Italian term
United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
che vuoi che gliene freghi a (persona) di
De Peppo mi guardò: "Ne', Giorgio," mi rispose con il suo intercalare mezzo pugliese, "ora si' fesso tu. Che vuoi che gliene freghi a Casertano di quell'imbecille" e con le due mani fece un gesto nella direzione della stanza di Folchetto.
Molte Grazie,
Barbara
Sep 4, 2013 14:22: Susanna Martoni changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): James (Jim) Davis, Rachel Fell, Susanna Martoni
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Proposed translations
Italy
Texts with zest by a Chartered Linguist
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK)
Works in: Italian to English, English
you don't think he gives two hoots about that idiot, do you?
('he' being Casertano, of course)
Why do you think (the person) should care?
Italy
Native in: Italian
Works in: Italian to English, Italian to French, Italian to Spanish, and 3 more.
he doesn't give a damn...
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texjax DDS PhD
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Thanks! :-)
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J Tomkowicz
: nice!
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Thank you!
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Sabrina Bruna
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Grazie Sabrina!
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James (Jim) Davis
: You haven't translated "che vuoi". If you back translate, into Italian it gets lost. It is the ill-formed language I learned and loved when I first came to Italy many many years ago, along with phrases like Ce l'hai cento lire?
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Sorry, I don't understand your ill-formed Italian!
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United Kingdom
Architecture, design, technical, etc.
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Italian to English
Do you really think they care about that imbecile, around Caserta?
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Note added at 13 mins (2013-09-03 14:35:58 GMT)
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I changed my suggestion so as to keep the plural (as in the Italian).
Italy
Reliable, punctual and accurate
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK) , Italian
Works in: Italian to English
why should Casertano care a whit about.....
The IT construction, which rhetorically addresses the listener party about a third party's opinion of a fourth person can be confusing.
It is my belief that this is the basic meaning of this phrase in English, once the rhetorical figure of speech (che vuoi che), which has no real meaning in English in this context, in my opinion, is removed. Unlike Oliver, I do not feel that the person is actually asking the opinion of the listener but is instead using rhetoric to accentuate the third person's total disregard for the fourth. Nevertheless, Oliver's interpretation is not invalid, just much more literal and could much better fit your view of the translation in its entirety. Mine is merely a suggestion based on my knowledge of the language and its use.
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Daniela Zambrini
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bluenoric
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Claudia Luque Bedregal
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Degree + PhD in Dentistry, ATA-Certified
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English, Italian
he couldn't care less
Seychelles
25 years experience constantly improving
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Italian to English
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