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Italian Translation sample:

Tutti gli esseri umani nascono liberi ed eguali in dignità e diritti. Essi sono dotati di ragione e di coscienza e devono agire gli uni verso gli altri in spirito di fratellanza.

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. (Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Italian Speaking countries

Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City.

Italian letter writing samples

• Letter (formal)
• Letter (informal)

Italian Business Etiquette

Courtesy and a degree of formality are the most important aspects.

• Meeting

In introductions and departures, shake hands individually with everyone in a group. The American "group wave" won't be appreciated.

Italians won't hesitate to greet people they know with a warm embrace.

Queue-jumping is not a 'crime' in Italy.

• Eating

Hospitality plays a key role in Italian business culture, and usually involves a restaurant dinner. Refusing an invitation of any kind is an insult.

Business is often conducted over a long lunch, which can last up to three hours.

When eating, avoid mopping up any olive oil or sauce on your plate with your bread.

It is considered rude to leave the table to go to the toilet or for any other reason.

For restaurants and taxis, a tip of 10% will be sufficient.

• Negotiation

Punctuality is not a priority. Be prepared to wait 15 to 45 minutes before your Italian counterpart appears or lets you into the office.

Large businesses usually work from 8.30 /9.00am until 6.00/6.30pm Monday to Friday with an hour or two for lunch.

Familiarity is very important in Italian business culture. Ensure that you find a well-connected person who can establish the right introductions on your behalf.

Your attire will be perceived as a reflection of your social standing and relative success, as well as your competence as an entrepreneur.

Most Italians won't speak English well, so you will probably need an interpreter in business situations.

Italian executives tend to be guided by gut feelings. Ensure that they like and trust you.

 

Italian speaking areas:

• Italy
• Sardinia
• Sicily
• San marino
• Vatican
• Southern Switzerland (Grigioni and Ticino cantons)
• Immigrant groups in 27 other countries also use Italian. These countries include Argentina, Australia, United States, Germany, Venezuela and Brazil.

Italian spoken dialects:

• Dialects: There are many spoken dialects of Italian, nearly one per city. Some of the dialects are so different from the standard form, that many linguists would consider them to be separate languages.

Written Italian

There is only one form of written Italian which is used throughout all Italian speaking areas (listed above).

Although when spoken, there are various dialects within Italy that can vary dramatically.

Italian is written in the Latin alphabet. The letters K, W, X and Y are not considered part of the standard Italian alphabet, but appear in loanwords (such as jeans, whisky, taxi).

For English quotation marks " ", << >> are used in Italian.

ª is an abreviation for feminine numbers/words, ie: 2nd so in Italian would be: 2ª for "2nd door(feminine).

° is an abreviation for masculine numbers, ie: 2nd so in Italian would be: 2ª for "2nd floor(masculine).

In Italian a point is used as a coma; eg: 27,000 is 27.000 in Italian.

Accents may be replaced with adjacent apostrophes. For example: in perche' instead of perché. The practice is common for uppercase accented letters. Uppercase ‹È› is rare and is absent from the Italian keyboard layout. It's often substituted with ‹E›, even though there are several ways of producing the uppercase È on a computer.

Italian language

Italian is very similar to Spanish with both being able to understand their written languages and even with French. Both as a result of invassions and subsequent influence.

Swiss Italian

The map to the right shows the Italian speaking part of Switzerland (Southern Switzerland). For more information on the languages spoken in Switzerland, click on the map

Written Italian is used in Southern Switzerland (two cantons: Ticino and Grigioni), with no difference to normal Italian. When spoken there is a slight difference in dialect, which is only noticeable to Italian speakers.

The Italian speakers (Ticinesi) tend to speak Swiss German as well as Italian (Ticinesi dialect-local and the North Italian dialect-Lombardic).

In the Grigioni Canton, Italian speakers live alongside Romansch speakers.