Tag Archives: Italian to English translation
Ice and Fire Posted by Geoff on Mar 2, 2018
Here’s my English translation of Serena’s recent article Gelo e Fuoco. Quando da bambina vidi il film ‘Dottor Zivago’, la scena che mi fece più impressione è quella in cui Zivago e Lara passano la notte in una casa isolata, in mezzo alla bufera di neve, coi lupi che ululano fuori. Quella notte non riuscii…
The Fugitive Posted by Serena on Nov 9, 2017
Here, as promised, is our English translation of Serena’s blog La Fuggitiva Qualche anno fa, quando ancora abitavamo in Inghilterra, mio marito Geoff mi chiese di fargli una mascherina copri occhi, perché la luce che entrava dalla finestra al mattino presto lo svegliava. Così mi misi all’opera. Some years ago, when we were still living…
Una Gita Culturale – Part 2. Posted by Geoff on Oct 24, 2017
At 10:30 on Friday morning, we successfully navigate our way into the centre of Parma and, leaving our car in the dark, narrow, and very expensive underground car park, emerge just a few meters from Il Palazzo della Pilotta, right on the edge of il centro storico. Price shock number one: “Quattordici euro per sei…
Una Gita Culturale – Part 1 Posted by Serena on Oct 19, 2017
Not long ago, Geoff was chatting with a couple of friends in the bar about the imminent arrival of winter and how to pass the time, “perché qua a Pontremoli, non succede un cavolo di niente!” We need to keep our brains alive somehow, said Geoff … how about we organise una gita culturale (a…
Grandfather Ciro Posted by Geoff on Oct 5, 2017
Here’s my English translation of Serena’s article Nonno Ciro. Poco fa, aprendo Google Italia, ho scoperto che era la Festa dei Nonni, così ho deciso di scrivere un breve ricordo sui miei nonni materni (quelli paterni non li ho conosciuti, purtroppo). Not long ago, upon opening Google Italy, I discovered that it was Grandparents Day…
Italian Bread And Apple Pudding Posted by Serena on Sep 28, 2017
A delicious Italian pudding made from two very humble ingredients: apples and leftover bread! Perfect for us since we’re still working our way through the bumper crop that our two small apple trees have produced this summer. Here’s the recipe for this simple but very tasty budino di pane e mele: Ingredienti: 50 grammi di…
Shepherdess For A Day Posted by Serena on Aug 3, 2017
Today I’m going to publish a piece written by my friend Simona, who owns La Gallina Cubista, an organic whole-food shop here in Pontremoli. Every week Simona publishes a newsletter advertising her products. Last week, though, she decided to do something a little different by writing about her morning out on the mountains near Pontremoli…