Student Translation Business Project -Italian

Project Manager: Henry Carr

Translators: Charlotte Evans & Melanie Sackett

Revisers: Esther Cadle-Hartridge & Guy Janaway

Proof-reader: Emily Avent

La formula magica per traduzioni di qualità

Our market• E-books slowly growing Italian market and booming

British market.

• 2 out of 3 e-books bought in Europe are downloaded in the UK(ebookitalia.org).

• “In some cases the generous profit margins publishers make on eBooks can reach 75% of the cover price” (The Guardian, May 2014).

“Erasmus babies”• 1 million babies born due to Erasmus programme (Irish

Journal, Corriere della Sera, Deutsche Welle).• There has been an increase in Anglo-Italian families by

9% since 1990 (corriere.it, 2013).• Our translations mean that these children can learn to

read in English through Italian stories.

Our Client

Looking to build up a clientele of Italian children’s writers.

Working on establishing business links with Einaudi Ragazzi and other respected Italian children’s literature publishers.

Future aspirations to have a network of Anglophone publishers so we can offer a translation and publishing service (e-books and printed literature).

Einaudi Ragazzi

Work and time management

Delegated responsibilities: industry research, market research, finance, marketing, logo design.

Three stages: translation, revision and proofreading.

700-word translation for example piece

Full project (based on full translation of Cipì, 21,613 words) = 5 working days.

£INANC€

6p/word from Italian into English.

Invoice for translation

Royalty contract for e-book profits (25%)

MARKETING

'La formula magica per traduzioni di qualità!'

Translation examples- what we can offer: quality translations

We translated Cipì (Mario Lodi), a well-known children’s book.

1st example: First chapter – Nascita di Cipì (Chirpy hatches)

2nd example: Last chapter - Libertà (Freedom)

Translation of Mario Lodi’s Cipí

Our Brief

Strategy

Decisions of detail

eBook Creation

Thanks for listening!Any questions?

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