Translation in Ιταλία

Freelance translators and translation companies

The translation industry in Italy is very diverse and therefore it is not possible to provide accurate statistics. There is no law regulation to the profession and basically everyone can work as a translator nowadays, but there are some translators' associations making efforts in order to achieve some kind of consistency in the translation business.

Most part of technical and scientific translators make business with translation agencies, while editorial translators often have to make contacts with publishing houses directly. On the other hand, universities, cultural associations and institutions are the main business partners to translators working in classical studies fields such as religion, history and philosophy. There is very little room for in-house translators nowadays. Most translators are freelancers (VAT registered) but there is also a strong presence of people working as translators under other contract forms such as pure occasional collaboration.

Globalization and Internet development (as well the development of softwares for online collaboration) are changing Italian translation industry very fast. Nowadays many italian translators tend to work for foreign agencies, expecially those which work in high profile scopes (such as genetics, finance and so on). On the other hand there is a strong reduction of the mid-profile workload (non-specialized user's guides, newspaper articles in not specific fields, ...) and this has led to a constant downgrading of these translations' value, both in terms of quality and tariffs offered.

Main translators' associations in Italy are ANITI (Associazione Nazionale Italiana Traduttori e Interpreti) and AITI (Associazione Italiana Traduttori e Interpreti).

Contribute information about the translation industry in Ιταλία »

ProZ.com members in Ιταλία

All paying members

Professional

Corporate

CPN PRO

Translation associations and schools in Ιταλία

School	Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
Association	UNILINGUE
School	Università per Stranieri di Siena
School	Scuola Superiore per Interpreti e Traduttori di Pescara
School	Università degli Studi di Salerno, Facoltà di Lingue e Letterature Straniere
School	Università di Milano-Bicocca
School	Scuola Superiore per Mediatori Linguistici di Vicenza
School	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano
School	Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo"
School	University of Bologna - Facoltà di lingue e letterature straniere

More translator associations in Ιταλία »
More translator schools in Ιταλία »

Upcoming and past ProZ.com events in Ιταλία

Powwow	Ιταλία - Taranto	Sep 28, 2025
Powwow	Ιταλία - Taranto	Dec 1, 2024
Powwow	Ιταλία - Taranto	Sep 28, 2024
Powwow	Ιταλία - Rome	Mar 22, 2024
Powwow	Ιταλία - Reggio di Calabria, Calabria	Feb 20, 2024
Powwow	Ιταλία - Palermo	Dec 15, 2023
Powwow	Ιταλία - Vitorchiano	Feb 11, 2023
Powwow	Ιταλία - Virtual powwow	Oct 21, 2022
Powwow	Ιταλία - Treviso, Veneto	Mar 28, 2022
Powwow	Ιταλία - Fiorano Modenese	Mar 1, 2022

More translation conferences in Ιταλία »
More translator trainings in Ιταλία »
More powwows in Ιταλία »

Ιταλία vital statistics

Flag
Time now (Rome)	19:17 CEST (GMT+2) (2 hrs ahead of you)
Official language	Ιταλικά
Largest cities	Rome, Milano, Napoli, Turin
Calling code	+39
ProZ.com in Ιταλικά