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English translation: days before public holidays

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Italian term or phrase:	giorni prefestivi
English translation:	days before public holidays
Entered by:	Britaly

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10:31 Sep 28, 2011

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Tourism & Travel

Italian term or phrase: giorni prefestivi

I am not an It - En translator but this has already been translated into French (my language pair) as pré-fériés ... I don't think its a term we use in English (apart from Christmas eve and New Year's eve) and I was wondering if anybody has already translated it directly from Italian into English. I would appreciate any help (in English if poss as my Italian is a bit limited!)

Britaly KudoZ activity Questions: 84 (1 open) (2 without valid answers) (5 closed without grading) Answers: 105
Local time: 06:05

days before public holidays

Explanation:
In many cases, rules are different on pre-festivi, so you need to translate it. There is no direct equivalent in English so you just have to say what it means.

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Note added at 38 mins (2011-09-28 11:09:38 GMT)
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Used loads on the net - yes, they're all translations but that's what you'd expect them to be!

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=nfD&r...

Selected response from:

Kate Chaffer
Italy
Local time: 06:05

Grading comment

Thanks Kate
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +5

days before public holidays

Kate Chaffer

4 +1

the day before Bank Holidays

LorraineB

3 +1

the eve of public holidays

Katharine Ridgard

4 -1

holidays

manuel seixo

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

36 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

days before public holidays

Kate Chaffer
Italy
Local time: 06:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks Kate

39 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

the eve of public holidays

Explanation:
As I posted in your other request.

Katharine Ridgard
Italy
Local time: 06:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

21 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

the day before Bank Holidays

Explanation:
It depends a lot on the target audience. If UK, "the day before Bank Holidays" is widely used. This would not be understood by US readers however.

see google search

Example sentence(s):

On Fridays, Saturdays and the day before bank holidays between 8:30pm and 1:00am
The booking office will close at 13.00 on the day before bank holidays.

Reference: http://www.google.it/search?gcx=c&ix=c2&sourceid=chrome&ie=U...

LorraineB
Local time: 06:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Italian

21 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

holidays

Explanation:
giorni prefestivi It is simply the time, 4-5 weeks holiday taken off in the year, from work. The Italians, French, and other Europeans take their holidays around July-August, most places close their doors as most people leave their homes to travel and see new places etc. A cause for celebration or ''festigiare...''

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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2011-09-29 12:01:48 GMT)
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I still consider my answer ''Holidays'' to be the correct one for ''giorni festivi''. Where I am wrong is that '' i giorni festivi'' or ''i giorni di festa'' are not the so-called Summer Holidays as I said. ''I giorni festivi'' are in fact your holidays: Capodanno, Epifania/Befana, Pasqua, Primo maggio, Natale ecc, ecc. my apologies if I did think right!

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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2011-09-29 12:07:43 GMT)
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Very sorry! I am not drunk or to sleepy and I just realised that I answered the question on the wrong page.
Kate Chaffer was right to mark me wrong.

manuel seixo
Australia
Local time: 13:35
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese

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