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Thank gawd someone fixed my wacky guesses at the meaning of the French!

Night457 wrote: Wed Oct 19, 2022 9:37 pm Thank gawd someone fixed my wacky guesses at the meaning of the French!

An this took me to the limits, 'caus this Cino is speaking French with a strong Italian accent.

ghost wrote: Wed Oct 19, 2022 11:06 pm An this took me to the limits, 'caus this Cino is speaking French with a strong Italian accent.

Well, just a short time ago you announced that you had almost completely mastered the French language, so I guess you needed a bit more of a challenge this time!

I don't exactly remember which parts of the (colloquial? rural vernacular?) French bewildered me the most (and I don't want to read the French dialog parts again to remind me) but I do remember that the gold prospector seemed to be speaking a mix of French and Italian within the same sentence! As in, the character would substitute words for one language into the other when he reached the limits of his vocabulary. This makes for a realistic character but a difficult translation when the listener and reader does not know EITHER language. (That would be me.)

So ... I look forward to watching it again and saying "OHHH, now it makes sense" for some of the dialog. Thank you!

I do remember that the gold prospector seemed to be speaking a mix of French and Italian within the same sentence!

Yes, and this was even more challenging! So in the end the whole thing was more difficult than I thought.

A review in French https://festival-villerupt.com/title-it ... a-di-cino/
Another review in Italian http://www.cameralook.it/web/carlo-albe ... ottocento/

A few words about movie director https://www.mountainwilderness.org/face ... o-pinelli/

Brief synopsis in English https://www.giffonifilmfestival.it/en/s ... ntain.html

ghost wrote: Thu Oct 20, 2022 6:34 pm Yes, and this was even more challenging!

Thank you for confirming my impressions of what was being spoken. I am sometimes surprised when I am not the only one thinking what I think. I wondered instead if I was having some sort of aphasic episode.

We can't both be losing it in the same way, so I am reassured.