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126 Cristina from Sardinia (Italy) - 3 minutes without editing or preparation (Podcast)

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The Importance of a Good Translation

I didn't realize my son said, when you speak when you're angry with me, you speak in English. I have worked many years as a translator. Sometimes the easiest terms are the most difficult to translate into another language that has a different culture where they don't have that institution. In Italian, Faribouta Figuera is when you do something that is shameful, but it's not shameful in a way that you shame yourself or your community. It's really something so intrinsically Italian and only exists in Italy.

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