Patricia Toni

Dott.ssa Patricia Toni

Conference interpreter (simultaneous, consecutive, chuchotage), liaison interpreter.

Working languages: French and Italian (bilingual), English (C).

EDUCATION

Since 2008, Continuous Professional Learning and Development: attendance to annual AITI seminars and update courses on topics related to the interpreting profession, terminology search, professional ethics, glossary management and marketing.

AY 1992-1993: Degree in Interpretation for French and English, with a final mark of 105/110 and thesis worthy of publication (Research Thesis on "Non-integrated Gallicisms and French expressions in Il Corriere della Sera: the results of a ten-year study" - based on the in-depth analysis of more than 3,000 issues of the newspaper Il Corriere della Sera, in the decade 1980-89).

TEACHING EXPERIENCES

2015, Member of the AITI Admission Jury for French candidate interpreters (Padua).

1995 – 1999, Owner of “Chat School” based in La Spezia (School for European and Non-European Languages and Translation Agency); during my term as Director, the school was granted the highest recognition from the Ministry of Education (Presa d’Atto Ministeriale, Decree no. 2846, May 8^th 1998), for high quality and professionalism.

French Teacher and Organizer of specialized courses in preparation for the NATO test for officers and non-commissioned officers of the Italian Navy belonging to the following departments: School Vessel Amerigo Vespucci, Submarines Da Vinci and Sauro, Navy Helicopter station of Sarzana, Maricommi, Comsubin, Ship Alpino, Ship Magnaghi, Ship Ardito, Ship Maestrale, Ship Audace, Ship Numana, Ship Gaeta, Ship Esploratore Maricentromine, Marimissili, La Spezia Port Authority.

1993 – 1995, Byron School of La Spezia: French teacher for individual lessons and group courses for adults.

TEACHING ACTIVITY

AY 2022-2023:

• Annual Contract Teacher for Simultaneous and Consecutive Interpreting from Italian into French, at the School of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Interpreting and Translation, University of Bologna (Second-cycle Degree Programme, second year)
• Tutoring 2nd Sem. for Interpretation I and Dialogic 2

• Annual contract teaching c/o SSLM CIELS, Bologna campus: mediation 1st, 2nd and 3rd year

AY 2021-2022:

• Annual Contract Teacher for Simultaneous and Consecutive Interpreting from Italian into French, at the School of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Interpreting and Translation, University of Bologna (Second-cycle Degree Programme, second year)

• Tutoring 2nd Sem. for Interpretation I and Dialogic 2 Exercises
  
  AY 2020_2021:

• Annual Contract Teacher for Simultaneous and Consecutive Interpreting from Italian into French, at the School of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Interpreting and Translation, University of Bologna (Second-cycle Degree Programme, second year)
• - Semester Contract Teacher for the module “Specialized Interpreting – French Language” (monothematic, two-way Italian-French interpreting)

• Adjunct Professor. Module of language mediation 1^st 2^nd and 3^rd year at Campus Ciels Bologna.

AY 2019_2020: 

• Annual Contract Teacher for Simultaneous and Consecutive Interpreting from Italian into French, at the School of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Interpreting and Translation, University of Bologna (Second-cycle Degree Programme, second year)
• - Semester Contract Teacher for the module “Specialized Interpreting – French Language” (monothematic, two-way Italian-French interpreting)
• Co-teaching at first cycle degree programme  (2 semesters: 2nd year, 1st and 2nd language)
  

• Adjunct Professor. Module of language mediation 1^st 2^nd and 3^rd year at Campus Ciels Bologna

AY 2018_2019Contract Teacher for Simultaneous and Consecutive Interpreting from Italian into French, at the School of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Interpreting and Translation (former SSLiMIT), University of Bologna (Second-cycle Degree Programme, first and second year).

AY 2018_2019, Contract Teacher for Simultaneous and Consecutive Interpreting from Italian into French, at the School of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Interpreting and Translation (former SSLiMIT), University of Bologna (Second-cycle Degree Programme, first and second year).

AY 2017-2018, Contract Teacher for Simultaneous and Consecutive Interpreting from Italian into French, at the School of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Interpreting and Translation (former SSLiMIT), University of Bologna (Second-cycle Degree Programme, first and second year).

AY 2016-2017, Contract Teacher for Simultaneous and Consecutive Interpreting from Italian into French, at the School of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Interpreting and Translation (former SSLiMIT), University of Bologna (Second-cycle Degree Programme, first and second year).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Since the mid-1990s: Free-lance Conference Interpreter (simultaneous, consecutive, chuchotage) and Liaison Interpreter, in Italy and abroad.

Some of the prominent figures I have had the honor to interpret, simultaneously or consecutivly (scientists, politicians, entrepreneurs and show-business personalities): Prof. Cannella, Prof. Luc Montagnier, Prof. Giorgio Calabrese, Alessandro Cecchi Paone, Alessandro Zanardi, Boris Cyrulnik, Francesco Amadori, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Luigi Angeletti, Massimo Recalcati, On. Maurizio Martina, Nerio Alessandri, On. Francesco Rutelli, On. Giorgio Napolitano, On. Giuliano Amato, On. Massimo D'Alema, On. Renzo Imbeni, On. Romano Prodi, On. Rosy Bindi, On. Silvia Prestigiacomo, Savino Pezzotta, Sergio Cofferati, as well as Chairmen and CEOs of several multinationals operating in Italy, in the banking and insurance sector.

Associate and Certified Member of AITI (Associazione Italiana Traduttori e Interpreti) since 2006.

Speaker at the AITI Continuous Learning Seminar held in Bologna on Oct. 27^th 2012 on “Conference Interpreting in a period of crisis: exchanging hands-on ideas and tips among colleagues”.

Profession pursuant to Italian Law No. 4 of Jan. 14^th 2013, published on the Italian Official Gazette No. 22 of Jan. 26^th 2013