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English translation: Superintendent with responsibility for

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Italian term or phrase:	Soprintendente Speciale
English translation:	Superintendent with responsibility for
Entered by:	Tricia Stuart

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09:44 May 27, 2008

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Archaeology / Museums

Italian term or phrase: Soprintendente Speciale

Soprintendente Speciale per il Dipartimento Storico Artistico ed Etnoantropologico e per il Polo Museale di XXX

I usually drop the Special which tends to overload the job title but I don't want to offend this person. There are hundreds of translations on google but I would appreciate a suggestion given the circumstances.

Tricia Stuart KudoZ activity Questions: 6 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 83 Italy
Local time: 01:42

Superintendent with responsibility for

Explanation:
I think I have just done part of this translation myself for an agency and I used the term above.

Selected response from:

Susanna Garcia
Local time: 00:42

Grading comment

Thank you Susanna. I think this is the closest to the meaning in this context. This seems to be the choice of all the other cities too.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

Curator

K Donnelly

honorary keeper

xxxmoranna

3 +1

Superintendent with responsibility for

Susanna Garcia

Discussion entries: 5

Answers

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Superintendent with responsibility for

Explanation:
I think I have just done part of this translation myself for an agency and I used the term above.

Susanna Garcia
Local time: 00:42
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thank you Susanna. I think this is the closest to the meaning in this context. This seems to be the choice of all the other cities too.

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Curator

Explanation:
I think curator would be the best translation...

K Donnelly
Local time: 01:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

Notes to answerer

Asker: Sorry I haven't got back to you but still mired down in this translation. I think the problem here is that the holder of this position (and certain others) will think he's very important. There are many museums involved and each will have it's own curator. Do you think you can have a curator of curators. I'm not sure if this person would like this description. It's a tough one

9 hrs confidence:

honorary keeper

Explanation:
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xxxmoranna
Italy
Native speaker of:

Italian,

English

Notes to answerer

Asker: thanks Moranna, I did consider the term "honorary" but I think this post involves a lot of policy and decision making whereas an honoray position is more of a name than responsibility. Thanks very much for you suggestion

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