I was born near Venice in 1954

In 1977 I graduated in psychology from the University of Padova, but I was already interested mostly in languages .

Mandatory military service in the Italian army from 1978 to 1979

Worked from 1980 to 1982 as an interpreter in Tripoli, El Zawiya, Misratah (Libya), Baghdad and Samarra (Iraq)

Arrived in Japan for the first time in late 1982. Resident in Tokyo since then

After working as a teacher of Italian with several Tokyo companies, I started work as a translator at Idioma, Ltd. in Kamiuma, Tokyo, in 1984

Studied Japanese at the Waseda Daigaku Gogaku Kenkyujo ("Goken") from the summer of 1985 to the fall of 1988

Diploma in Japanese from the Waseda Daigaku Gogaku Kenkyujo in 1988. Full-time translator from then on

Studied German at the Goethe Institut in Aoyama 1-chome from 1991 to 1998 and finished with excellent results

Started assembling computers for myself and friends in 2000

Granted permanent residence in 2000

User of TRADOS Freelance since 2001

User of Star Transit since 2005