Riccardo Cristiani

Riccardo Cristiani – Translator

Native Italian. Published author, editor, and translator (English to Italian) with international background and 10+ years experience.

Overview

Historian by training. I pursued my curriculum in Genoa, Bologna, and the United States. In 2018, I co-authored the book What Is the History of Emotions? (Polity Press), recently translated into several foreign languages, including Japanese. I am bilingual and have been a freelance writer, editor, and translator since 2011. I worked for academic publishers (e.gr., University of Toronto Press, Cambridge University Press, Yale University Press, Polity Press, Viella), scholars, and institutions, offering professional services in several areas, such as fact-checking, developmental editing, proofreading, indexing, in both English and Italian.As a professional non-fiction translator: • I will translate your book, journal article, dissertation, thesis, or any scientific or corporate document from English to Italian.• Fields of study include - but are not limited to - Medieval History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Music, and Cinema. • I can also translate documents from LATIN (for scholars working on ancient, medieval, and early modern history) or transcribe Latin texts from manuscripts.• I can provide figure preparation and illustration services that save you time and make your work stand out. • Fast and reliable, I'm a perfectionist.
Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs Entertainment Humanities & Social Sciences Religion & Spirituality Self-Help & Self-Improvement
Fiction
Historical Fiction Romance Science Fiction
Languages
English to Italian
Awards
  • TAA's Textbook Excellence Award 2019

Work experience

Self-employed

Jan, 2011 — Present
I have been a freelance writer, editor, and translator since 2011. Working for academic publishers (e.gr., University of Toronto Press, Cambridge University Press, Yale University Press, Polity Press, Viella), private scholars and institutions, I have developed professional expertise in several areas, such as fact-checking, developmental editing, translating, proofreading, indexing, in both English and Italian. I provide translation services for publishers, scholars, private authors, and business companies.

University of Toronto Press

Jan, 2012 — Dec, 2021 (almost 10 years)
For the University of Toronto Press I worked as fact-checker, developmental editor, proofreader, and indexer on the last three editions of Barbara H. Rosenwein’s textbook, A Short History of the Middle Ages (4th ed. 2014, 5th ed. 2018, and 6th ed. 2022). The 5th edition won the Textbook Excellence Award in 2019. I performed the same services for Rosenwein's collection of primary sources, Reading the Middle Ages: Sources from Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamic World (2nd ed. 2014 and 3rd ed. 2018).

Portfolio

Generazioni di sentimenti

Barbara H. Rosenwein

Generazioni di sentimenti è il primo libro in Italia a offrire tutta la novità degli studi recenti di storia delle emozioni, uno dei più interessanti e nuovi filoni della ricerca storica inter... read more
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