Danila De Amicis

• I have drafted, updated/improved PTV mobility and logistics software documentation in English (Help centre, Release Notes, GUI and related) - Examples: Optima Companion and Flows APIs.
• I have supported the PTV Translation Management Team by reviewing PTV Flows technical documentation translated from English into Italian and vice versa.
• I have been in charge of managing technical Italian/English terminology for the product PTV Flows: I have created and developed the PTV Flows Glossary.
• I have developed and drafted ADOS Wiki pages for internal use.

In particular, I have used and applied the following:

- Technical Writing tools

• Madcap Flare (CCMS)
• Drupal (CMS)
• XTM Cloud (CAT)

- Technical Writing principles and techniques

• Information typing (concepts, references, procedures, troubleshooting)
• Information reuse (snippets of contents)
• Information structure (TOC, drop down objects and progressive disclosure)
• Information presentation (CSS)
• Information tagging
• Semi-structured interview approach to get information from Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).

- Technical Writing international standards

• ISO/IEC/IEEE 26513
• ISO/IEC/IEEE 26514
• ISO/IEC/IEEE 26515.

- Standard content file formats

XML, XSD, HTML, XHTML, all Madcap Flare content types, PDF.

- Standard graphic file formats

PNG, JPEG, SVG.

- Company collaboration tools used

• Azure Dev Ops Services (ADOS)
• Microsoft Teams.

- File versioning tools used:

• Tortoise GIT
• Tortoise SVN.

- AI tools

• Microsoft Copilot
• Copilot Studio.

English booth (interpreting simultaneously and consecutively from Spanish, French and Italian into English): over 130 days since 2020 - (ongoing), including:

• WFP meetings presided by the Executive Director Cindy McCain
• Bilateral meetings with the Executive Director Cindy McCain and ambassadors (English<>Spanish)
• Bilateral meeting with the First Lady of Argentina Fabiola Yáñez and former WFP Deputy Executive Director Amir Abdulla (English<>Spanish)
• WFP Executive Board - Main session and side events
• Informal gathering of the WFP Board members and observers with the former Executive Director David Beasley to celebrate the Nobel Peace Prize.

I provide professional (on-site and remote) simultaneous, consecutive, chuchotage, liaison interpreting services with the language combination: Italian A (native), English A (native), Spanish B, French C (from English, Spanish, French, Italian into Italian, English, Spanish).

I have worked for the following:

- Other UN agencies:

• UN Security Council on Counterterrorism
• World Bank
• IFAD
• UN Women
• Scaling-Up Nutrition Movement - bilateral meetings with Latin American Ministers
• UNICC
• World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO)
• Preparatory meetings and press conferences on the UN Binding Treaty on Transnational Corporations and Human Rights
• ICCROM General Assembly at the FAO and other meetings.

- International events held by the following Italian Ministries:

• Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Italian Ministry of Employment
• Italian Ministry for Sport and Youth.

- Vatican events and related:

• International events on Ecology, Climate Justice and Environmental Sustainability with Pope Francis
• Conference on modern slavery for the Vatican
• OIEC’s 96th Executive Council and other events
• Ambassadors to the Holy See speaking at Associazione Internazionale Carità Politica seminars
• 2022 African Regional Conference for a religious organisation in Entebbe (Uganda)
• Numerous events and formations held by religious congregations and faith-based NGOs.

- High-level international events:

• Socialist International 2025 events with President Pedro Sánchez
• 2022 World Federation of Trade Unions Congress
• 144th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (2022) in Bali (Indonesia)
• G20 Rome Summit 2021
• COP26
• MED9
• International Court of Jurists & European Institutions on Counterterrorism and Human Rights
• Matteo Salvini and Donald Brown and Maurizio Gardini at a Conference on Africa in Rome
• Antonio Tajani and Giovanni Lolli (former President of the Abruzzo Region) at a Conference on Maritime Surveillance.
• EU-level events and related:
• European Labour Authority workshops
• Former Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo at a European Committee of the Regions
• Bilateral meetings with DG Employment
• Several events of the European Committee of the Regions
• Several meetings of the Future of Europe Conference 2021.
• European Parliament Poverty Intergroup meetings with MEP Pierfrancesco Majorino
• Right to Energy Forum with participation of MEPs
• European Sport Award Ceremonies at the European Parliament in Brussels (Belgium)
• ECVC General Assemblies and Coordination Committee meetings.

- Other EU-level and international events:

• International Council of Nurses
• Supreme Court Judge Rafael Toledo Cantero leading a seminar at TAR Lazio
• Libera’s 2022 “Cross event”
• Susanna Camusso (CGIL trade union) at a Festival of Mediterranean Cultures
• Webinars on the situation in Israel and Palestine during and after the Covid-19 pandemic
• Defence for Children International webinars.
• Belgian - LAC Platform online conferences.
• EAPN Governing Bodies and General Assembly (several meetings).
• EU External Energy Network visit and press conference in Gallese (Italy).

- International NGOs:

• Emmaus International
• Amnesty International
• OIDHACO
• ECOOPAM
• Protection International.

- Sport events:

• 2022 World Federation of Trade Unions Congress
• CONI seminars on sport and innovation
• 2024-2023-2022-2021 General Assemblies of the Padel International Federation
• Giro d’Italia 2022 interviews with winning cyclists for Radio Speranza
• Court of Arbitration for Sport for Torino FC.

- Business events:

• Pharmaceutical company seminars in Italy and Switzerland.
• Startup pitch competitions
• Several European Work Councils in Italy and Belgium
• Caterpillar
• ENEL Green Power
• Corsair
• Coronette Algida
• Euler Hermes Audit Committee + Management Board
• Madrid South Summit 2019 - Innovation & Startups
• ICAS International conference on fertilizers
• B2B event on Nursery Gardening organised by the Chamber of Commerce of Latina, the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Germany (Berlin) and the Italian Chamber of Commerce in the UAE (Dubai).

- Academia:

• Conference at Sapienza University on the psychology of job insecurity and gender (Department of Psychology).
• Conference on Spanish and Italian urban architecture.
• Medical research and health:
• Body Composition Conference 2022
• Lung cancer research conferences.
• Events on agriculture and the environment:
• Conferences on environmental technology
• Oxford Real Farming Conference
• Coventry University Training session on EU projects on agriculture
• Seed Policy Dialogue on EU legislation on seeds
• International seminar: “I semi del lavoro contadino”.

- Specialised training courses (various fields):

• Cybersecurity training course for the Italian police
• Training sessions on European restorative justice practices
• DITE Startup Mentors Courses
• SAVE International workshop for trainers at Fatebenefratelli Foundation
• International cooking classes, Hairstyling, beauty and consulting courses for Casamaria Professional (Alter Ego Italy)
• A number of trainings, webinars and meetings on road, rail, sea, air transport.

- Television and related:

• RAI COM “Cartoons On The Bay” - 2022 Edition in Pescara (Italy)
• Netflix documentary interviews
• The Life and Trials of Oscar Pistorius (BBC - ESPN 2020 docuseries).

- Cinema and literature:

• Los Angeles, Italia Film Fashion and Art Festival at TCL Chinese Theatre (Los Angeles - USA).
• A. Gimenez Bartlett, E. Silvi, B. Gonzales Harbour, E. Buciarelli, R. Costantini, J. M. Esquird at Instituto Cervantes talks (Rome).

- Most recent Trade Fairs:

• Tuttofood (Milan, Italy)
• Marmomac (Verona, Italy).

I have translated, reviewed and edited documents across various industries, ensuring clarity, cultural relevance and applying industry-specific terminology to enhance accuracy.

Some of the translation projects I have successfully completed include:

• The United Nations Declaration on the rights of persons and other people working in rural areas (EN-IT)
• Italian President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella (Quirinale.it): 20+ speeches translated and 100+ proofread (IT-EN)
• Draft Minutes for the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport
• Websites and online platforms on logistics and traffic management
• PhD documents on Gender Equality issues
• Case study reports on social and religious issues
• Code of Ethics for international organisations
• Book: “Castrum Altumne” by Michele Buffis (IT-EN)
• Localization and MTW Tuscany’s 2022 wine tourism programme (IT-EN), tourism questionnaires
• Translation and revision of technical documents for start-ups (blockchains, livestock farming) (IT-EN)
• Pharmacy Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Medical market research surveys
• Articles on digital marketing and marketing brochures
• Localization of websites and technical manuals, linguistics
• MTPE of corporate presentations, websites for music companies
• Interviews with musicians and mass media communication
• Employment contracts, partnership agreements
• Marriage certificates, university diplomas and other certificates
• Fashion items descriptions
• Food & beverage documentation
• Film scripts
• Technical documents on walls and glass doors
• Fishing equipment catalogues.

I have used the following CAT Tools (and related):

• SDL Trados
• Wordpress (Elementor, WPML)
• MemoQ
• Wordfast
• MateCat
• OmegaT
• Drupal
• Adobe InDesign.