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Tiziano Terzani - Cartabianca - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Continua l'intervista a Tiziano Terzani, che ci racconta della sua cattura in Cambogia da parte dei khmer rossi, del pericolo al quale è stato esposto e di come si sia salvato grazie alla sua abilità.

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Autocollection - EP2 - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Reneé Arnoux tries out a Bianchina, and seems to like how it handles on the road. Carmine Sessa tells us a little bit about the history of the car.

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Caption 27 [it]: Pertanto, diciamo, sia i figli di papà che studiavano alle università,
Caption 27 [en]: So, let's say, both the sons of the rich who studied at universities,

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Autocollection - EP2 - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

We have a look inside the 12-cylinder engine of the Testarossa to see what kind of grade it will receive out of ten.

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Caption 26 [it]: sia in larghezza che in lunghezza,
Caption 26 [en]: both in width and length,

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L'Eredità -Quiz TV - La sfida dei sei. Puntata 1 - Part 13

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

There's one contestant left, but the questions keep on coming.

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Caption 43 [it]: anche lei orgogliosa del fatto che il fratello sia qui campione.
Caption 43 [en]: she too is proud of the fact that her brother is the champion here.

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Me Ne Frego - Il Fascismo e la lingua italiana - Part 11

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

This segment opens with a sort of poem, demonstrating how kids growing up in fascist Italy were expected to behave. Minority groups had a pretty hard time, too.

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Caption 54 [it]: sia in luogo pubblico che aperto al pubblico,
Caption 54 [en]: both in a public place and in one open to the public,

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Me Ne Frego - Il Fascismo e la lingua italiana - Part 9

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Soon after the introduction of talkies, dubbing came about in the thirties. Dubbing was extremely popular in Italy and remains so today.

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Caption 16 [it]: Poiché tutti sanno cosa sia il doppiaggio,
Caption 16 [en]: Inasmuch as everyone knows what dubbing is,

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Nicola Agliastro - Le Forze dell'Ordine in Italia

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Nicola, a policeman, provides an overview of the Italian armed forces. He also explains the differences between the Carabinieri and the State Police, and details other enforcement agencies active in Italy.

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Caption 37 [it]: ambedue le funzioni, sia... è riconosciuta a livello di Esercito Italiano,
Caption 37 [en]: both the functions, whether... it's recognized on the level of the Italian Army

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L'Eredità -Quiz TV - La sfida dei sei. Puntata 1 - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Francescopaolo, the contestant, is presented with a long list of Italian winners of either a Nobel Prize or an Academy Award Oscar, and has to choose which prize they were awarded.

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Caption 24 [it]: sia come Francesco che come Paolo. -Ecco.
Caption 24 [en]: both as Francesco and as Paolo. -There you go.

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L'Eredità -Quiz TV - La sfida dei sei. Puntata 1 - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

L'Eredità [Inheritance] is an immensely popular daily quiz show on the RAI [pronounced rye], the Italian public TV and radio network. This episode benefits the Telethon Foundation, which provides funds for research into genetic diseases, and is based on Jerry Lewis's Telethon. To understand the play on words they use at a certain point, see the various meanings of macchina here. Learn more about this Italian game show here.

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Caption 15 [it]: Questi per le vostre offerte, sia dal telefono fisso che con SMS.
Caption 15 [en]: These for your donations, whether by land line or by text [SMS, Short Message Service].

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 12

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

Palermo faces the sea and has a very long history of immigration. The narrator interviews a young woman whose great grandfather came to Sicily from Sudan. She is involved in educating immigrants from Africa and Asia. Pitrè was also highly involved in education.

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Caption 67 [it]: sia, secondo me la, la cosa più importante.
Caption 67 [en]: is according to me the, the most important thing.

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

Saint Rosalia (1130–1166), recognized by her crown of roses, is Palermo's patron saint. The video shows the July 14 parade in honor of the saint, and a young man who credits his cure from a grave illness to Saint Rosalia.

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Caption 52 [it]: non credo che sia una cosa, semplicemente, legata alla devozione religiosa,
Caption 52 [en]: I don't think it's something just tied to religious devotion,

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

Pitrè's mission was to conserve and safeguard the traditions of his people, the Sicilians, and to keep the roots alive. Looking at religious traditions is one important way to do this.

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Caption 23 [it]: Ora, credo che Pitrè sia uno dei custodi della, della, della tradizione.
Caption 23 [en]: Now, I believe that Pitrè is one of the custodians of the, of the, of the tradition.

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

This segment focuses on an actor who retells and acts out stories from Sicily's past, speaking in Sicilian dialect. He uses the Pitrè Museum as a source for material. The museum houses a manuscript with over 4,000 Sicilian proverbs, just one of the many volumes of Sicilian ethnographic material.

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Caption 32 [it]: essennu na spiaggia si cuariò [si sia riscaldato stando in spiaggia],
Caption 32 [en]: should have kept himself warm on the beach,

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That's Italy - Episode 1 - Part 3

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Monica Bellucci is an Italian fashion model and movie actress who is now a naturalized French citizen. She talks about her career and about what contributed to her being so highly successful.

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Caption 48 [it]: Io seguo i sogni, perché penso che sognare nella vita... sia assolutamente indispensabile.
Caption 48 [en]: I follow my dreams because I think that dreaming in life... is absolutely indispensable.

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Tiziano Terzani - Cartabianca - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Tiziano Terzani (1938–2004) was an important journalist and writer. This interview, considered to be of historical value, took place during the broadcast of the Swiss television show, Cartabianca [Carte blanche], conducted by Leo Manfrini, who was a close friend of the writer.

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Caption 34 [it]: Credo che sia dovuto a un fatto molto particolare,
Caption 34 [en]: I think it's due to a very special fact,

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