Italian translation services
Country of contrasts
Italy is Europe's fourth largest economy and boasts some of the E.U.'s most affluent regions in the wealthy, industrialised north. It is also home to some of Europe's poorest regions in the far south, where unemployment levels are as high as 20%. English is not widely spoken (well), which means companies approaching the Italian market will need to have documentation translated into Italian by professionals. With a population of just under 60 million (in 2003), Italy represents a major European market, and is an undeniably attractive place to do business.
Couple of points of information about the Italian language and Italian translations
- translation into Italian causes language growth, which means English text translated into Italian will come out up to 20% longer. This is worth bearing in mind if you're planning on having English language artwork replicated in Italian!
- the Italian language (unlike French) has happily adopted loan words from English, and in particular American English, during the last century. Many IT-related terms, for instance, are not translated into Italian, but kept in English within Italian sentences.
- the pronunciation of Italian (unlike English) is entirely predictable from the spelling of Italian words
About New Lingo's Italian translation services
- New Lingo has two fluent Italian speakers and writers on its staff
- New Lingo has most of its work into Italian undertaken by Italian translators in northern Italy. Checking and editing generally takes place in New Zealand, Australia, Italy and the U.K.
- New Lingo has undertaken work in the following fields between English and Italian: engineering, food and beverages, law, IT, pharmaceuticals, finance & banking, sport.
Interesting fact!!
The internationally familiar Italian salutation 'ciao' is thought to derive from the Italian word for slave, "schiavo". The theory goes that sailors used to shout the greeting across to one another from their ships to say "I am your slave" i.e. your loyal and obedient friend in times gone by. Over time, a variety of linguistic changes have led to the pronunciation we know today.
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