia ricerca di una nuova religione, intrapresa quando la fede cristiana non riusciva più a dissipare i miei dubbi...
Spanish to Italian: Luna de lobos
Source text - Spanish Abro los ojos y no veo nada. O mejor: una penombra aún más negra y más espesa que la penumbra física del sueño.
Muevo los brazos y las piernas y una opresión cercana los detiene. Como si hubiera muerto y un féretro de tierra enmarcara las dimensiones invisibles de mi cuerpo.
Pero no. Yo sé que no es verdad. Yo sé que esta ilusión no es más que el último pálpito del sueño. Pese a la oscuridad, pese a la opresión cercana y asfixiante de la tierra, yo sé que aún sigo vivo, interamente vivo, tan vivo al menos como cuando aún vagava como el viento entre la nieve. Aunque, desde hace un mes, no pueda ya mirar la luz ni escuchar los lenguajes azules del inverno. Dunque, desde hace un mes, tumbado como un topo en est afosa subterránea que Pedro y yo excavamos en la corte de las cabras, entre la quadra y la panera, esté mucho más cerca del mundo de los muertos…
Translation - Italian Apro gli occhi e non vedo nulla. O meglio: una penombra ancora più nera e densa di quella che avvolge il sonno.
Muovo le braccia e le gambe ma una pesantezza profonda mi blocca. Come se fossi morto e un feretro di terra circondasse le membra invisibili del mio corpo.
Ma non è così. So che non è vero. So che questa illusione non è altro che l’ultimo atto del sonno. Malgrado l’oscurità, la pesantezza profonda e soffocante della terra, so di essere ancora vivo, assolutamente vivo, almeno nello stesso modo in cui lo ero quando vagavo come il vento in mezzo alla neve. Anche se, da un mese, non posso più vedere la luce né ascoltare le voci azzurre dell’inverno. Anche se, da un mese, sepolto come un topo in questa fossa che Pedro e io abbiamo scavato sotto il recinto delle capre, tra la stalla e il granaio, sono ormai molto più vicino al regno dei morti
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Translation education
Master's degree - Agenzia Formativa Tuttoeuropa
Experience
Years of experience: 19. Registered at ProZ.com: Oct 2007.
I am Chiara Vitalone, a 27-year old native Italian translator, currently live in Sicily. I graduated at the University of Catania in 2006, attending to linguistical studies (I specialized in Spanish and English). After graduation, I moved to Torino where I attended a Master in Translation at Agenzia Formativa Tuttoeuropa, which gave me the opportunity of working with very famous Italian literary translators. I specialised in fiction and non-fiction, history, folklore, philosophy and gastronomy.
I have been studying English since the age of 14, and Spanish since I was 19; I travelled in England, Ireland, Spain, France, Belgium,Yugoslavia, Germany, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, and I discovered a great correspondence between my craftmanship as a translator and my avidness as a traveller. I had the opportunity to explore vast terrains of Spanish and English language so I discovered that to give birth to the translated text is exciting but can be tiring and painful. But the effort is worth because I believe in translating as the ultimate form of connecting cultures.
My strong points are my accuracy, reliability and a passion for languages, as well as a strong will to create translations that adhere to the spirit of the original. I believe that a good working relationship, feedback on my work, as well as fair rates and deadlines are crucial in establishing a long-term and successful collaboration. I firmly believe a translator must have the desire to learn from everyone and every kind of translation. A translation is akin to a journey and I am keen to continue working in this field and to progress beyond my present level. The act of translation calls for passion, curiosity, determination and humility. Translation help me blurring the boundaries, turning myself into a link connecting different and faraway countries. I hope I'll have this privilege. Thank you.
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