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The Italy You Don't Know

Surreal Legal Writing

March 6, 2009 by Alex Roe

Justice

Yes, I know it's odd to say it, but today's (it was still 'today' when I started writing this!) encounter with the advocates was a little bit on the surreal side. Would you believe that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Work Tagged With: Blogging, English, Italians, Language, law, teaching, web

Looking for an Italian English Reader?

August 7, 2008 by Alex Roe

Are you trying to learn Italian? If so, then there is an on-line Italian English reader service which may help you. By using an Italian English reader, you can see the differences between … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Language Tagged With: Italian, Language, learning Italian

Translation Resource – Annual Report Terms

July 9, 2008 by Alex Roe

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Work Tagged With: Italian, Language, translating

A Little Bit of Fun With Italian

July 2, 2008 by Alex Roe

Over at Bleeding Espresso, Michelle wrote a lovely little piece on Italian words which when mispronounced can raise eyebrows. I meant to do something similar one day, but she beat me to it. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Language Tagged With: Italian, Language

Did You Know?

June 16, 2008 by Alex Roe

In Italian, the word for 'cat' is 'gatto', whereas in Latin, or rather, ancient Italian, the word for 'cat' was 'cattus'. This means that the English language word for 'cat' is closer to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Language Tagged With: English, Italian, Language

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