Based in Bologna, works primarily as a translator of historical and administrative texts, focusing on material from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Her work centres on contracts, estate inventories, correspondence, and legal records related to landholding and agricultural production in the Caribbean.
Trained in translation and philology in the late nineteen nineties, she spent several years working with academic publishers, handling critical editions and annotated texts. Over time, shifted towards more specialised material, particularly documents involving property, taxation, and estate management, where terminology varies significantly between languages and jurisdictions.
Her involvement with Caribbean plantation records developed through translation commissions rather than formal research. Began working with collections held in European archives, translating documents connected to absentee landowners and trading networks. This led to a sustained focus on how estates were described, valued, and administered across different administrative systems.
Maintains a working archive of translated excerpts, organised by estate name, family, and document type. Frequently encounters inconsistencies between versions of the same record, especially where documents have been copied, summarised, or reissued. Rather than resolving these differences, she notes them in parallel annotations.
Does not publish independently, but contributes translations to research projects and edited volumes. Works from Bologna, with periodic stays in Rome and Naples for access to specific collections. Her practice remains largely text-based, with limited direct engagement with the physical sites referenced in the documents.
