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007 in the Italian Language

by DHales | Nov 3, 2015 | Books, culture, Film, Finance, Italy, Language, Rome, Sayings and expressions, Social behavior, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

James Bond in Italian British secret agent 007 (zero-zero-sette) never called himself Giacomo Legame, the Italian translation of his name. “Mi chiamo Bond,” the actor Sean Connery and his suave successors declared in perfectly dubbed Italian, “James Bond.” Spectre,...

The Word That Sums Up 2013 in the Italian Language

by DHales | Jan 7, 2014 | Current Affairs, Finance, history, Italy, Language, Politics, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

crisi crisis While “selfie” was hailed as the word of the year in the United States, Italians chose a far darker term. In a poll by La Repubblica, la parola più rappresentativa (the word most representative) of 2013 was crisi (crisis)–a reflection, the editors...

Money, Money, Money in the Italian Language

by DHales | Feb 27, 2012 | Current Affairs, Finance, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

Risparmiare, fare economia  Saving Money “Con la crisi gli italiani tornano parsimoniosi,” a newspaper headline recently declared. (With the crisis, Italians are becoming parsimonious again.)“Parsimonious” is not a word one hears very much in the English...

Money Talks in the Italian Language

by DHales | Nov 15, 2011 | Current Affairs, Finance, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

il denaro, i soldi money With Italy’s financial crisis (crisi finanziaria) rattling money markets (mercati monetari) around the world, everyone is talking about il denaro. Povera Italia (poor Italy), with a huge national debt (debito pubblico). is...
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