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La Bella Addormentata – Part 5 Posted by Serena on Feb 8, 2018
Here’s the final chapter of my Italian translation of La Bella Addormentata (Sleeping Beauty). I hope you’ve enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. This certainly isn’t everyday spoken Italian, and it was great to have an opportunity to use a style and vocabulary that I wouldn’t normally use. Part 5. Then…
La Bella Addormentata – Part 4 Posted by Serena on Jan 31, 2018
Here’s part 4 of my translation into Italian of La Bella Addormentata (Sleeping Beauty). Buona lettura! Part 4. Many a long year afterwards there came a king’s son into that country, and heard an old man tell how there should be a castle standing behind the hedge of thorns, and that there a beautiful enchanted…
Le Mie Favole Preferite Posted by Serena on Nov 28, 2017
Leggendo la storia di Cappuccetto Rosso tradotta da Vincenza e Geoff, mi sono tornate in mente le altre favole che conoscevo da bambina. Mi piaceva tanto ascoltare le favole e guardare le figure sognando quando ero piccola, circa quattro o cinque anni, prima che imparassi a leggere i libri ‘veri’! La mia favola preferita era…
Cappuccetto Rosso – Part 1. Posted by Geoff on Nov 20, 2017
My friend Vincenza is a retired Italian language teacher who’s been learning English with me for a while now. Recently we set ourselves the project of translating a version of the traditional fairy tale, Little Red Riding Hood. It was quite challenging, and a lot of fun. Here’s what we ended up with: “Now, are…