I cannot describe the sense of satisfaction I feel when I find the right term to translate a specific foreign word; this annoyed my former employer, who became impatient when I took longer to finish a translation that he needed to reply to a customer: he was always saying it was important to have a […]

It is not always enough to make yourself understood: often, in order for business negotiations to be successful, we need to be sure that the person we are talking to understands us perfectly. This is where I can help. I graduated from the University of Verona with full marks in English and German. Since 1999, […]

I started teaching in language schools, before moving on to businesses. I have held courses for office workers, managers and factory workers, all wishing to learn a foreign language and aware of the sacrifices this entails. This is why I particularly like teaching adults: no-one obliges them to go to school. At best, they have […]

Although I am now an adult with a made-to-measure profession, I still have fond memories of my first attempts – in the 1970’s – to emulate my father, who had lived in the US for 3 years, asking him to teach me everything he knew about the English language. I soon also had my first […]

After all these years I am still deeply passionate not only about language, but also about every aspect of the culture of the country whose language I have learned[…] I have revised and translated thousands of lines, hundreds of thousands of characters: I have made mistakes, polished and refined my skills, learned[…] I cannot describe […]