Work with Charlotte Fleming!

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Charlotte Fleming

a.k.a. Charlotte

Native English (GB) speaker in Nomadic, United Kingdom

"Life's short: make the trip, drink the wine, see the sights."

I have 13 years’ experience of helping Italian and other tourists enjoy their visits to Scotland and the UK, and I am a constant tourist myself, so I know what people are looking for when they travel. I bring a place alive for readers and make them long to visit it.

Specializing in

Travel Wine Scuba diving Romance literature Import/Export

Translation tools I use:

Memsource MateCAT SmartCAT

Languages

Italian to English (GB)

10/10

Sworn

Certified

All language pairs

About Me

I spent 16 years in the wine trade and hold the DipWSET. I also worked in tourism for 13 years, and I am a qualified recreational scuba diver.

So I specialise in wine, tourism and scuba.

My MA Trans thesis was an Extended Translation and Commentary on Fabio Pracchia’s “I Sapori del Vino” (“The Flavours of Wine”).
Wine is a huge part of my life, and I love translating for wine producers and agriturismi.
I have visited vineyards all over Europe, California and Australia.
I spent 13 years in the Scottish tourism industry, working at Glamis Castle as a multi-lingual guide and for Historic Environment Scotland as a Roving Steward at monuments all over Angus, Perthshire and Fife.
I live on a narrowboat on the British canal system with my partner and travel constantly, discovering this beautiful country of ours.
That makes me a permanent tourist!
I was a recreational scuba diver for 10 years before I had to give it up due to tinnitus.
I’ve dived all round Scotland and in Egypt, Portugal, Spain and Italy.
Now I snorkel instead; my first snorkelling holiday was in Turkey.
I’ve also studied literary translation, and have translated 6 books: one about tourism, another about scuba diving, and four books with an environmental message for children/young adults.

As well as translating

I also write web content, press releases and blogs, for businesses as different as a camper-van hire firm and a dentist, a garage and a wine importer.

Why use a professional translator

Localisation: make your message as successful in English as it is in Italian
Quality: good English, not Googlish. A professional avoids “translation fails”
Cashflow and speed: getting a good translation is cheaper and faster than correcting a bad one.

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This is how I continue my learning in my area of expertise

I read constantly, listen to webinars and watch TV shows about my specialist subjects, in both English and Italian.
I also partake in all of them as often as possible - there are always new places to go, new wines to try, new sights to see (underwater and above).

As a writer in my native language, this is how I would describe my style

My writing style varies depending on the text
I would use completely different styles for a children’s book, a technical description of scuba equipment, a wine tasting note and a tourist brochure.
It’s important (and fun) to match the writing style to the final reader.

This is how I manage terminology consistency in my area of expertise

I have glossaries for my technical subjects (wine and scuba) and refer to them constantly.

For tourism texts, which tend to be more descriptive, I use other expertise. For example

knowing that Italian writers prefer adjectives in pairs, whereas English readers prefer them in threes
something that appears in the present tense in Italian may well need to be in the past tense in English
Italian is a much more formal language than English and often a “true” translation is a bad one!

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References

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Viviana Gangemi, Antichi Vinai 1877

Accurate and quickly delivered translations
Charlotte is a very helpful and competent person
Thanks

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Marzia Bosoni

Charlotte translated my 5-book fantasy saga. It was a pleasure working with her because she’s highly talented and incredibly professional. She’s an outstanding translator who can perfectly manage both translation and transcreation. She’s reliable and always delivers in time. Our collaboration has been an enriching experience to me. Her suggestions and professional insights really added to the translations.

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Prices

	Language	Tourism & Living	Business	Literary & Creative
	ITALIAN > ENGLISH (GB)	€0.07per word	€0.07per word	€0.07per word

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Education

University (2)

Ongoing learning (6)

Associations (3)

Certificates (1)

University

The Open University

BSc (Hons) in Open Studies

MA (with Distinction) in Translation

University

Wine & Spirit Education Trust

DipWSET in Wines and Spirits

Workshop07/2021.25 hrs

Bristol Translates

Roz Schwartz

Webinar05/2021.1 hrs

Innovazione nella comunicazione del turismo enogastronomico

Roberta Garibaldi

Course06/2022.23 hrs

Full immersion week in Italian

ALCE, Bologna

Course06/2022.6 hrs

Italian wine and food pairing

ALCE, Bologna

Webinar05/2022.1 hrs

Specialising in Sports Translation & Interpreting

ITI

Webinar03/2022.1 hrs

Cybersecurity for Translators

ITI

Association

Institute of Translation and Interpreting

Association

Chartered Institute of Linguists

Association

Mediterranean Editors and Translators

Certificate

DipWSET (Level 4)

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