Giulia Casati
Giulia was born and raised in the North of Italy near Lake Como. After high school, she moved to the United States where she was an au pair and studied Liberal Arts at Essex County College. Then, she returned to Italy and continued her studies in Translation at the Civica Scuola Altiero Spinelli for translators and interpreters in Milan. She’s a language enthusiast, English and Italian in particular, she loves cooking, reading and growing plants.
Italian language: Too Many False Friends in Our Lives
Languages. Sometimes they are so tricky. Sometimes you think you got it, you can get away with not knowing what the correct word is and just make it up by deducing from your native language, but then you meet them. They are the worst. They are responsible for many gaffes and every language has them. They are the false friends.
Italian language: Something is Missing
Italian is one of the richest languages, with its wide vocabulary and its melodic sounds. However, something is missing in Italian, something very important to the English language: some letters!
Italian language: Sicilian Pride
Let’s start our tour of the languages and dialects of Italy with one of the most spoken, especially abroad: Sicilian. Since 2010, Sicilian holds the official status of language and is spoken mostly in Sicily, which is in the south of Italy. According to the UNESCO, in fact, Sicilian is a “mother language” and it could be even older than Italian! Ye...
Italian language: Don’t catch on fire!
WTI Magazine #85 2016 November 21Author : Giulia Casati for the Italian School NJ Translation by: Talking about Italian expressions, one that has always interested me while growing up is "to have a tail made out of hay." How many times did my mom ask me if I had a "coda di paglia"!? But what the heck did it mean? Growing up, at first...