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Vocaboliamo - Intelligenza Artificiale - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

By now, we've all heard about artificial intelligence, but how to talk about it in Italian? Marika tells us what we need to know.

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Caption 13 [it]: Per questa ragione,
Caption 13 [en]: For this reason,

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Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 16

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We've come to the end of this journey to find Valentina. Philip Rembrandt continues to wait, and Valentina never forgets him.

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Caption 11 [it]: Qual è la vera ragione?
Caption 11 [en]: What's the real reason?

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Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Crepax's Valentina was an intriguing character because she openly reflected the sexual freedom of the late sixties and was attractive to both men and women. It was very "in" to be seen walking around with an issue of "Linus," an Italian comics magazine published in Italy beginning in 1965.

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Caption 61 [it]: e, soprattutto, per la stessa ragione.
Caption 61 [en]: and above all, for the same reason.

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Illuminate - Margherita Hack - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Although as an athlete, Margherita did make some compromises she felt she had to during the decades of Italian Fascism, she also took a stand against it, risking expulsion from school.

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Caption 48 [it]: Voglio trovare una ragione in un ordine.
Caption 48 [en]: I want to find a reason for an order.

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Illuminate - Rita Levi Montalcini - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Rita Levi Montalcini doesn't feel like she made any sacrifices in her life, including not having a family. She had a clear vision of what she wanted out of life, and she followed it.

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Caption 4 [it]: che poi è la ragione per la quale, alla fine, ha avuto il Nobel.
Caption 4 [en]: which, besides, is the reason why, in the end, she was awarded the Nobel.

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La pittura più bella del mondo - La Resurrezione di Piero della Francesca - Part 14

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We learn more about how and why Piero's Resurrection was moved from its original position. It's fascinating.

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Caption 4 [it]: come mai, per quale ragione,
Caption 4 [en]: how come, for what reason,

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COVID-19 - 5) I tamponi

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

If you have never been tested for Covid-19, Giuditta and Marino give a good description of the process. And their youngest son had to be very brave.

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Caption 72 [it]: dicendogli: "Hai ragione amore, capisco,
Caption 72 [en]: telling him: "You're right, love, I understand,

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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The Etruscans were an important part of Italy's ancient history, and its lands extended for a large expanse of the peninsula. We visit Banditaccia a Cerveteri, a necropolis north of Rome.

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Caption 4 [it]: saranno ragione di uno sviluppo sociale e culturale velocissimo
Caption 4 [en]: would become the reason for very rapid social and cultural development,

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Meraviglie - EP. 5 - Part 13

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The city of Vicenza and its surroundings enjoyed an architectural golden age in the middle of the 16th century with, as its shining star, architect Andrea Palladio. Alberto Angela tells us the story of how it all came about.

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Caption 29 [it]: Il Palazzo della Ragione, chiamato anche Basilica,
Caption 29 [en]: The Palazzo della Ragione, also called the Palladian Basilica,

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Meraviglie - EP. 2 - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The temple dedicated to Concordia was built on an ancient seabed from two million years ago, and is one of the most remarkable structures from the Greek world. Alberto Angela explains why it is the only one still standing.

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Caption 21 [it]: E c'è una ragione molto precisa.
Caption 21 [en]: And there is a very precise reason.

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Gian Filippo - Palazzo Speciale Raffadali - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Vittorio Umiltà Anzen was a lawyer who passed away in 2012. He loved Palermo and was proud of his house, which he shows us complete with private chapel and rooftop garden.

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Caption 15 [it]: ragione per la quale è stato considerato
Caption 15 [en]: which was the reason why he was considered

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I Love Roma - guida della città - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The narrator reads some moving passages from the letters of John Keats and Fanny Brawne. Giacomo Leopardi, the Italian poet and near contemporary to Keats and Shelley, also lived in Piazza di Spagna.

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Caption 32 [it]: Mi sono spesso forzato alla ragione contro le ragioni dell'amore.
Caption 32 [en]: I have endeavoured often ‘to reason against the reasons of my Love.'

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I Love Roma - guida della città - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The segment touches on Byron and Shelley, but is mostly about Keats and his time in Rome. It also includes part of a beautiful love letter to Fanny Brawne. The narrator speaks of Keats living on the second floor. The Italian way of counting stories is to call the first floor, the ground floor, and the numbering starts above.

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Caption 32 [it]: Keats ha una sola ragione per vivere, solo che è rimasta a Londra.
Caption 32 [en]: Keats has one sole reason to live, only she stayed in London.

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Basilicata Turistica - Non me ne voglio andare - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The tour of Basilicata closes with verses of Isabella Morra and British travel writer, Norman Douglas. Set against the backdrop of the beautiful Ionian coastline, the young traveler gives some tips on mastering the Lucan dialect.

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Caption 20 [it]: come sola cagion del mio tormento [perché è la sola ragione del mio tormento].
Caption 20 [en]: as the sole reason of my torment."

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Anna e Marika - Villa Torlonia - Gli orti di guerra

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

This is the final part of a walk through Villa Torlonia, in Rome, with Anna and Marika.

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Caption 28 [it]: Avevo ragione? -Sì!
Caption 28 [en]: Was I right? -Yes!

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