sventolone

English translation: bombshells/stunners/gorgeous chicks

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Italian term or phrase:	sventolone
English translation:	bombshells/stunners/gorgeous chicks
Entered by:	Umberto Cassano

23:26 Mar 9, 2008

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Slang

Italian term or phrase: sventolone

Sentence: Rivediamo, poi, le stesse 6 sventolone australiane in tenuta sportiva una alla volta
Context: short story about the lives of young teenage girls.

This is not a term I know and from what I've seen it seems to be a bit impolite. Does anyone know of a term which could better fit into the description of these 13-year old girls?

Anyone still out there at this late hour - thanks!

Vittorina Klingbeil (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 11 (none open) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 59 Germany
Local time: 02:15

bombshells/stunners/gorgeous chicks

Explanation:
Sventola in Italian is a defintely slang and colloquial term and might be the equivalent of "buxom woman"

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/buxom

"Sventola" according to the De Mauro online dictionary

3 CO fig., gerg., donna prosperosa e procace: guarda che s.!

http://www.demauroparavia.it/117505

I suggest that you should keep the low register of the source text in the text you're translating.

1. bombshell

an utterly gorgeous, exoticly beautiful woman

Adrianna Lima is a bombshell!

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bombshell

Gorgeous

1.) Person of great beauty
2.) A person with great physical attributes.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gorgeous

Or you could simply opt for "gorgeous chicks"

HTH

HTH

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Umberto Cassano
Italy
Local time: 02:15

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Thanks Umberto and to all the others too! I went with a variation of stunners in the end because I did not want to describe 13-year old girls in any other way (I also sent a suitable note to the customer)!
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4 +3

bombshells/stunners/gorgeous chicks

Umberto Cassano

4 +1

in-your-face

Tom in London

Discussion entries: 1

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18 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

in-your-face

Explanation:
(if you want a suitably up to date, bitchy translation) :) I think it's meant to be impolite.

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Note added at 18 mins (2008-03-09 23:45:18 GMT)
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it isn't late for me, I'm a night owl !

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Note added at 19 mins (2008-03-09 23:46:11 GMT)
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"attention-seeking" might be a slightly more polite version . But lacking "impact".

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:15
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 24

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

bombshells/stunners/gorgeous chicks

Umberto Cassano
Italy
Local time: 02:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 7

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