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Francesco Straniero Sergio (March 4, 1959 – July 18, 2011) was an Italian linguist, among one of the leading international experts in studies on Russian language interpretation.

Biography
After getting his high school diploma in classical studies, Straniero obtained a Diploma in Parliamentary Interpreter in English at the Scuola Superiore per Interpreti e Traduttori (School for Interpreters and Translators) in Rome in the academic year 1979/80. In 1984 he graduated in English and Russian Interpretation at the Scuola Superiore di lingue moderne per interpreti e traduttori (Higher School of Modern Languages for Interpreters and Translators) of the University of Trieste, with a Thesis on "military lexicon of the Soviet political language". He started his academic career in 1988 as adjunct professor at the Scuola Superiore di Lingue Moderne per Interpreti e Traduttori of the University of Trieste. His career continued as a Researcher in 1994 and since 2000 he has been Senior Lecturer in Language, interpretation and translation studies. From 1985 to 1994 he was a free-lance simultaneous and consecutive interpreter into and from Russian and English.

Scientific contribution
Since the early 1980s he undertook pioneering research into the teaching methods in the field of interpretation, error analysis and comparative linguistics. The most considerable and innovative scientific production was undoubtedly the one dedicated to dialogue interpreting, with a particular focus on interpreting in the television context. His work in this field produced some significant theoretical innovations, especially in the approach to translation regarding bilingual interaction. In addition to his scientific contribution, there are also significant extra-academic contributions, which see him committed to human and political rights, what Straniero called “hard core”. He was one of the very few foreigners, who joined the Muscovite civilian population in the dramatic defense of the Russian parliament on the night of August 21, against the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt.

Works
Among the vast bibliography of Straniero, some of the main publications worth mentioning include the following:


 * Straniero Sergio F. (2008), Elementi di grammatica contrastiva russo-italiano (Elements of Russian-Italian Contrastive Grammar), Aracne, ISBN 8854821969
 * Straniero Sergio F. (2007), Talkshow interpreting: la mediazione linguistica nella conversazione spettacolo (Talkshow interpreting, linguistic mediation in the show conversation), ed. EUT, ISBN 8883032098 ·
 * Straniero Sergio, F. (2007). La mediazione linguistica nella conversazione spettacolo, (linguistic mediation in the show conversation). Trieste: EUT
 * Straniero Sergio F. (2004) Aspetti morfosintattici e sociolinguistici dell'influenza    dell'Inglese sulla lingua Russa (Morphosyntactic and Sociolinguistic     Aspects of the Influence of English on the Russian Language), SSLMIT, University of Trieste.
 * Straniero Sergio, F. (2004). “Media Interpreting e la creazione di un    laboratorio didattico sulla qualità” (Media Interpreting and the Creation     of a Didactic Laboratory on Quality). In P. Kroker & B. Osimo (eds.). Tradurre non è interpretare (Translating     is not Interpreting). Milano: Alinea
 * Straniero Sergio, F. (2003). Norms and Quality in Media Interpreting: the Case of Formula one Press-Conference. The Interpreters' Newsletter 12, 135-174
 * Straniero Sergio F., Katan D. M. (2003) Submerged Ideologies in Media Translating in Apropos of Ideology: Translation Studies on Ideology – Ideologies in Translation Studies, (ed) Pérez, María Calzada, St. Jerome, Manchester UK/Northampton MA, pp. 130–144
 * Caterina Falbo, Mariachiara Russo, Francesco    Straniero Sergio (1999), Interpretazione     simultanea e consecutiva: problemi teorici e metodologie didattiche (Simultaneous     and Consecutive Interpretation: Theoretical Problems and Teaching Methods), Hoepli, ISBN 882032606X
 * Straniero Sergio F. (1999) Dalla langue de bois all'anglorussjij: note sull'evoluzione del    linguaggio economico russo (From Langue de Bois to Anglorussjij: Notes     on the Evolution of Russian Economic Language),  By C. Taylor, Trieste, University     of Trieste, Bocconi     University Edition, pp. 203–223.
 * Caterina Falbo, Mariachiara Russo and Francesco Straniero Sergio (1999), Interpretazione simultanea e consecutiva. Problemi teorici e metodologie didattiche (Simultaneous and Consecutive Interpretation. Theoretical Problems and Didactic Methodologies), Milan, Hoepli. ISBN 88-203-2606-X
 * Straniero Sergio F. (1997a) Interpretazione simultanea dal russo in italiano. Fondamenti    teorici e applicazioni pratiche (Simultaneous interpretation from     Russian into Italian. Theoretical foundations and practical applications,), Trieste, Goliardiche Edition
 * Straniero Sergio F. (1997b) “La produzione della produzione prodotta ovvero tautologie e catene    nominali nell'interpretazione simultanea dal russo in italiano (The     Production of the Produced Production or Tautologies and Nominal Chains in the Simultaneous Interpretation from Russian into Italian), in Nuovi orientamenti negli studi sull'interpretazione (New orientations in the studies on interpretation). By L. Gran     & A. Riccardi, University of Trieste, pp. 159–177
 * Straniero Sergio F. (1992), Nel nome di Vladimir Il'ic: analisi retorico-argomentativa della figura    di Lenin nei discorsi (In the Name of Vladimir Il'ic: Rhetorical-Argumentary Analysis of the Figure of Lenin in Speeches), by M. S. Gorbacev, University of Trieste
 * Straniero Sergio, F. (1999a). I (Paolo) Limiti dell'interpretazione,    ovvero i mediatori antagonisti del testo televisivo (The (Paul) Limits of Interpretation, i.e. the Antagonistic Mediators of the Television Text). Report     presented at the founding Congress of the Italian Association of Applied Linguistics  AITLA, Pisa 22 e 23.10.1999. Retrieved November  21, 2006, from https://web.archive.org/web/20100728103944/http://home.sslmit.unibo.it/~aitla/pisa/straniero.htm
 * Straniero Sergio, F. (1999b). The Interpreter on the (Talk) Show. Interaction and Participation Frameworks. The Translator 5: 2, 303-326