In the tumultuous world that is Italian politics, the show goes rumbling on. Di Pietro has been pointing out that the current group running the Living Museum are, in the main, relics. Or rather the products of regurgitation, and, as many can imagine, regurgitated food tends to leave a bad taste in … [Read more...]
Translation Resource – Annual Report Terms
July 9, 2008 By 8 Comments
I had to do a short translation today about a forthcoming financial congress. One of the terms stumped me a little so I had a hunt around the web and came across this interesting .pdf document from the Abaxbank:Abaxbank Annual Report 2001- Parallel Translation - English/ItalianI know its … [Read more...]
Ghosts from Italy
July 9, 2008 By 3 Comments
I've just added a spooky new category to this blog. It's the same as the title of this post, which is pretty self explanatory.Ghosts have always held something of a fascination for me, so I thought I might be fun to write posts on where to find ghosts and ghouls around Italy.If you would like to … [Read more...]
Long Hot Summer
July 8, 2008 By 5 Comments
Yes, it's going to be one long hot summer for Italy's tanned prime minister. At the moment he's trying to fend off an embarassingly official accusation deriving from the White House, of all places.This accusation hints that Italy is a country infamous for corrupt government practices. Shock … [Read more...]
Anti-Telephone Tapping Law Bugs Berlusconi
July 7, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Despite Berlusconi's somewhat indecent haste with regard to pushing through a new law which will just about ban telephone tapping by Italian law enforcement agencies, except in a limited number of cases, Italy's occasionally publicity shy prime minister's plans have been temporarily scuppered.By … [Read more...]
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