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Forum: Italy
Nov 28th 2018, 7:51 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,094
Posted By Ugo51

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Nowadays the extent to which English is incorporated into Italian goes welw beyond bypassare....
Forum: Italy
Jun 3rd 2015, 8:21 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,094
Posted By Ugo51

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

:lol:

I had written the same but then I deleted it because I didn't want to appear like making a stereotype :rofl:
Forum: Italy
Jun 3rd 2015, 7:58 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,094
Posted By Ugo51

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

"no grazie, non mi interessa".

Accompanied by stern facial expression.
Forum: Italy
May 18th 2015, 1:00 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,094
Posted By Ugo51

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

I have idea in what context Renzi used the word alibi, but technically alibi is a synonym for excuse
Forum: Italy
May 14th 2015, 7:48 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,094
Posted By Ugo51

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

You definitely have more guts than I do
Forum: Italy
May 6th 2015, 1:33 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,094
Posted By Ugo51

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Hate to have missed that...

:thumbdown:
Forum: Italy
May 6th 2015, 1:01 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,094
Posted By Ugo51

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

I think there is quite a bit of pressure behind the need to translate public speeches.
It's almost like if we wanted to show we are not so bad with English, although it only proves the opposite.
...
Forum: Italy
May 6th 2015, 11:44 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,094
Posted By Ugo51

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

I find the English pronunciation of "bolognese" particularly amusing :rofl:

...on the other hand I've been living in UK for nearly 6 years and sometimes I still slip on some easy words like "city"...
Forum: Italy
May 6th 2015, 5:29 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,094
Posted By Ugo51

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

:lol:
It must be awful for an English speaker to hear the Italian pronunciation of English words :lol:


...or maybe not so much? To be honest I find quite funny when you say Italian words like...
Forum: Italy
Mar 24th 2015, 8:54 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,094
Posted By Ugo51

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Bear in mind that what I wrote above is only true for spoken language.
It's inconceivable to write down something without using the past remote. It would look as ridiculous as if you used the past...
Forum: Italy
Mar 24th 2015, 8:44 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,094
Posted By Ugo51

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

It's not commonly used in the spoken language.
Maybe in the South a little bit more than in the North, but it doesn't mean they are not going to understand you if you don't use it.

It's a bit...
Forum: Italy
Feb 12th 2015, 9:05 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,094
Posted By Ugo51

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

I actually used envisages because I saw it being used in the post above but I had no idea of its meaning :lol:
Sorry for that!
Yes, I would have assumed that the provvedimento had already been...
Forum: Italy
Feb 12th 2015, 8:34 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,094
Posted By Ugo51

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Il provvedimento means the measure, the action.

I guess this is a bridge sentence between a description of the provvedimento and what it entails under criminal law.

So I would translate into...
Forum: Italy
Feb 9th 2015, 1:15 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,094
Posted By Ugo51

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

In this context marshal is "ufficiale di gara"
Forum: Italy
Jul 15th 2014, 5:48 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,094
Posted By Ugo51

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

:thumbsup:

Sounds like a very good tactic :lol:

I have the impression, however, that in Italy one receives genuine calls from companies (however annoying), while here in the UK most of times...
Forum: Italy
Mar 3rd 2014, 6:16 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,094
Posted By Ugo51

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Are you talking about goods related to elevators or escalators?
Forum: Italy
Feb 28th 2014, 10:01 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,094
Posted By Ugo51

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Back in Italy I used to call Prof my high school teacher even when we were hangin out at the bar :lol:

It sounded fine at that time, but now I'd probably get pissed off if someone insisted in...
Forum: Italy
Feb 28th 2014, 9:48 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,094
Posted By Ugo51

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

ahaha, if you put it that way almost anything can be made to sound offensive.
My girlfriend (she's not Italian) has a sharp talent for that :lol:

Anyway, like Ononno said, in this case is more a...
Forum: Italy
Feb 28th 2014, 9:19 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,094
Posted By Ugo51

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

...I've never felt it that way

But maybe it's just me.
Forum: Italy
Feb 28th 2014, 8:29 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,094
Posted By Ugo51

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

No idea how "you people" is used in English, sorry :)
Forum: Italy
Feb 28th 2014, 7:33 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,094
Posted By Ugo51

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

I had no idea "voi" was still used by family members...or by anyone at all :)

I would imagine that might sound a bit offensive if used with a certain tone...
Forum: Italy
Feb 28th 2014, 7:23 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,094
Posted By Ugo51

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

The only way "lei" can sound "offensive" is if it's used to address a person that's slightly older than you, but still clearly young.

But this only if you're sensitive to your age...for example I...
Forum: Italy
Feb 27th 2014, 1:16 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,094
Posted By Ugo51

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

:thumbsup:
Forum: Italy
Feb 27th 2014, 1:03 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,094
Posted By Ugo51

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

This is probably not the answer you are waiting for, but I personall would leave the name in Italian and then add an explanation of what it is.

Something like:

Guanciale (cured pork cheeks)
...
Forum: Italy
Feb 27th 2014, 10:33 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,094
Posted By Ugo51

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Ah, don't you worry, no sensible person would ever take offence because of that.
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