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English translation: care-givers

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Italian term or phrase:	badanti
English translation:	care-givers
Entered by:	reblack

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13:28 Nov 10, 2004

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Advertising / Public Relations

Italian term or phrase: badanti

A description of the services offered by a private investigation agency: "...informazioni affidabilità badanti “Est Europa”"

Thanks in advance!

reblack

carers

Explanation:
PDF] “MY CULTURE WHERE THEY WORK”Formato file: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Versione HTML
... same time, a massive regularisation 5 has been carried out, specifically addressing migrants working as carers for the elderly who are known as “badanti”. ...
www.5thfeminist.lu.se/filer/paper_235.pdf - Pagine simili

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Grace Anderson
Italy
Local time: 02:27

Grading comment

Thanks for all of the help. I went with care-givers. I was a bit sad to see the dialogue get a bit nasty at points :(
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Summary of answers provided

4 +10

carers

Grace Anderson

4 +1

minders (literally)

Vittorio Preite

care takers

esoft

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9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +10

carers

Grace Anderson
Italy
Local time: 02:27
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 7

Grading comment

Thanks for all of the help. I went with care-givers. I was a bit sad to see the dialogue get a bit nasty at points :(

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Vittorio Preite: yours is better

0 min

-> Thanks Vittorio - you are kind!

agree

Federica D'Alessio

2 mins

-> thanks Federica

agree

MGLSolutions

5 mins

-> thanks MGL

agree

Cristina Giannetti

6 mins

-> thanks Cristina

neutral

Vittorio Felaco: We usually say "caretakers" and companions - carers sounds too much like what someone who has never lived in an English speaking country would say. The problem is with badanti which is a euphemism. My point is that carer is not heard much

37 mins

-> sorry Vittorio but as Writeaway says a "caretaker" is an entirely different profession

agree

writeaway: @Vittorio Felaco-I don't know which 'we' you are referring too. but in (native-speaker) English (USA and UK) a caretaker is for property only-carer or care-giver is for this context

45 mins

-> Thanks P :-)

agree

Giusi Pasi

53 mins

-> Thanks, Guisi

agree

Livia D'Ettorre

1 hr

-> Thanks, Lyuba

agree

kringle: caretakers definitely a no-no (reminds me of school) either carers or care-givers (seen frequently and maybe more up to date)

1 hr

-> Thank you Sue!

agree

Sonia Atkinson: definitely "carers" or "care assistants" in the UK. As you say, "caretaker" is a completely different profession

1 hr

-> Thanks Sonia

agree

esoft: OK, after further research, I noticed that UK English texts do mention "carers". Oddly, I think that "carer" sounds like a euphemism in English too..... By the way, the UK Government uses the term "carer": check out http://www.carers.gov.uk/

6 hrs

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

minders (literally)

Explanation:
"minder" "home helper", or "private nurse" even if not qualified
"badare" = to mind something or somebody

Vittorio Preite
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:27
Native speaker of:

Italian

1 hr confidence:

care takers

Explanation:
This term is also used to indicate help that you receive for personal needs like daily care, supervision and other assistance.

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Note added at 6 hrs 35 mins (2004-11-10 20:03:40 GMT) Post-grading
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After looking further into this word, I see it is used in both instances: taking care of things and taking care of persons.

See below just a few of the hundreds of references to taking care of people: adults, seniors, infants etc.

http://www.helpguide.org/mental/parenting_bonding_reactive_a...

http://www.menshealthnetwork.org/library/mhndocs/PrimaryCare...
http://seniorhealth.about.com/cs/safety/a/care_abuse.htm

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Note added at 6 hrs 41 mins (2004-11-10 20:09:27 GMT) Post-grading
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OK then, it looks like in the UK is \"carers\" and in North America is \"care-takers\" or \"care-givers\"

esoft
Native speaker of:

Italian,

English

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