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English to Italian: Picture Frames (Goffman) General field: Social Sciences Detailed field: Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Source text - English Given that pictures may be organized as portraits or as
scenes(and if the latter, caught, faked, or realistic to a
degree), and given the distinction between illustration and
instantiation, and the contrast of both of these to evocative
symbolizations providing at best a purely conventional
relation between vehicle and sign, and given further that one
can be concerned about the nature of pictures as well as the
nature of the world, it is possible to begin to see how
heterogeneous a photograph may be as an object of academic
interest.
One finds in pictures not only rules of scene production
that are exclusive to pictures, but also photographic conventions
peculiar to particular subiect matters. For example,
portrait photographers routinely touch up negatives or prints
to improve the complexion of the subjects appearing in
them, creating a people that has smoother skin than that
found among mortals. In ads brunette women tend to be
styled somewhat differently from blond women; this
presumably characteristic of pictures, not life.
Translation - Italian Dato che possiamo organizzare le immagini come ritratti o come scene (e se quest’ultime, come scattate, finte, o realistiche a vari livelli), e dato la distinzione tra illustrazione ed esemplificazione, e fornendoci il contrasto di entrambe queste rispetto alle simbolizzazioni evocative al massimo una relazione puramente convenzionale tra segno e vettore, e dato inoltre che possiamo interessarci alla natura delle immagini così come alla natura del mondo, è possibile iniziare a vedere quanto possa essere eterogenea una fotografia in quanto oggetto di interesse accademico.
Troviamo nelle foto non soltanto delle regole di produzione scenica esclusive delle foto, ma anche delle convenzioni fotografiche peculiari per particolari oggetti. Ad esempio, i fotografi di ritratti ritoccano di solito i negativi o le stampe per migliorare l’aspetto dei soggetti che vi appaiono, creando persone con una pelle più liscia rispetto a quella dei comuni mortali. Nelle pubblicità le donne brune tendono ad avere uno stile diverso dalle bionde; questa è presumibilmente una caratteristica solo delle foto, non della vita reale.
Italian to English: Scoperta della villa e del monumento funerario dei Lucrezi Valenti General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: Archaeology
Source text - Italian Scoperta della villa e del monumento funerario dei Lucrezi Valenti
Non potevamo certo immaginare, allorquando le prime strutture murarie vennero alla luce in occasione di uno sbancamento, che ci saremmo trovati di fronte alla villa e poi al sepolcro dei Lucretii Valentes, la più potente famiglia pompeiana al tempo di Nero- ne.
Con nostra grande sorpresa il lapillo che veniva tolto lasciò a vista, sulla parete di un ambiente, un affresco. Esso consisteva in un pannello centrale delimitato da una decorazione detta a bordo di tappeto, con al centro un medaglione rosso su cui campeggiava una pantera rampante a sinistra. Al di sopra del medaglione erano raffigurati un corno potorio (per libagioni), due melograni ed un uccellino che poggiava le zampette su due rametti verdi ed in atto di beccare una delle quattro bacche. La pantera ed il corno potorio facevano chiaramente riferimento a Dioniso, il dio dispensatore di vino, bevanda che costituiva la grande ricchezza di quelle terre, il celebre Pompeianum, la cui produzione rappresentava la principale fonte economica del territorio.
Non avevamo idea, all'atto della scoperta, a quale personaggio fosse appartenuta la villa, ma un nuovo rinvenimento, a sole poche decine di metri, ci permise fortunatamente di stabilirlo.
Translation - English Discovery of the villa and the funerary monument of Lucrezi Valenti
We could not imagine when the first walls were discovered during an excavation, that we were to face the villa, and then the tomb, of Lucretii Valentes, Pompeii’s most powerful family in Nerone’s era.
Much to our surprise, in removing the lapilli on the wall of a room, a fresco came out. It consisted of a central panel surrounded by a so-called “aboard mat” decoration, with a central medallion bearing a rampant red panther. Above the medallion, it featured a drinking horn (for libations), two pomegranates and a bird resting his paws on two green twigs and pecking one of four berries. The panther and the drinking horn clearly related to Dionysus, the god of wine. This drink, the most famous Pompeianum, was the great wealth of that land and the main source of its economy.
At the time, we had no idea who owned the villa, but a new discovery, just a few dozen meters further, fortunately allowed us to define it.
Italian to English: La tubercolosi resistente ai farmaci General field: Medical Detailed field: Medical: Health Care
Source text - Italian [Estratto di una video-lezione del Progetto CA.SA. svolto in Etiopia dall'ISS in partnership con la Clinica di Malattie Infettive di Genova - http://www.clinicainfettivegenova.net/easyNews/NewsLeggi.asp?IDNews=38]
La tubercolosi resistente ai farmaci
1. [Video] Ciao a tutti! Abbiamo già parlato di sintomi, diagnosi e trattamento della tubercolosi (TBC). Oggi parleremo della TBC resistente ai farmaci, la quale rappresenta un importante problema di salute pubblica.
L'obiettivo di questa lezione è fornire i concetti di base circa le cause, la diagnosi e il trattamento della TBC resistente ai farmaci, al fine di imparare a riconoscere e gestire un paziente TB resistente ai farmaci.
2. Partiamo dalle basi: La TBC suscettibile ai farmaci risponde ad una normale terapia di 6 o più mesi con farmaci di prima linea (che tradizionalmente sono: isoniazide, rifampicina, pirazinamide, etambutolo e streptomicina). La TBC resistente ai farmaci non risponde a uno o più farmaci anti-TBC: pertanto, richiede un trattamento più lungo e complesso.
La TBC resistente ai farmaci si distingue nelle seguenti forme:
- TBC multi-resistente (MDR TB), se il Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (MT) è resistente ad almeno isoniazide e rifampicina, le quali sono il nucleo del trattamento anti-TBC.
- TBC estensivamente resistente ai farmaci (XDR TB), se il MT è resistente a isoniazide e rifampicina, più eventuali fluorochinoloni e almeno uno dei tre farmaci iniettabili di seconda linea (cioè, amikacina, kanamicina, o capreomicina) [1].
Translation - English [Excerpt of a video-lecture from C.A.S.A. Project (Ethiopia) by ISS (Istituto Superiore di Sanità) and Genoa Infectious Diseases Clinic - http://www.clinicainfettivegenova.net/easyNews/NewsLeggi.asp?IDNews=38]
Drug-resistant Tuberculosis
1. [Video] Hi everyone! We have already talked about symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB). Today we will discuss drug-resistant TB, which represents an important public health issue.
The aim of this lecture is to provide basic concepts about the causes, diagnosis and treatment of drug-resistant TB, in order to learn how to recognize and manage a drug-resistant TB patient.
2. Let’s start from the basics: drug-susceptible TB responds to a usual 6-month (or more) therapy with first-line drugs (which traditionally are isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide, ethambutol and streptomycin). Drug-resistant TB is not susceptible to one or more anti-TB drugs: therefore, it requires a more complex and longer treatment.
Drug-resistant TB can be classified as follows:
- Multidrug-resistant TB (MDR TB), if the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (MT) is resistant to at least isoniazid and rifampicin, which are the core of the anti-TB treatment.
- Extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR TB), if the MT is resistant to isoniazid and rifampicin, plus any fluoroquinolone and at least one of three injectable second-line drugs (i.e., amikacin, kanamycin, or capreomycin) [1].
English to Italian: The Rise and Fall Of the Palestinian Left General field: Social Sciences Detailed field: Journalism
Source text - English Op-Ed Article by journalist Hazem Balousha from NEAR EAST NEWS AGENCY translated for Italian portal Peacelink.it
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