Adriano Ferraresi

Adriano Ferraresi is an Associate Professor at the University of Bologna's Department of Interpretation and Translation since 2019, coordinating the Master's in Specialized Translation. He holds a PhD in English for Special Purposes from the University of Naples 'Federico II'. His research focuses on corpus linguistics, translation technologies, and linguistic resources, with contributions to projects like the WaCky, EPTIC, and Eurolect Observatory. He teaches translation technologies and leads the PRIN project UNITE (2023–2025).

Education:

• PhD in English for Special Purposes, University of Naples (2012)
• Master's in Specialized Translation, University of Bologna (2007)
• Bachelor's in Translation and Liaison Interpreting, University of Bologna (2005)

Research Interests: Ferraresi explores corpus-based approaches to terminology, phraseology, and translation studies. His work bridges theoretical and applied linguistics, with a focus on constrained English varieties (translated/non-native) and intermodal corpora.

Recent Articles: His 2024 work includes multimodal translation corpus development and analysis of constrained communication. 2023 publications address machine translation evaluation, linguistic skill mapping (UPSKILLS project), and cross-linguistic corpus methodologies.

Awards:

• Guido Paolucci Award (2008)
• Recipient of postdoctoral and research grants (2008–2016)

Advising & Grants: As PI of UNITE, he develops inclusive English-learning technologies. He advises on language industry trends and collaborates with the European Commission's EMT network (2024–2029). His teams focus on corpus tools like BootCaT and translation pedagogy.

Labs/Teams: Active in the DIT Lab (University of Bologna), Eurolect Observatory, and international collaborations like the EPTIC initiative.