Simonetta Collatina

Question and Answer

• What is your name?
  • Simonetta Collatina
• Where do you live? 
  • Rome, Italy
• How long have you been an interpreter or translator?
  • 20
• What made you decide to become a translator or interpreter?
  •  I realized that my education and study of Latin and Ancient Greek had prepared me to become a successful translator
• List one strength that you think sets you apart from your colleagues.
  • being always eager to learn new things
• Name the one thing that you most enjoy in your translating or interpreting career.
  • The opportunity to learn something new every day
• We all have worked on those not-so-perfect assignments. Write about one such assignment that was not ideal and what you learned from it.
  • Worse assignments: proofreading a badly made translation. It confirmed how important it is to have a strong work ethic and never to allow the quality of my work slip. And to speak up and make the client aware of the situation
• If you could go back in time to when you were just starting out as a translator or interpreter, what advice would you give to your younger self?
  • understand that you can try to 'educate' the client, but that ultimately, you have to provide what you are asked for, even if counter-intuitive  
• Name one resource – such as a phone app, CAT tool, website, and so forth – that you find especially helpful in your translating or interpreting work.
  • TRADOS, IATE database
• What’s the best book you’ve read this year?
  • Not related to translation, but about teaching VYLs