Lexis and Grammar for Translation

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Lexis and Grammarfor Translation
Lingua e Traduzione Inglese I

• Dott. M. Gatto
• Lingue e Culture per il Turismo

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Why are phrases important?

• from Lonely Planet. London (2003 edn)
• More recently, archeologists from the Museum of
  London digging near todays Spitalfields Market
  unearthed a priceless stone and lead coffin
  containing the remains of a well-to-do 4th
  century AD Roman woman and personal effects.

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• (More recently,) archeologists from the Museum
  of London digging near todays Spitalfields
  Market unearthed a priceless stone and lead
  coffin containing the remains of a well-to-do 4th
  century AD Roman woman and personal effects.

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Noun Phrase

• NON
• A PRICELESS STONE AND A LEAD COFFIN!!!

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Adjective Phrases

• As the name suggests adjective phrases have as
  their heads an adjective. The head is the minimal
  form
• This problem is difficult
• This problem is rather difficult
• This problem is rather difficult to solve

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Premodification

• Premodification in adjective phrases is generally
  by an adverb
• e.g.
• difficult gt rather difficult,
• eccentric gt somewhat eccentric
• sohisticated supposedly sophisticated

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Postmodification

• Postmodification in adjective phrases may be by
• a prepositional phrase
• increasingly anxious about Jims health
• sempre più preoccupato/in ansia per la salute di
  Jim
• an infinitive clause (to clause)
• too anxious to please everybody
• troppo desideroso di compiacere tutti
• a that-clause
• very anxious that no one should accuse him
• molto preoccupato che nessuno lo accusasse

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And now

• Translation practice
• WHAT THE TOURIST BOARD DOESNT TELL YOU

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• What the tourist board doesn't tell you Vanessa
  Thorpe, The Observer Sunday May 26, 2002
• Hugely expensive and rather naff gondola trips
  around Venice are now, rightly, the preserve of
  either the drunk or those eager tourists who have
  a video camera constantly on the whirr. A trip
  costs about 40 an hour or much more for a
  romantic rendition of 'O Sole Mio'.
• The sensible alternative is the traghetto. These
  are ad hoc shuttles that run from one bank to
  another at seven signed points along the Grand
  Canal. You may have to stand up at rush hour, but
  they are genuine, historic gondolas and they only
  cost around 22p.
• Vaporettos, the water buses that chug along the
  chief arteries of the city, cost 3.20 for a
  return trip and go everywhere, but they have a
  distinctly utilitarian vibe.

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• Hugely expensive and rather naff gondola trips
  around Venice
• Determiners none
• Modifiers
• hugely expensive rather naff (adjective
  phrases) gt opinion
• gondola (noun) gt fact
• Head TRIPS
• Postmodification
• around Venice (prepositional phrase)

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Dictionary skills

• Hugely
• Naff
• Eager
• Whirr
• Sensible
• Chug
• Vibe

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Translate into English

• Sono le meraviglie naturali, la storia antica, lo
  spirito moderno, i miti e la magia, i castelli e
  le coste, che fanno del Galles una tappa
  obbligata per chi visita la Gran Bretagna. Per
  aiutarvi a programmare il vostro viaggio, il
  depliant include gli itinerari consigliati, un
  calendario degli eventi, e un elenco dei centri
  di informazione turistica.

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• It is the natural wonders, ancient history,
  modern spirit, myths and magic, castles and
  coastline that make Wales a compelling
  destination for travellers to Britain. To help
  you plan your trip, the brochure includes
  suggested itineraries, an events calendar, and a
  list of tourist information centres.
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HOMEWORK

• Laviosa S., Linking Wor(l)ds, Unit 9, pp.111-112
• Jackson, H. Grammar and vocabulary, C5.3,
  pp.100-104