Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
operatore della moda
English translation:
fashion professional
Added to glossary by
Juliet Halewood (X)
Dec 9, 2013 15:29
10 yrs ago
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Italian term
Juliet Halewood (X)
operatore della moda
Italian to English
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Education / Pedagogy
Is this a fashion designer or just someone who works in fashion? If so, what would he/she be called? Fashion operator doesn't sound right to me.
The piece I'm translating is about a course to become an "operatore di moda".
Chi è dotato di creatività, chi ha buona manualità e desidera realizzare il proprio lavoro, vederlo prodotto in larga scala, non ha paura di affrontare ore di studio e di laboratorio perché ha di fronte il suo futuro: realizzare un sogno come operatore della moda.
Thanks for any help!
The piece I'm translating is about a course to become an "operatore di moda".
Chi è dotato di creatività, chi ha buona manualità e desidera realizzare il proprio lavoro, vederlo prodotto in larga scala, non ha paura di affrontare ore di studio e di laboratorio perché ha di fronte il suo futuro: realizzare un sogno come operatore della moda.
Thanks for any help!
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | fashion professional |
Giles Watson
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| 4 +1 | fashion designer |
philgoddard
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| 3 +1 | working in the fashion business |
cynthiatesser
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Proposed translations
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fashion professional
"Professional" can be quite a good option for the generic term "operatore".
Peer comment(s):
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Sabrina Bruna
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| agree |
Yvonne Gallagher
: agree it's more general here
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Giles, I needed something generic. "
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9 mins
cynthiatesser
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working in the fashion business
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fulfil their dream of working in the fashion business
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It could be anything, a designer, a sales manager, a journalist, but in this case they refer to manualità and creatività so it must be a course for fashion designers
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fulfil their dream of working in the fashion business
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Note added at 26 mins (2013-12-09 15:56:23 GMT)
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It could be anything, a designer, a sales manager, a journalist, but in this case they refer to manualità and creatività so it must be a course for fashion designers
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26 mins
philgoddard
United States
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fashion designer
It says "realizzare il proprio lavoro, vederlo prodotto in larga scala", which to me can only mean a designer.
This also solves the problem of what to call the course: fashion design.
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Another possibility is "design technician". For example:
"Operatore di moda su computer
Corso individuale per la preparazione su computer dei modelli nei laboratori d'abbigliamento e nelle sale taglio."
So this would be "computer fashion designer/design technician".
http://www.scuolacentromoda.com/index.php/operatore-di-moda-...
This also solves the problem of what to call the course: fashion design.
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Another possibility is "design technician". For example:
"Operatore di moda su computer
Corso individuale per la preparazione su computer dei modelli nei laboratori d'abbigliamento e nelle sale taglio."
So this would be "computer fashion designer/design technician".
http://www.scuolacentromoda.com/index.php/operatore-di-moda-...
Peer comment(s):
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Janice Giffin
: Having looked at several fashion school websites, the diploma/degree course description for this title corresponds to that of a fashion designer
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Yes, and I don't think either of the two answers would work as a course title.
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Giles Watson
: 1) "Fashion designer" is an inference, not a translation. 2) "Operatore della moda" is not a course title in the Italian 3) Juliet might need to use "designer" in a more specific sense elsewhere in her translation.
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1) Try Googling the Italian (or click on my reference); 2) It's not unusual for the job title to appear on degree certificates; 3) I'm sure she can deal with that.
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Discussion
"Operatore della moda"/"fashion professional" are hypernyms that include, but are not restricted to, "stilista"/"designer". Even a design-oriented institution like Central St Martins:
http://www.arts.ac.uk/csm/courses/undergraduate/ba-fashion/
offers plenty of courses that train fashion professionals who are not directly involved in design (journalists, photographers, retailers and so on).