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LOCALIZATION

WEBSITE LOCALIZATION
English > Italian

Scope: Localization and adaptation for the Italian market.

Target audience: Italian customers (luxury hospitality B2C market). Luxury travelers and professionals looking for high-end accommodation.


Key approach: focused on highlighting the hotel’s sophisticated brand voice, making sure the Italian localization carried both the original elegance and the cultural expectations of the target audience.

UX (User experience) focus: Italian is usually “longer” than English. Italy is a high-context culture, and promotional language favors a richer, more evocative narrative to build trust and emotional resonance.
i.e., EN: Book your stay > IT: Prenota ora (literal translation into Italian: ‘prenota il tuo soggiorno’ didn’t respect the character limits).

The CTA buttons were localized by choosing Italian equivalents to make sure the UX stayed intuitive on both desktop and mobile.

*Note: “Ellington Hotel” localized as “Hotel Ellington” is an example of word-order adaptation (in English, the modifier always sits at the left of the noun.)

SOFTWARE LOCALIZATION
English > Italian

Contributed to the software localization of Web Video Caster. Successfully handled .xml files, character constraints, placeholders, and overall UX adaptation for Italian users.
Corrected implementation of dynamic placeholders (e.g., %1$s, %2$s) to ensure system data populates correctly within the Italian sentence structure. Adapted long Italian strings to fit within limited UI elements.

OTHER:
Translation projects

TOURISM TRANSLATION
Text type: tourism brochure

Italian (original) > English (translation)

TECHNICAL TRANSLATION
Text type: user manuals (IT)


English > Italian
French > Italian

ENGLISH
When the configuration interface is opened, the display automatically loads the menu corresponding to the operating logic currently selected. The active parameter is shown on the main line, while additional details or available options may appear on the lower status bar. Use the “▲/▼” keys to scroll through the settings and modify the highlighted value. Press ENTER at any time to confirm the selection and move to the next configurable item.

ITALIAN (TRANSLATION)
Aprire l’interfaccia di configurazione: sul display sarà visualizzato un menu corrispondente alla logica selezionata. Il parametro attivo apparirà sulla riga principale. Ulteriori dettagli o opzioni disponibili saranno visualizzati sulla barra di stato inferiore. Premere i tasti “▲/▼” per selezionare l’opzione desiderata e modificare il valore evidenziato. Premere ENTER per confermare l’opzione e spostarsi all’elemento successivo.

FRENCH
Périphériques de stockage
Les périphériques de stockage permettent au portable de lire et d’écrire des documents, des images ou d’autres fichiers sur différents supports de stockage. La plupart des ordinateurs portables modernes intègrent un lecteur de cartes mémoire compatible avec les formats courants, tels que SD, microSD ou SDHC/SDXC. Ce lecteur interne offre un accès rapide aux données et évite l’utilisation d’adaptateurs externes moins performants.

ITALIAN (TRANSLATION)
Dispositivi di archiviazione
I dispositivi di archiviazione consentono al computer di leggere e salvare dati come documenti, immagini o altri file salvati sulla periferica. La maggior parte dei computer portatili moderni dispone autonomamente di un lettore di schede di memoria integrato compatibile con i formati più diffusi, come SD, microSD o SDHC/SDXC. La presenza del lettore integrato offre un accesso rapido ai dati senza l’utilizzo di periferiche esterne meno performanti.

Italian subtitles for the Art21 Team

AUDIOVISUAL TRANSLATION
SUBTITLING

Interlingual subtitles
into Italian

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