Any Italian/Linguists

[Rich]

Is there any one who speaks or can write an English letter in Italian on board?
I have rather an unusal problem that I need a little help with?

 

[oumahexi]

Gimme a break Rich, most of us have a hard enough time coping with Inglish, never mind forin langwiges.

 

[Ron_dK]

Is there any one who speaks or can write an English letter in Italian on board?

I can order a coffee or discuss quality problems, albeit limited, in Italian. Would that be of any help ?

I have rather an unusal problem that I need a little help with?

Is she still stalking you ?

 

[Rich]

I can order a coffee or discuss quality problems, albeit limited, in Italian. Would that be of any help ?

Not unless I end up going to meet Dennis in Rome next year

Is she still stalking you

It's nothing that exciting

 

[Ron_dK]

I have rather an unusal problem that I need a little help with?

If it's about ordering a Guzzi seat in Italy, i have a good friend in Bergamo ( Italian), who is fluent in both languages, so we might ask him to help out

 

[Friday]

Not unless I end up going to meet Dennis in Rome next year


It's nothing that exciting

That would be AWESOME...

 

[Rich]

If it's about ordering a Guzzi seat in Italy, i have a good friend in Bergamo ( Italian), who is fluent in both languages, so we might ask him to help out

Damn, now I have to admit in public about something I'm deeply ashamed and sorry for
I had an accident on the bike a couple of months ago, now the repairers, or even me, cant find the parts needed to repair it in this country, oddly enough the nearest place listed was in the US and obviously the shipping costs would be out of the question, somebody suggested that I might try writing to the factory in Italy, praise the bike up to the hilt etc and keep my fingers crossed

 

[Mike375]

Try here

http://translate.google.com/translate_t?sl=it&tl=en

I don't know how good it is. However, if you enter in the text box and then Select English to Italian and click Translate and then copy the resulting translation back to the text box and select Italian to English and then Translate it seems to work.

 

[Rich]

Thanks, I'll have a go

 

[MrsGorilla]

I had an accident on the bike a couple of months ago,

You didn't get hurt, did you?

now the repairers, or even me, cant find the parts needed to repair it in this country

Is it the age of the bike or the make/model that makes it difficult to find parts for it?

 

[Rich]

You didn't get hurt, did you?

Only my pride
and a few minor bruises, sadly my Grandson was on the back and he went over the handlebars too, he was a little shook up at the time but now sees it as part of his "street Cred"

Is it the age of the bike or the make/model that makes it difficult to find parts for it

The make and model

 

[KenHigg]

Is there any one who speaks or can write an English letter in Italian on board?
I have rather an unusal problem that I need a little help with?

I would think you could use google to see how to say paternity in Italian

 

[Banana]

A note of caution:

Translator works ok for exceedingly simple sentences but as soon as you interject anything resembling a proposition, verb/noun phrase or anything of that sort, it gives you borked translation.

At least that's what I saw when translating French to English.

 

[KenHigg]

... it gives you borked translation.

borked translation - Cool phrase... Kind of like reading a post from Rich huh?

 

[Rich]

I would think you could use google to see how to say paternity in Italian

At our age Kenneth we'd both consider ourselves lucky if that were to happen

 

[Rich]

borked translation - Cool phrase... Kind of like reading a post from Rich huh?

Start wearing your glasses the right way round

 

[KenHigg]

At our age Kenneth we'd both consider ourselves lucky if that were to happen

Especially after they saw us in the middle of the road with guzzi on top of us -

 

[Rich]

Especially after they saw us in the middle of the road with guzzi on top of us -

Ssh Ken the camp commandent might get to think that we're actually friends

 

[dan-cat]

Only my pride

Don't feel bad. I locked up my rear on a corner this afternoon. Didn't come off but almost wet my pants as a result.

and a few minor bruises, sadly my Grandson was on the back and he went over the handlebars too, he was a little shook up at the time but now sees it as part of his "street Cred"

Get it fixed up and back on asap.

 

[Rich]

Don't feel bad. I locked up my rear on a corner this afternoon. Didn't come off but almost wet my pants as a result.

I know the feeling

Get it fixed up and back on asap.

Therein lies the problem
Now if I could get past the hatred of flying I could pop over to the US very quickly, visit one or two of you guys on the way and pop back here with the bits