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1963: I was born at Weir Maternity Hospital, Balham, South London. (That's what it says on my birth certificate - to be honest I don't remember much about the event).
1968: I started school in an insignificant little place called Tring in Hertfordshire near London (but too far for my liking).
1981: I finally finished school and was able to escape from Tring to start studying at London University - Queen Mary College, Mile End Road.
1985: I graduated in Theoretical Physics. The same year I did an intensive course to get the Royal Society of Arts Preparatory Certificate for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language at the International Teacher Training Institute, International House, Piccadilly, London. I did this in order to leave for Milan (Italy) to become an English teacher. I left London on September 17th.
1989: I sat the Institute of Linguists Diploma in Italian at the British Council, Via Manzoni, Milan. During the summer of the same year I also took a Spanish course at the Universidad de Salamanca, Patio de Escuelas Menores, Salamanca (Spain).
1990: After working as an English teacher for 5 years, I turned to translation.
1998: The Associazione Italiana Traduttori e Interpreti (Italian Association of Translators and Interpreters) admitted me as a regular member.
2000: I was invited to speak at a series of seminars on Computer Aided Translation organized by the Italian Association of Translators and Interpreters.
2002: I was elected member of the executive council of the Lombardy branch of the Italian Association of Translators and Interpreters (until May 2004).
2004: Atril (the developers of the translation memory tool DéjàVu) awarded me the title of Atril Certified Training Partner.
2005: I developed the freeware terminology search tool IntelliWebSearch.
Now: Thanks to my scientific background, I have gradually specialized in technical translations: industrial processes, mechanical engineering, electronics, plant engineering, plant automation, information technology, physics, pharmaceuticals, etc. Being a keen amateur cook, I have also translated texts on Italian cuisine. I still live in Italy.