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Italian term or phrase:
Una maestrina d’altri tempi
English translation:
an old time teacher
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Michael Deliso
Jul 4, 2005 07:18
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Una maestrina d’altri tempi
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Una maestrina d’altri tempi
title of a book, sorry I don't have any further details on it.
title of a book, sorry I don't have any further details on it.
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| 4 +1 | an old time teacher |
Michael Deliso
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| 3 +2 | An old-fashioned school teacher |
Linda 969
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| 3 +1 | old-fashioned teacher |
ivanamdb
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| 3 | A young teacher from the past |
Mario Calvagna
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Italian term (edited):
Una maestrina d�altri tempi
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an old time teacher
or a teacher from the past or..I mean..you can go wild on finding the term. But the problem lies in "maestrina" a diminutive that it's hard to translate. You cannot use small or tiny, because it relates to size. Hope it helps
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paolamonaco
: mi fa venire in mente la maestrina dalla penna rossa di Cuore (Heart: A School-Boy's Journal) De Amicis. potrebbe essere un riferimento letterario :-)? Forse su Biblit qualcuno sa come è stato tradotto.
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Italian term (edited):
Una maestrina d�altri tempi
A young teacher from the past
difficult.....
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Italian term (edited):
Una maestrina d�altri tempi
An old-fashioned school teacher
Apparently "La maestrina degli operai" (also by De Amicis) has been translated as "The Workers’ Girl Teacher".
I think "school-teacher" may have some of the connotations of "maestrina" ...
Hth
Linda
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Note added at 3 days 1 hr 21 mins (2005-07-07 08:39:54 GMT)
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In the collective Italian imagination, a *maestrina* is a dedicated, unassuming school teacher who probably isn\'t married but may have a romantic personality ... IMO the whole idea goes well beyond age or size
See Pirandello\'s short story:
http://www.filosofico.net/pirandellonovelle/tutte3/sei.htm
So I think it\'s virtually impossible to translate the diminutive suffix without significant expansion of the ST
I think "school-teacher" may have some of the connotations of "maestrina" ...
Hth
Linda
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Note added at 3 days 1 hr 21 mins (2005-07-07 08:39:54 GMT)
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In the collective Italian imagination, a *maestrina* is a dedicated, unassuming school teacher who probably isn\'t married but may have a romantic personality ... IMO the whole idea goes well beyond age or size
See Pirandello\'s short story:
http://www.filosofico.net/pirandellonovelle/tutte3/sei.htm
So I think it\'s virtually impossible to translate the diminutive suffix without significant expansion of the ST
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luskie
: I'd say old time, but school-teacher is the nearest I can think of to render the idea of understatement or low-profile or whatever you may call such a nuance...
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thanks, luskie ;-)
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paolamonaco
: school teacher mi piace...come si potrebbe provare a rendere il diminutivo?
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thanks, paola
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