My name is Laura Segato and I am a professional translator and interpreter specialising in law and tourism.
I completed a Degree course in Conference Interpreting (four years) at the University in Trieste in 2002 and then worked for several years mainly as a conference interpreter for numerous different clients who contracted my services for conferences, seminars and meetings, trade fairs, workshops and incentive trips. However, as time went by, my interest for written translations prevailed so I consolidated my experience in this field and finally decided to focus my professional career on translating in the two areas that have always attracted me most: Law and Tourism.
In 2016 I was awarded a First-level Specializing Master in Legal Translation by the University of Genoa. I currently translate from German and English into my mother tongue language, Italian.
I am enrolled in the Court of Venice as certified professional language consultant (CTU is the Italian acronym) for German and English.
Since 2013 I am an associate member of the Italian Association for Translators and Interpreters (AITI).
I also teach German and English, providing professional services for students of all levels. I am specialised in the technical language of tourism: I was born and raised near the sea and indeed tourism has always been part of my life. From being very young I worked in hotels, camping sites and tourist rental agencies. Because of the experience I gained over the years in the technical language of tourism and my deep knowledge of German and English, in 2012 I was recruited to teach German for Specific Purposes at the I.T.S. – Higher Technical School for Tourism in Jesolo (Venice). Moreover, since 2014 I’ve been working for the education company Ter-Servizi Confcommercio Venezia as teacher/trainer for German and English.
Education and Training
- First-level Specializing Master in Legal Translation awarded in 2016 at the University of Genoa – for English and German
- University Degree in Conference Interpreting awarded in 2002 at Trieste University’s Advanced School of Modern Languages for Interpreters and Translators (SSLMIT)
- Seminar “TradPro2019: Training and networking day for translators and language professionals” – Pordenone, 6 April 2019
- AITI Seminar “Translation in Italian Civil Court Proceedings” – Udine, 23 March 2019, Lecturer Patrizia Giampieri
- AITI Seminar “Terminology: the pinch of salt of translation” – Treviso, 2 Februar 2019, Lecturer Maria Pia Montoro
- AITI Seminar “Documents and Deeds in Court Registries” – Udine, 9 June 2018, Lecturer Alessandra Tarozzo
- Seminar “TradPro2018: Training and networking day for translators and language professionals” – Pordenone, 7 April 2018
- “CalcolaRedditoAITI” – Treviso, 12 May 2018
- “The Basics of SDL Trados Studio 2015” – Padua, 31 January 2016, Lecturer Sabina Fata
- AITI Seminar “Fiscal Issues and Pricing for Translators and Interpreters” – Mestre, 7 November 2015, Speaker Alex Ghedina
- AITI Seminar “Articulation and Diction” – Mestre, 3 October 2015, Lecturer Alessandra de Luca
- AITI Seminar “Corporations and Partnerships in German Law and the Translation of Deeds and Corporate Resolutions” – Verona, 22 November 2014, Lecturer Eleonora Valentini
- Workshop “Digital or Nothing: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Digital * (but were afraid to ask)” – Mestre, 8 February 2014, Lecturers Silvina dell’Isola and Roberto Marsicano