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13:38 Aug 21, 2007 |
Italian to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Journalism | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Ivana UK United Kingdom Local time: 16:28 | ||||||
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the rich and nuveaux riches Explanation: è solo un'idea... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 22 mins (2007-08-21 14:01:29 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Nouveau riche From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For bands under the name "Nouveau Riche", see Nouveau Riche (band). Nouveau riche (French for "new rich"), or new money refers to persons who acquire wealth within their generation. It is generally used to emphasize that the persons were previously part of a lower economic or social class, and that the acquisition of wealth has provided the ability to do or to have things that were previously out of their reach. The term can also be used in a derogatory fashion, for the purposes of social class distinction, to describe persons with newfound wealth and who are viewed as lacking the experience, finesse, or taste to use wealth in the same manner as old money - persons from families who have been wealthy for multiple generations. The implication is that, despite their wealth, they are still of lower- or middle-class origin, and therefore culturally inferior. A stereotypical example would be persons with new wealth who spend money conspicuously, or who show preferences for things normally associated with people from lower economic classes. |
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the old and the new money Explanation: maybe |
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the rich and the super rich Explanation: If the suffix 'astro' refers to extreme wealth (namely to stinking rich as Ivana points out) then this is my take. If it refers to newly enriched individuals then 'nouveau rich' would be of preference. |
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the rich and the richer Explanation: Hi Umberto, The first thing I thought of was "the rich and the richer" then I came across a fairly obscure website whixch translates riccastro as stinking rich (which I'm sure is too colloquial by far): The suffixes -astro/a and -accio/a give the a pejorative connotation: ricco - rich, riccastro - stinking rich drawn from Harrap's Italian Grammer http://tangsweb.o-f.com/languages/italian/grammar.html -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 13 mins (2007-08-21 13:52:36 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- another option but again probably too colloquial: the filthy rich (current UK usage) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 19 mins (2007-08-21 13:58:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The Rich Vs. The Filthy Rich interesting CBS news story http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/30/opinion/meyer/main... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2007-08-21 14:52:19 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- // the rich and the unscrupulous might be another option (the unscrupulous also being rich due to the very trait of being unscrupulous) - but this would only fit if the pejorative connotations of "riccastri" do indeed derive from the method by which they attained their riches in the first place!! And now we're getting way too deep!!!!!!!! |
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the rich and the parvenu Explanation: Un'alternativa |
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