Enrica Nicoli-Aldini, a graduate student pursuing a Master of Translation Studies at the University of Bologna, speaks with four tutors about her transition from Italian to U.S. academic writing culture. Focusing on syntax, she contrasts the hypotaxis of Italian writers with the parataxis of U.S. writer. She also describes how for good writers in Italian, “the thesis emerges from what you write.” enrica_aldini_edited
Edited and produced by Nathaniel Cohen, Jessica Klimoff, Jared Warzala, and Xueyin Zha.
