• Interpreting 3° (German)

MANUELA COMOGLIO:I have been working as a conference interpreter and translator since March 2009. I work with numerous interpreting agencies in Italy and abroad, as well as having built up a network of private contacts in the trade fair and corporate sector. My working languages are English and German. I work in a variety of sectors such as automotive, precision mechanics, sporting events including televised ones, trade union meetings, top management meetings, boards of directors, tourism and the business sector. Since 2011, I have also been teaching consecutive, mediation and simultaneous interpreting in three-year and master’s degree courses at IULM University in Milan. Since September 2021, I have been teaching coordinator of SSML Carlo Bo campus located in Milan.

• Introduction to Translation (German)
  Sectorial Translation 1
  Sectorial Translation 2
  Business and Conference Interpreting 1

Chiara Roncon: I work as a lecturer in German language at SSML Carlo Bo and IULM University. I also teach Italian for foreign students at Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi and SDA Bocconi. Alongside my teaching activities, I work as a translator and interpreter in the tax and real estate sector. I regularly hold business courses in German and Italian to foreigners for companies and law firms in Milan. I also work as an interpreter and translator for the PhD programme in preservation of the architectural heritage at the Politecnico of Milan.

Giulia Miranda: Since January 2020, I have been working at the Erasmus Office of SSML Carlo Bo.  The main activities and responsibilities in collaboration with the Erasmus+ Coordinator are the following: managing the processes regarding international students, teachers and staff mobility programmes, ensuring adequate support to both Italian and foreign students, lecturers and staff participating in international exchange programmes (applications, selection, forms, recognition of the exams passed and relevant credits).
Since the end of April 2019, I have been working in the Student Office of the International Language Centre (ILC at IULM). The main activities are: support to teachers, to the English coordinators, to the teaching coordinator and teachers of the second languages (Spanish, French, German, Russian, and Chinese), monitoring attendance/absence of teachers at online lectures/exams (Faculty of Communication, and Arts and Tourism), organisation of teaching activities (exams, lectures) in collaboration with the Coordinators and IULM ILC Student Office, administrator of the English e-Learning platform (student management, updating notices) etc.

• Introduction to Oral Mediation 1° (English)
  Sectorial Translation 2°
  Sectorial Translation 3°

Gaia Alberti: Since 2018, I have been a tour guide in the Norwegian fjords region. Since 2019, I have been teaching at the Faculty of Interpreting and Communication of IULM University in Milan. Freelance interpreter and translator with experience in various fields.

• Grammar and Language Structures 1°, 2° (French)
  Terminology and Sectorial Languages 3°
  Introduction to Oral Mediation 1°
  Business and Conference Interpreting 2°, 3°

Stéphanie Arnould (2006 – 2011) Holder of the course French Language and Grammar – 2nd year – Degree course in Social Sciences for Globalisation – Faculty of Political, Economic and Social Sciences – University of Milan. (2006-2012) Assignment of the course Economic Analysis in French, 1st/2nd year degree course in Language and Cultural Mediation – Interfaculty of Political Sciences – University of Milan. (2010-2016) Translation/interpreting at Crédit Agricole Group. (2009-2012) Examiner in the examinations for qualification to the tourism professions – Province of Milan. Since 2011, teacher of French courses at SSML Carlo Bo – IULM University – 1st/2nd/3rd year. French native speaker.

• Introduction to Translation 1 (English)

Giuseppe Asaro: I have been teaching in Italy since 2008. I have written a monograph entitled L’enseignement du Français en Italie: Esquisses de solution pour l’amélioration de la prononciation des italophones and several editorial contributions in the field of teaching with regard to teaching methods, motivation and translation techniques. In 2005-2006, thanks to a ministerial competition on a national basis, I won a scholarship that allowed me to teach abroad, in France, as an Italian language assistant. During summer 2015, I taught FLE in France.

• Consecutive Interpreting (Spanish)
  Language Mediation Techniques

Angelamaria Balletta:I began my career as an interpreter working at the Consulate of Ecuador, and for many years I have been working in hospitals, health facilities and trade fairs as a liaison interpreter and mediator. My main activity is conference interpreting, which I carry out regularly in different areas. My specialisations are medicine and surgery, psychology and psychotherapy, cosmetics, and enology. I am also a professional translator with extensive experience in the medical and legal fields.

• Consecutive Interpreting (English)
  Oral Mediation Techniques
  Grammar

Fabio Baria works as an interpreter for Ministers, CEOs of multinationals and various guests in high-profile contexts. He is a translator and proofreader in the medical-pharmaceutical, legal, manual-technical, hospitality and website sectors. He also works as a subtitler for commercials and corporate videos.

• Introduction to Oral Mediation (English)
  Simultaneous Interpreting

Valentina Baselli: Since 2009, I have been working as a liaison interpreter for meetings and pharmaceutical audits, as well as ENG>ITA and GER>ITA conference interpreter (simultaneous, consecutive and chuchotage) at events such as specialised conventions, press conferences, training courses, corporate and financial meetings, shareholders’ and board meetings, notary stipulations, product launches and workshops, both in person and remotely in numerous sectors, including fashion and hairstyling, design, technical/mechanical, renewable energy/mobility, economics and budgets. Among other events, I have been a consecutive and simultaneous interpreter for show business personalities such as Carrie-Anne Moss, Marco Mengoni and La Pina, as well as political figures such as Giuseppe Sala (the Mayor of Milan), the Prince of Bahrain, Tajani and John Kerry. I am an ENG/GER>ITA translator of pharmaceutical papers, scientific articles, technical manuals, certificates, patents, package leaflets, catalogues, medical records, balance sheets, contracts, orders, business documents and notarised documents.

• Business and Conference Interpreting, 2°, 3° year (French)

Angelica Brustia: Since 2015, I have been providing language support in business and conference interpreting. I have had the opportunity to do some translations, especially in the medical field.

• General Linguistics

Michela Cislaghi has been teaching General Linguistics at the Istituto di Alti Studi SSML Carlo Bo in Bologna and Milan campuses since 2001. Since 2018, she has also been the Teaching Coordinator of the Bologna campus. She trained at the Institute of Glottology of the Catholic University of Milan, with which for years she collaborated as a subject expert (Cultrice della materia) for Germanic Philology.
Since 2001, she has been an adjunct professor at the degree course in Speech Therapy at the Università Statale di Milano for linguistic subjects. From 1993 to 2010, she collaborated with the Institute of Language Sciences at IULM as a research fellow and holder of collaboration contracts for the teachings of Germanic Philology first (1993) and then General Linguistics. From 2015 to 2018, she was a laboratory assistant in the teaching of Laboratory of Writing and Communication in Italian Language at IULM in Milan. She has also taught English Language at the Faculty of Economics and Faculty of Primary Education at the Bicocca University of Milan. From 2003 to 2010, she coordinated the editorial activities of the Lessico della classicità nelle letterature europee moderne (FIRB project), published by Treccani.

• Computer Tools and Digital Communication for Translation and Interpreting, 1st  year (English)

Michael Farrell as well as teaching at SSML Carlo Bo, Michael Farrell is also an adjunct lecturer in post-editing, machine translation and computer tools for translators at IULM in Milan; developer of the terminology search tool IntelliWebSearch; an ordinary member of the Italian Association of Translators and Interpreters (AITI); and a member of the Mediterranean Editors and Translators Association (MET). He is a freelance translator and transcreator. Over the years, he has gained experience in the field of cultural tourism and in transcreating advertising texts and press releases, mainly for the promotion of technological products. A passionate amateur cook, he also translates texts on Italian cuisine.

Introduction to Translation ITA>ENG, 1st year (English)
Grammar and Language, 1st year
Translation ITA>ENG, 2nd year
Grammar and Language, 2nd year
Translation ITA>ENG, 3rd year
Grammar and Language, 3rd year

Paul Goodrick: I have been working as a freelance translator for 39 years in various fields, particularly in the academia (philosophy, sociology, history). I taught language, literature, translation at the University of Milan from 1983 to 2018. Before starting teaching at Carlo Bo, for 10 years I was a language and translation teacher at ISIT, a civic school of the Municipality of Milan.

• Translation (French)
  Grammar and Language Structures (Written)
  Oral Grammar
  Specialised Terminology (Written)

Pierre Jestin: I have taught for the French Institute in London and the University of Milan. Publications: Cosa pensare della riforma dell’azione culturale estera della Francia? ▪ Diplomazia culturale e influenza linguistica: un’analisi del caso francese. ▪ Una politica della lingua: quale futuro per la lingua francese e la francofonìa? ▪ “La Grecia, un inquietante preludio” in the Italian version of Le Monde diplomatique (February 2013). ▪ Cultura di massa o cultura popolare? Un’analisi della musica rap nella società francese.

• Contemporary Literature, 1st year (Italian)

Patrizia Landi Since 2018, Patrizia Landi along with Tatiana Crivelli (University of Zurich) has been editor of RISL-Rivista Internazionale di Studi Leopardiani, and since 2016 along with Maurizio Punzo has bee editor of the series Storia di storie (Mimesis, Milan). Since 2021, she has been a member of the Scientific Committee of the series Leopardiana (Mimesis, Milan). In 2021, she was an adjunct professor of Italianische Literatur at the Romanisches Seminar at Universität Zürich, Switzerland. She has participated in numerous national and international conferences on Italianistics. Her research interests are focused on the Italian literature of 19th and 20th centuries: she has devoted most of her publications (essays and volumes) to Giacomo Leopardi, among which in 1998 she published with Franco Brioschi the entire Epistolario con le lettere dei corrispondenti (Bollati Boringhieri, Turin). She also deals with the twentieth-century historical novel à la Manzoni; nineteenth- and twentieth-century Milanese cultural and publishing history; Pirandello’s fiction; and narratology.

• Business and Conference Interpreting, 2nd year (Russian)

Francesca Legittimo: Before teaching at university, I had taught German and Russian for 14 years at an upper-secondary school specialising in foreign languages in Milan. I have had various experiences of consecutive interpreting (RUS>ITA, ITA>RUS) at trade fairs, book presentations, business negotiations. I am one of the authors of the 4 volumes of the Russian manual for Italians Davajte (Hoepli) and the author of the essay La sfinge russa (2020).

• Written Mediation, 1st year (Chinese)
  Sectorial Translation 2, 3rd year
  Terminology and Sectorial Languages 3, 3rd year

Clara Longhi: I worked in the marketing and communication field, as well as in the energy sector gaining experience in China for private companies and NGOs. Since 2016, I have been working in the health sector as a cultural mediator at the ASL of Romagna province. At the same time I am interested in cinema and collaborate with short film festivals in China and Italy, in addition to developing cultural promotion projects between Italy and China.

• Written Mediation (English)
  Sectorial Translation, 2nd and 3rd
  Theory and History of Translation, 1st year

Marilena Lucchini: : I translate from English and German in mainly scientific and technical fields for institutions, publishing houses and companies, most often in the fields of health, medicine, pharmacology and medical systems. I am involved in language training in professional and academic contexts, in particular the training of translators, interpreters and language mediators at the Istituto di Alti Studi SSML Carlo Bo in Milan and IULM University in Milan. I studied translation, interpretation and language mediation at the Civica Scuola Interpreti e Traduttori of Milan and scientific communication at the Università Statale of Milan. I am a member of the Mediterranean Editors and Translators (MET) association and an ordinary member of AITI, the Italian Association of Translators and Interpreters.

• Specialised Translation and Terminology (English)

Roberta Magnaghi: I worked for 8 years as a freelancer for the European Parliament and Commission. I have worked for many publishers in Milan. I teach at IULM, Università Cattolica, and the Università Statale of Milan. I also teach corporate courses.

• Translation, Terminology, 2nd and 3rd year (Russian)

MIRELLA MERINGOLO: I translated the book Il metodo by Sergej Ejzenstejn, published by Marsilio Editori. In 2012-15, I collaborated as an interpreter with Leonardo Elicotteri, in 2017 for the Piccolo Teatro di Milano. I edited the surtitles of the play Il Giardino dei ciliegi.

• Spanish Language

Norma Maria Mungiardi Norma Maria Mungiardi is an interpreter for CEO and Press for the inauguration of the new branch of the company Silicon Mitus. Interpreter for international conferences in Milan.

• Business and Conference Interpreting (English)
  Oral Mediation
  Written Mediation
  Specialised Translation

Elisabeth Ornaghi: In my freelance activities as an interpreter and translator, I have gained over 20 years’ experience working directly with the Translation Services of the European Commission, the European Parliament and specialised EU agencies. I have also collaborated with companies, cultural and scientific institutions (Istituto Superiore di Sanità), and translated essays, scientific and popular publications for national publishers from both English and German into Italian.

• Introduction to Translation, 1st Year (English)
  Grammar and Language Structures (Written)

Ralph Pacinotti: After gaining experience as an in-house translator and copywriter, I have remained active as a freelance translator. In the field of non-fiction, in 2018 I translated the volume Parole che raccontano immagini. Linee guida ADLAB per l’audiodescrizione, published by Edizioni Università di Trieste. In the literary field, in 2020 I translated Laila Wadia’s novel entitled Il Giardino dei frangipani for Oligo, Gold Series. In parallel, I have dedicated myself to teaching English language and English-Italian translation, collaborating with the Universities of Trieste and Udine. Since 2019, I have been teaching at the Istituto di Alti Studi SSML Carlo Bo in Bologna. To date, my teaching assignments are: English-Italian Translation, Computer Tools for Translation and Interpretation, Audiovisual Translation. I also teach English at the Free University of Languages and Communication IULM in Milan. Since 2020, I have been collaborating with the Instituto Superior de Estudios Lingüísticos y Traducción (ISTRAD) as a lecturer in audiodescription within the postgraduate course Expert in Accessibility of Communication and Cultural Content.

• Sectorial Translation 2, 3rd year (Russian)
  Terminology and Sectorial Languages (Oral) 3
  Business and Conference Interpreting 3
  Consecutive Russian Language 1 at Master’s Degree Course
• Consecutive Russian Language 2 at Master’s Degree Course

Irina Pavlova: I trained in the field of translation studies, earning my Master’s Degree in Specialised Translation, Interpreting, Language Teaching from Perm University (Russia) in 2002. I received my Bachelor’s Degree from Milan State University in 2008, and my PhD Degree from Perm University (Russia) in 2020. I have worked as an interpreter and translator for Russian and Italian agencies.

• Introduction to Translation, 1st year (English)
  Grammar and Language Structures (Written)
  1st year – Sectorial Translation 2, 3rd year

Wendy Piemonte Ministry of Foreign Trade (Trade and Industry) in New Zealand (1978); U.S. Consulate in Trieste and Milan (Consular Attaché and Assistant to the Scientific Attaché) from 1979 until 1994. From 1994 to 2013 freelance and in-house translator. In-house translator at KPMG (financial consulting sector) and Cantiere Nautico SE.RI.GI (Solaris boats). Freelance translator for trade fairs (MIDO, Salone del Mobile, VITRUM), Trade Associations (Assolegno, Federlegno, ANFAO), and market research companies (pharmaceutical, automotive, food). She has taught English courses at ENI, A2A and leading companies in the field of personnel search and selection.

• Grammar and Language Structures (Oral)
  1st and 2nd year (English)

Philip Reid: I have more than 35 years of experience as a language teacher and translator in Italy and the UK. In Italy I have worked with numerous companies and multinational corporations as a language consultant. I have worked with the De Agostini publishing house as a native speaker consultant and for the inclusion of phonetic transcriptions in the editing of the Garzanti HazonDictionary. I am a teacher of foreign language and translation courses of the Faculty of Interpreting and Translation of IULM University in Milan (Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree Specialised Translation courses).

• Sectorial Translation 1, 2nd year (Chinese)
  Sectorial Translation 2, 3rd year

Hongye Ren: I translated for Vivisarpi Association the volume SARPI: Il nostro quartiere fra “Ti ricordi..” and Quel che sarà… in 2020. In 2019, I worked as a cultural mediator and interpreted consecutively from Italian into Chinese for a guide during some visits organised by FAI. In 2017, I was a translator for a Sino-European newspaper, Europe China News, where I worked until 2018. In 2015 and 2016 I trained as an intern at Confucius Institute of the University of Milan as a translator. In 2014, I worked as a language teacher at Younger School of Foreign Languages in Wuhan.

• Laboratory of Technical and Scientific Translation (Spanish)

Michele Sacchi: I have been part of the organising committee for various study days/conferences (e.g. Language and Languages for Peace) and publications of monographic sections (Tradurre l’oralità, published by Olschki), with the task of reviewing articles, preparing information material and technical support. I translated Appuntamento con la Lady (2019) and Voltarsi indietro (2022 – four hands with Elena Liverani) both published by Feltrinelli. Since 2022, I have been collaborating as a writer with Bravo Communication & C., a communication agency.

• Introduction to Oral Mediation, 1st year (English)
  Business and Conference Interpreting, 2nd year

Silvia Saibene: After graduation, I worked as a translator and conference interpreter in multinational companies in Italy and Switzerland, and then in communication agencies until 1998, when I moved to the United States. Upon returning to Italy, I resumed working as a translator for L’Espresso, and private companies, focusing my skills on the areas of real estate, communication, marketing, pharmacology, and fashion. In 2004, I also chose to dedicate myself to teaching at SSML and IULM in Milan, and in-company language courses. Teaching subjects: translation, grammar, consecutive and oral mediation.

• Introduction to Translation (English)
  Sectorial Translation
  Grammar and Language Structures
  Terminology and Sectorial Languages, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year

Philip Sanders: My translation work has covered a variety of areas, including crime stories, technical journals, musical instrument restoration and the history of humanitarianism. In 2019 my translation of A History of Humanitarianism, 1755-1989: In the Name of Others by Prof. Silvia Salvatici was published by Manchester University Press. I am currently working on the ‘follow-up’ project.

• Translation Techniques (Oral and Written), 3rd year (English)

Julia Mary Scilabra: From 2017 to the present, I have performed translation and interpreting services for individuals and companies, including Lagostina, Mulac Cosmetics, Velcro, Coelux, Distribuzione Moderna, Groupe Seb, and as part of conferences and conventions in the medical and non-medical fields (e.g. TEDXVarese, Otoneurology etc.). In addition, I perform language polishing activities for scientific articles (e.g., https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8052355/) and voice-overs for realities such as, but not limited to, Osteocom and Agora School of Biomedical Sciences.

• Sectorial Translation (French)

Michela Spacagno: I worked as a research teacher in French Linguistics and History of French Language at the Sorbonne University from 2014 to 2019 and at the University of Toulon in 2019-2020 academic year. I have participated in numerous international conferences in linguistics and literature.

Introduction to Oral Mediation, 1st year (French)

Daniela Spreafico: I worked as an interpreter for some French fashion maisons such as Hermès and Chanel at fashion shows and events that involved the Italian<>French language combination; during some press conferences I interpreted in both consecutive and simultaneous modes for some perfumers presenting the new perfumes they created for maisons such as Chloé, Dolce & Gabbana, and Le Couvent des Minimes.

• Chinese Culture at SSML Carlo Bo in Milan and Bari
  Language Laboratory, 2nd year (Milan) Written Mediation (Milan)
  Language Laboratory, 2nd and 3rd year (Bari)
  Oral and Written Mediation (Bari)

Margherita Sportelli: Since 2002, I have been teaching training courses of Chinese language, inter-cultural communication, mediation and negotiation with China, also collaborating with SDA Bocconi, Fondazione CUOA of Vicenza, Fondazione Italia Cina, Il Sole 24Ore Formazione, Iocap, CFMT, Centro di Formazione dei Manager del Terziario, AICE, Associazione Italiana per il Commercio Estero. I have designed and conducted specific in-house training courses in the Fashion, Luxury and Retail sectors, for Ferragamo, Vivienne Westwood, Tod’s, Swatch, McArthurglen and Ferretti. I have collaborated with the Scuola Superiore del Commercio, Turismo, Servizi e delle Professioni in Milan, in Quadrifor training projects, and with CAPAC Politecnico del Commercio, in funded training projects for Verizon, Salmoiraghi & Viganò, Dufry Italia, Arrows and Federalberghi. I have taught in Chinese companies such as Bestway and Oppo. In academic training, from 2010 to 2015 I taught Chinese language and culture at the University of Trento, from 2015 to 2016 Chinese language at the University of Verona, from 2010 to 2016 and from 2020 to 2021 Chinese language and translation, and East Asian history and culture at the University of Salento. Since 2016, I have been collaborating in teaching Chinese language with the University Language Center of the Polytechnic University of Bari. Since 2017, I have been collaborating with SSML Carlo Bo in Milan for teaching Chinese language in the professionalising Laboratories of the Degree Course in Interpreting and Communication, and in the Specialised Translation Laboratories of the Master’s Degree Course in Specialised Translation and Conference Interpreting at IULM University, where, since 2017, I have been an adjunct lecturer in Culture, Literature and History of Chinese Language, and Editorial Translation: fiction and non-fiction. From 2009 to 2013, I edited with Bettina Gehrke the column “The Window on the World”, in Economia & Management, a journal of the School of Business Management at Luigi Bocconi University in Milan. I have written popular science essays and monographs.

• Introduction to Oral Mediation, 1st year

Lucia Strinati: I translated from German the volume Lasciate in pace gli uomini (1990) for Feltrinelli. I worked as a translator and conference interpreter for: TRADUKO of Milan, SISDO CONSULT INFORMATIC SERVICES (Milan), FOSTER WHEELER (Milan), AMPLIFON (Milan), the High Court of Justice of Milan. For several years, I have been a lecturer in German translation and mediation techniques in the Bachelor’s Degree courses and in simultaneous and consecutive interpreting as part of the Master’s Degree in Interpreting and Communication at IULM University in Milan.

• Sectorial Translation, 2nd year (Russian)
  Business and Conference Interpreting, 2nd year
  Grammar and Language Structures (Oral), 2nd year
  Translation, 2nd year

Lucia Untila: From 1988 to 1991, I worked at the Embassy of the Former Soviet Union in the Republic of Angola as a senior interpreter and translator. I have also worked as a translator and interpreter at the Chamber of Commerce of Milan, Monza, Brianza and Lodi, and the High Court of Justice of Milan. From 2002 to present, I have been a cultural language mediator in the public sector (health, school, judicial, municipalities).

• Sectorial Translation 1, 2nd year (English)
  Grammar and Language Structures, 2nd year

Jonathan Villis: I have experience in teaching English language to all ages, from children to adults, for all CEF levels from A1 to C2, implementing a communicative and ‘task-based’ approach. Throughout my ELT career, I have developed particular strengths in the following areas: – Adult and YL courses in preparation for the IELTS and Cambridge ESOL exams – Academic English and translation courses for college students – Cross-skills training for business English learners – Instructional methodology courses for state school teachers – Language development courses for adult learners at C2 level – ICT (mobile devices, web-based materials and learning platforms) – CLIL teaching (natural sciences)

• LM2-Consecutive Chinese Language
  C51 Business and Conference Interpreting
  C51 Terminology and Sectorial Languages (Oral)
  C31 Oral Mediation – C3B Consecutive Interpreting
  C3B Oral Mediation Techniques
  CA1 Oral Mediation
  LM1 Consecutive Language

Rong Youzhong During numerous years of teaching experience, Rong Youzhong has actively contributed to the organisation and management of various university, school and institutional courses. Thanks to his friendly and professional approach developed with his students, he has built strong relationships of trust with them. Appreciated for his structured and competent approach in teaching style, he possesses natural charisma and ability to convey passion.

• Business and Conference Interpreting 2, C41 (class of degree)
  Grammar and Language Structures (Oral) 2, C41
  Consecutive Interpreting, C2A
  Oral Mediation Techniques, C2A
  Translation, C2

Jia Yaqin over 24 years of experience in university, school and institutional settings, Jia Yaqin has developed organisational and planning skills in complex settings. Thanks to her significant communication and interpersonal skills, she has on many occasions demonstrated leadership and coordination skills in multicultural and composite work groups.