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English to Italian
French to English
French to Italian

Noor Giovanni Mazhar
Arts, literary specialist, PhD

Italy
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Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.Poetry & Literature

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Italian to English - Rates: 0.04 - 0.05 EUR per word / 20 - 25 EUR per hour
English to Italian - Rates: 0.04 - 0.05 EUR per word / 20 - 25 EUR per hour
French to English - Rates: 0.04 - 0.05 EUR per word / 20 - 25 EUR per hour
French to Italian - Rates: 0.04 - 0.05 EUR per word / 20 - 25 EUR per hour

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Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 1
Italian to English: The Italian Paradox
General field: Other
Source text - Italian
PERCHÉ AMO TANTO L’ITALIA
1. Ci sono vari motivi che possono spiegare questo mio grande amore per l’Italia: prima di tutto, si tratta degli atteggiamenti dei miei genitori: mia madre era molto orgogliosa di essere italiana, mentre, per mio padre, la civiltà italiana era non solo la più grande che ci fosse mai stata, ma era addirittura più grande di tutte le altre messe insieme.

2. Secondo Denis Mack Smith, Professore di Storia Italiana all’Università di Cambridge, nessun altro popolo ha esercitato un così grande effetto civilizzante.

3. Per un altro studioso inglese, il debito che il mondo ha nei confronti dell’Italia, per tutto quello che questo paese ha contribuito alla civiltà e al progresso umano, è un debito incalcolabile.

4. Secondo le Nazioni Unite, più del 70% delle opere d’arte nel mondo sono italiane.

5. Rimango colpito dalla grande umanità degli italiani: non solo per il loro notevole impegno nel battersi per l’abolizione della pena capitale, ma anche per l’altissimo numero di persone coinvolte nel volontariato.

6. Il primo Stato che ha abolito la pena capitale è stato il Ducato di Toscana: questa tradizione progressiva e liberale include l’opera Dei delitti e delle pene di Cesare Beccaria, molto apprezzata dagli illuministi (in particolare da Voltaire): Beccaria insiste sulla presunzione di innocenza dell’imputato, condanna l’uso della tortura per ottenere una confessione e vede la riabilitazione del criminale come lo scopo principale di tutto il sistema penale-giudiziario.

7. Gli italiani hanno anche buon gusto, uno spiccato senso artistico, immaginazione, creatività e un marcato senso estetico che pervade tanti aspetti della vita italiana, dalla carrozzeria delle automobili alle creazioni degli stilisti; dalla dolcezza della lingua italiana – la lirica italiana è apprezzata in tutto il mondo – all’allestimento molto elegante di una vetrina.

8. Anche le interazioni sociali devono soddisfare questo innato senso estetico: infatti le buone maniere del gentiluomo inglese e francese derivano dal Rinascimento italiano e in particolare dal Libro del Cortegiano di Baldassare Castiglione.

9. Altri aspetti della vita italiana, che hanno riscosso grandi successi internazionali, includono la cucina, la moda e il cinema.

10. Se la penisola non fosse stata divisa in vari piccoli Stati, forse non ci sarebbe stata l’enorme fioritura di opere d’arte, dovuta alla rivalità nel mecenatismo di questi Stati, mentre se l’Italia avesse raggiunto prima la sua libertà e unità, forse sarebbe stato possibile evitare secoli di dominio straniero.
Translation - English
WHY I LOVE ITALY SO MUCH
1. There are various reasona which can explain my great love for Italy: first of all, there are my parents’ attitudes: my mother was very proud of being Italian, while for my father, Italian civilization was not only the greatest there had ever been, but it was greater than all the others put together.

2. According to Denis Mack Smith, Professor of Italian History at the University of Cambridge, no other people has exerted such a strong civilizing influence.

3. For another English scholar, the world’s debt to Italy, for all that this country has contributed to civilization and human progress, is incalculable.

4. According to the United Nations, more than 70% of the works of art in the world are Italian.

5. I continue to be struck by the Italians’ great humanity: not only because of their strong commitment to fighting for the abolition of the death penalty, but also because of the very high number of people involved in voluntary work.

6. The first state which abolished the death penalty was the Duchy of Tuscany: this progressive, liberal tradition includes Cesare Beccaria’s work On Crimes and Punishments, highly appreciated by the men of the Enlightenment (in particular Voltaire): Beccaria insists on the presumption of innocence of the accused, he condemns the use of torture to obtain confessions and sees the rehabilitation of the criminal as the main aim of the whole penal-judiciary system.

7. The Italians also have good taste, a highly-developed artistic sense, imagination, creativity and a marked aesthetic sense, which pervades so many aspects of Italian life, from the creations of the coachbuiders to those of the fashion designers; from the sweetness of the Italian language – Italian opera is appreciated all over the world – to the elegant arrangement of a shop window.

8. Social interactions also have to satisfy this innate aesthetic sense: in fact, the good manners of the English gentleman and the French gentilhomme derive from the Italian Renaissance and in particular from Baldassare Castiglione’s Il Libro del Cortigiano.

9. Other facets of Italian life, which have enjoyed great international success, include the cuisine, fashion and the cinema.

10. If the peninsula had not been divided into various small states, perhaps there would not have been the enormous outpouring of works of art, due to the rivalry in the patronage of the arts on the part of these states, while if Italy had achived its freedom and unity at an earlier date, it might perhaps have been possible to avoid centuries of foreign domination.

Translation education PhD - University of Liverpool
Experience Years of experience: 22. Registered at ProZ.com: Dec 2003. Became a member: Jun 2019.
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Credentials English ( TESOL International Learning Centre, verified)
Italian (University of London, University of Liverpool , verified)
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Software Adobe Acrobat
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Bio
Freelance translator resident in Italy: mother tongue English, Italian bilingual;

BA (Italian and French), MPhil and PhD from English universities.

I also translate from French into English and Italian.

I have been admitted into the Proz.com Certified PRO Network.


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Keywords: Art / Literary / Other


Profile last updated
Jan 3, 2022