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Tag Archives: translation
Dear Venice: Wish You Were Here #25
I’m returning after a short hiatus. I guess all those celebratory blog posts tired me out! (Well, that and the flu.) Winner of the final tombola was Vince who correctly guessed that the Two Hands in the last post belonged … Continue reading
Posted in Gondolas, Italian heritage, Venice, Writing
Tagged Church of the Salute, felze, gondola, gondolier, Italian history, italy, postcard, Salute, translation, travel, veneto, venezia, Venice, Venice history, writing
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Venice, Wish You Were Here #8
This one is interesting because the postal rubber stamp is different. Most of the postcards I’ve shared here have a round rubber stamp, often from Venezia Ferrovia. But this one is Palazzo Grassi. Too bad part of it is missing! … Continue reading
Posted in Gondolas, Italian heritage, Venice, Writing
Tagged church of the scalzi, Gondolas, Italian history, Italian language, italy, photos, postcard, translation, travel, Udine, venezia, Venice, Venice history, writing
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Redefining Beauty: Giustina Renier Michiel
How does one go about translating Shakespeare into other languages? His language is so particular to its time and place, and he coined so many new phrases and has such an immense vocabulary. Yet Giustina Renier Michiel was arguably the … Continue reading
Posted in A Beautiful Woman in Venice, Italian heritage, Venice, Writing
Tagged books, casino, feminism, Giustina Rossi, history, Italian history, Italian women, Italian writers, italy, Literary salons, Shakespeare, translation, travel, travel writing, Venetophiles, venezia, Venice, Venice history, video, women writers, women's history, writing
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Traduzione–Seductive Venice in Translation
I am so pleased to announce that Seductive Venice: In Casanova’s Footsteps, has been translated into Italian! As you may already know, Seductive Venice is the title of the American edition of the book, published by my small press imprint … Continue reading
Posted in Casanova, Venice, Writing
Tagged Adriano Contini, books, Casanova, Casanovist, guidebook, Italian history, Italian language, Italian men, italy, Palazzo Zaguri, seductive venice, Supernova Edizioni, translation, travel, travel writing, venezia, Venice, Venice history, walking guide, writing
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“It Will Fall into Languour…”
In 1797, as Napoleon marched in to Venice, the Venetian Senate abdicated its rule. At that time, native son Giacomo Casanova had been living in Czechoslovakia for a number of years and was in fact nearing the end of his … Continue reading
Posted in Casanova, Venice, Writing
Tagged Casanova, Italian history, Italian men, italy, translation, travel, Tree of Liberty, venezia, Venice, Venice history
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Meeting Albert
Do you remember seeing this before? In February 2017 I wrote about this plaque on the Calle del Scaleter #2235, outside the shop of Monica Daniele. When he visited Venice, Casanovist Marco Leeflang investigated and met Monica, a maker of … Continue reading
Posted in Casanova, Venice, Writing
Tagged Albert Gardin, Bragadin, calle, Casanova, Casanovists, Da Fiore, Doge, Homer, Iliad, Italian history, Italian language, Italian men, italy, John Berendt, Marco Leeflang, Mario Stefani, Monica Daniele, Palazzo Soranzo, ponte, seductive venice, translation, venetian dialect, venezia, Veneziano, Venice, Voltaire
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An Exchange of Gifts
Meet my translator! I’m happy to announce that my walking guide, Seductive Venice: In Casanova’s Footsteps, will soon be published in Italian! Here’s how this came about: My friend Adriano, who shares my interest in Casanova and has helped me … Continue reading
Posted in A Beautiful Woman in Venice, Casanova, Venice, Writing
Tagged Casanova, Italian history, Italian language, Italian men, Italian women, italy, literature, Piazza San Marco, publishing, seductive venice, Supernova Edizioni, translation, travel, venezia, Venice, Venice history, walking guide, writing
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Casanova the Noun
OED entry: “Used allusively of a man whose amorous activities resemble those of Casanova.” Merriam Webster: “Lover, especially : a man who is a promiscuous and unscrupulous lover.” A while back I had a book promotion event and someone in the audience had a … Continue reading
Posted in Casanova, Venice, Writing
Tagged books, Casanova, Dux, etymology, history, History of my Life, Italian history, publishing, seductive venice, translation, travel, venezia, Venice, Willard Trask, writing
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A New Original
When I first started sharing my writing with a larger audience, I thought the pinnacle of success was lots of money, a book on a best seller list, and maybe a seat at Oprah’s table. Instead, so many other kinds of … Continue reading
Posted in A Beautiful Woman in Venice, Venice, Writing
Tagged books, gondola, Grand Canal, history, Italian history, Italian language, Luisa Bergalli, painting, palaces, palazzo, pastels, publishing, Rococo, Rosalba Carriera, translation, travel, venezia, Venice, women artists, women's history, writing
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Soul and Wit
“An almost general custom in Italy is to deny Mothers the most precious gift, which is their Daughters’ education, which leaves them nothing but the sweet title of Mother” (qtd. in Calvani 10). Venetian author and translator Giustina Renier Michiel … Continue reading
Posted in A Beautiful Woman in Venice, Venice, Writing
Tagged Giustina Renier Michiel, history, playwright, Shakespeare, translation, travel, venezia, Venice, writing
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