EMANUELA 

PODDA-ANKROM

Italy|www.literaryoriented.com |litoriented@gmail.com

Skills Summary

Meticulous translator. Adept at keeping the original meaning, style and unique characteristics of original words and documents when completing professional translations. Driven news editor and article writer seeking a challenging new role.

Education

Degree

Master in International Law, Université Catholique de Louvain, 2024

Government and Politics, Harvard University, 2024

Intellectual Property Law, Penn, 2022

BA in English, University of Maryland, 2007

Experience

Freelance Writer & Editor

Japanese-English Dictionary, 2022.

Published books: 

Travel Haiku 2021; Travel Haiku and other Selected Haiku, 2023;

News Reviewer, Editor

REPUSTAR, 02/2020-2021;

APPEN, Translation Reviewer, Transcriber, Linguist, 2019-current;

Television News Writer

MXDWN, Wrote 100 articles related to scripted TV shows and movies, 03/2019-08/2019;

News Editor

Soap Public Media: Reviewed perspective feed, created headlines and ranked the issues to be published. 12/2018 to 03/2019;

Freelance Journalist: 06/2007 to current.

• Proposed story ideas and wrote articles related to travel and culture for the Stars and Stripes Japan and the Tokyo Voice magazine.
• Interviewed people on the local culture.
• Photo reportage for newspaper and magazine pieces.

Translator 03/2000 to current.

Freelance translator for translation agencies, publishers, and private individuals. Main language pairs: English<>Italian, French>English, Italian, Spanish>English, Italian, Japanese>English, Italian. Fully bilingual in Italian and English. Knowledge of intermediate Arabic, some Korean and Chinese. I mainly translate documents, contracts, manuals, literature, and travel articles. 

Books translated: “Raptor Cop,” by J. Pedicini; A book on wellness;

Awards and Acknowledgements

Dean’s List, University of Maryland;

Master Intercultural Relations Specialist certificate, NAF Atsugi, Japan, 2010.

C2 English, LanguageCert, London

Travels: 

United States, Europe, Japan, Guam, Bahrain, UAE.