Hi, I'm Hannah

I'm thrilled you're here.

I chose the name "Thoughtful Translations" because my approach to translation and language services is led by conscientiousness, thoughtfulness, and careful attention to detail.

Learning another language is, at once, both arduous and enriching. Not always having the best word on the tip of my tongue has been a torturous feeling, but it has taught me to be more and more linguistically flexible and creative. Learning Italian opened a vast and varied cultural and linguistic landscape for me, but it also taught me new things about my mother tongue.

In this linguistic adventure, I discovered a passion for translation. Sometimes, it is schematic and logical, like a jigsaw puzzle of vocabulary to be taken apart from one language and reassembled in the other. Other times, it is a much more creative endeavor, transforming connotation, allusion, and tone in an elegant way to allow the author's voice to shine through in the translation while preserving the rhythm in the target language in a way that is natural and fluent but at the same time respects grammatical conventions.

When you choose my Italian-to-English translation service, you can be assured that the translated work will not be a dry, literal translation but a translation that is true to the spirit of the original, rendered in American English suitable for the target audience with the style, tone, and purpose of the original retained.

What do I bring to the table?

My Credentials

• Master in Sectoral Translation from S.S.I.T. Scuola Superiore per Interpreti e Traduttori

• MA World Politics and International Relations from the University of Pavia

• BA International/Global Studies from the University of New Mexico

• 8 years of work in the field of communications

• 5 years in freelance translation

• Native English Speaker

• Fluent in Italian - 7 years living in Italy

See my full work history on my LinkedIn