English-to-Italian translations for high-tech, industrial and technical marketing content, by a native Italian engineer.
I’m a translator with an engineer’s training and experience. I was born and raised in Italy, and I studied and worked as an engineer in both Italy and the United States. I’ve been translating for more than 30 years, so I know how engineers and buyers talk in both languages.
That’s why my translations don’t read like translations. Your Italian customers, installers and users get the same clarity and precision as your English readers, in the terminology Italian specialists actually use.
Who uses my translations
My translations are used by manufacturers and technology companies selling, installing or supporting their products in Italy, in fields such as Automotive, Engines and Drives, Motors, Heavy Machinery, Hydraulic Systems, Machine Tools, Pumps and Turbines, Electronic and Optical Instruments, Electric Vehicles and Green Economy, Networking and IT, Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS), Life Sciences, Packaging, and Test Equipment.
If your field isn’t listed, ask me: my engineering background covers most technical subjects.
What I translate
- User, installation, operation and service manuals (including documentation for EU compliance)
- Product catalogs, brochures and white papers
- Press releases, ads and web pages
- Video scripts and infographics
- Any other marketing material with real technical content
More than just terminology
A press release for a new turbine or a brochure for a new range of motors has to be technically accurate and persuasive. Translators with long experience can write clear, confident Italian, and translators with a technical background know the precise terminology, but few have both. I do: your Italian readers get accurate technical terms in text that sounds as if your own brand wrote it.
Fast tools, one accountable expert. I use AI where it helps, for example to research an unfamiliar subject quickly. My engineering background means I know what to ask and when an answer doesn’t hold up.
But a machine draft still needs an expert to catch what sounds fine yet is technically wrong. Having one person handle the whole job, from first draft to final check, is simpler and usually cheaper than producing a draft yourself and then finding someone to repair it. You deal with one expert, and the text has one consistent voice and terminology throughout. You can read more on this in my blog post.
What clients say
“After countless revisions by an Italian Chemical Engineering Professor we initially hired, you were able to get it right the first time.”
~ Steven Levesque, President & CEO, AVS, Incorporated“Our clients greatly appreciate not only the accuracy of Roberto’s translations but also the fact that he inherently understands the complex subject material that our projects contain. Our main client’s office in Italy is especially pleased with the accuracy of his work. He always delivers on-time and is a pleasure to do business with. “
~ Mark P., President, Pangea Global Solutions“[The] Project Manager at Rollerblade in Italy… said none of [the agencies they use] has ever been able to produce the quality Prisma did, linguistically as well as technically.”
~ Letizia Fiaschi Schneider, Former Project Manager, Prisma International