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Translation
Expertise
Specializes in:
Poetry & Literature
Philosophy
History
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Also works in:
Tourism & Travel
Journalism
Government / Politics
Cooking / Culinary
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Sample translations submitted: 1
German to Italian: Literarischer Sansculottismus General field: Art/Literary
Source text - German Wann und wo entsteht ein klassischer Nationalautor? Wenn er in der Geschichte seiner Nation große Begebenheiten und ihre Folgen in einer glücklichen und bedeutenden Einheit vorfindet; wenn er in den Gesinnungen seiner Landsleute Größe, in ihren Empfindungen Tiefe und in ihren Handlungen Stärke und Konsequenz nicht vermißt; wenn er selbst, vom Nationalgeiste durchdrungen, durch ein einwohnendes Genie sich fähig fühlt, mit dem Vergangen wie mit dem Gegenwärtigen zu sympathisieren; wenn er seine Nation auf einem hohen Grade der Kultur findet, so daß ihm seine eigene Bildung leicht wird; wenn er viele Materialien gesammelt, vollkommene oder unvollkommene Versuche seiner Vorgänger vor sich sieht und so viel äußere und innere Umstände zusammentreffen, daß er kein schweres Lehrgeld zu zahlen braucht, daß er in den besten Jahren seines Lebens ein großes Werk zu übersehen, zu ordnen und in einem Sinne auszuführen fähig ist.
Translation - Italian Quando e dove nasce un autore classico della nazione? Quando trova, nella storia della sua nazione, grandi eventi e le loro ripercussioni in felice e significativa unità; quando egli non lamenta la mancanza di grandezza nei pensieri, di profondità nei sentimenti e di forza e determinazione nelle azioni della sua gente; quando egli stesso, permeato dello spirito nazionale, si sente in grado, attraverso il genio che lo abita, di unirsi al passato come al presente; quando egli trova la sua nazione a un alto livello culturale, tanto che la sua formazione diviene semplice; quando egli vede davanti a sé i materiali raccolti, i tentativi perfetti o imperfetti dei suoi predecessori, e concorrono così tante circostanze esteriori e interiori, che egli non fa alcuna fatica ad apprendere e a essere capace, nei migliori anni della sua vita, di dominare con lo sguardo, di ordinare e in un certo senso di eseguire una grande opera.
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Translation education
PhD - Università degli studi di Padova
Experience
Years of translation experience: 5. Registered at ProZ.com: May 2018.
I'm Stefano, a native Italian speaker, and I have a very big passion for European languages, especially for German. I have been studying for a lot of time (13 years) in order to make foreign languages the focus of my professional life. I'm meant to work with them. I will very briefly try to show you why! Where did my passion, especially for German, arise from? From the age of five to ten my family and I used to travel every August from the South of Italy (where I was born and I spent my childhood) to Trentino. I remember I liked so much to try to repeat as best as possible the specific accent of that area, which sounds completly different from my native region's ones. I got it almost perfectly only after two days of practice. And I can assure you, Italian dialects can be defined as different languages.
Because of geographic proximity of that region to Austria, Switzerland and Southern Germany, we had many opportunities to explore this vast natural zone. The wild and healthy atmosphere I breathed there, made of mountains, little rivers and castles, left a mark on me for life. I wanted to feel as part of it mastering the language which the inhabitants spoke. It was at that time that I unconsciously decided I would enjoy my life through German and foreign languages.
Today I'm 33 years old and until now not a day has passed without improving my translation skills! Through my linguistic and literary studies (high school, Bachelor, Master, PhD) I gained competence in the fields of literature, arts (painting), history and philosophy. Additionally I had the chance to widen my experience through employment in the sector of tourism, gastronomy and food service and in close contact with guests from Germany and other European countries.
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