Year 6 Italian PLEASE HELP

Discussion in 'Italian' started by corsa59, Mar 29, 2007.

  1. corsa59

    corsa59 Member

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    My daughter is learning Italian, and needs to write the following sentence in Italian, can anybody assist me with a translation so I can check her work please.

    "Hello, my name is Laura. I am a girl and I am 10 years old. I live in a very small house with my mother and father. My father is a gladiator. My mother makes clothes and sells them at the markets. I have one brother, his name is Giuseppe. I have one sister, her name is Rosetta. I like eating spaghetti for dinner, and I like drinking milk.


    Many many thanks in advance,

    David


    The babel fish translation....

    Ciao, il mio nome è Laura. Sono una ragazza e ho 10 anni. Vivo in una casa molto piccola con la miei madre e padre. Il mio padre è un gladiator. La mia madre fa i vestiti e li vende ai mercati. Ho un fratello, il suo nome sono Guissepi. Ho una sorella, il suo nome sono agape. Gradisco mangiare gli spaghetti per il pranzo e gradisco il latte alimentare.
     
  2. jagerhans

    jagerhans Far out, man. Lifetime Supporter

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    "Ciao, il mio nome è Laura. Sono una ragazza e ho dieci anni. Vivo in una casa molto piccola con mia madre e mio padre. Mio padre è un gladiatore. Mia madre fa abiti e li vende nei mercati. Ho un fratello, il suo nome è Giuseppe. Ho una sorella, il suo nome è Rosetta. Mi piace mangiare spaghetti a cena e mi piace bere latte."

    It's a literal and somewhat clumsy but correct translation , i made it this way on purpose since it has to appear a little girl's homework, right ?

    a less crude free translation, more similar to spoken italian:

    "Ciao, mi chiamo Laura. Sono una ragazzina di dieci anni. Vivo in una casa molto piccola con mia madre e mio padre. Mio padre è un gladiatore. Mia madre cuce abiti e li vende nei mercati. Ho un fratello che si chiama Giuseppe, e una sorella, Rosetta. Mi piacciono gli spaghetti a cena e il latte."

    Now please explain me what's this gladiator bullshit.I can assure you that we discontinued gladiators' matches nearly 1700 years ago [​IMG]
     
  3. jagerhans

    jagerhans Far out, man. Lifetime Supporter

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    p.s. babelfish translations are so hilarious.
     
  4. corsa59

    corsa59 Member

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    Thanks, I didn't actually want to just give her the translation, to save her doing her homework, I wanted a correct translation to compare with her effort. Your 2 translations were greatly appreciated. I think we managed to assure that her translation was pretty good.

    The gladiator? LOL The task was to create a paragraph about a girl living in ANCIENT Italy, the names and occupations were my daughters choice.

    I agree, Babel Fish translations are so ridiculous, here is the reverse translation from their original translation for your enjoyment.

    "Hello, my name is Laura. They are a girl and I have 10 years. Alive in one house much small with my mother and father. My father is a gladiator. My mother makes the dressed ones and she sells them to the markets. I have a brother, its name are Guissepi. I have a sister, its name are agape. I appreciate to eat the spaghetti for the lunch and appreciate the latte ones to feed."
     
  5. AcQuAriO

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    che vuol dire che suo padre è un gladiatore?? ha sbagliato epoca?
     
  6. jagerhans

    jagerhans Far out, man. Lifetime Supporter

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    è stata una idea della baNbina ...
     
  7. AcQuAriO

    AcQuAriO Member

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    cioè?
     
  8. corsa59

    corsa59 Member

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    is this how u say very small ?

    molto piccolo
     
  9. jagerhans

    jagerhans Far out, man. Lifetime Supporter

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    cioè hanno dato alla figlia di questo qui un compito da fare a casa consistente nello scrivere due righe su una ragazzina che viveva nell' italia "antica" e questo la bambina si è inventata.

    CORRECT
     
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