ragioniere

English translation: not translatable

08:52 Oct 24, 2004

Italian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama

Italian term or phrase: ragioniere

How would you translate "ragioniere" when it appears in greetings or questions, for ex. "Buongiorno, ragioniere", "Ragioniere! Aspetti!" ecc. This is for a film subtitle, so the alternative of replacing that title with "Mr XXX" is not acceptable. Any ideas?

Francesco Bucciol (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 3 (none open) Answers: 9
Local time: 03:02

English translation:not translatable

Explanation:
this form of addressing people, as you know, is just not used in English. The only title (I can think of) used in this manner is Doctor... otherwise is "Mister".

Sorry not being able to help.

Giovanni

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Note added at 1 hr 9 mins (2004-10-24 10:02:01 GMT)
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mister followed by the surname, usually

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Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:02

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4 +4

sir or not at all

Sonia Hill

4 +2

not translatable

Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL

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58 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

not translatable

Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:02
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Thanks very much

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

sir or not at all

Explanation:
I definitely wouldn't translate it literally. "Sir" is a possibility, although it does depend on the context. You could definitely say "Good morning sir", "wait a moment sir" in a shop or a similar context where a service is being offered. Alternatively you could not translate it at all and just write "good morning", "wait", etc.

Sonia Hill
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

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