TestaRossa

I've only just read this!!! Sorry!

Yes, thanks it worked! He now rings and gets a bit flustered when I open the door with the buzzer - only done it twice but he is getting the hang of it!! Only a young bloke! He'll get there!

ballerina

Ahhh thanks for that, I've heard lots of those expressions, so I'll practice them. where would I be without this site eh?

DaniL

Does anyone know what a "tape gun" is in Italian. I need to buy one but can't see any in the shops, I think it might be one of those mystical things they hide in the back room!

indiebird

I have seen the DYMO branded ones here.... so you could ask for the brand name like Scottex for kitchen roll for example (worked when I wanted post it notes) ... or maybe they are called something like 'etichette' as this is what they do isn't it?!

Lorna at Vicenza

yeah - it's called a tendinastro.

Lorna at Vicenza

you did mean the kind used for big tape for sealing boxes etc.?

indiebird

oh. I misunderstood then. i thought it was one of those things for printing words onto the tape to stick on things.

DaniL

That's exactly the one.
Grazie mille!

DaniL

While we're at it, how about "gum strip"? It's a tape that looks like brown paper and the glue on the back is dried, you have to wet it to use it. It's normally used for stretching paper to do watercolours.

dina1965

If I've understood correctly "gumstrip" is the manufacturers name. try "rotolo di carta incollata" - I immagine a specialised shop would sell it under it's brand name.


pistola stendinastro or "tendinastro" is the tape gun
nastro adesivo da imballo (or scotch da imballo) is the tape

dina1965

oops --- just noticed Lorna had already replied to your previous question ... sorry !

Lorna at Vicenza

I think it's called nastro gommato --- if not it could be nastro adesivo gommato

Anderson Council

Hey Lorna - or, indeed, anyone - have you ever been asked to translate the term "paese dei balocchi"? What would you say? It's a term that crops up fairly often and I've no idea what the English would be. I've looked on google and it's translated in the English version of Pinocchio as "funtown" and "dunceville". But "madhouse" would probably be nearer in the wider context Italians use the phrase. Dunno. What do you reckon?

Patty

Take a look at this

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=24550

Anderson Council

Wow, that looks like a really useful site. Unfortunately it won't let me register from my phone- I'll have to wait til I'm near a computer to really check it out. But thanks for that Patty.