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English to Italian: World cup oracle animals General field: Other Detailed field: Journalism
Source text - English Do you remember Paul, the Octopus? He was the star of the 2010 World Cup, being able to guess the winner of Germany's matches. He also guessed the winner of the final. His career started with Euro 2008, and saw him go on to correctly predict 11 out of 13 matches. He used to choose between two boxes containing food with the national flags of each team involved in every match. Unfortunately, he died in the end of 2010.
Paul was not alone. Even Harry the Crocodile guessed the 2010 World Cup winner. Moreover, he was able to predict two consecutive Australian Federal Election results. Nevertheless, he never had the appeal of the German octopus. Neither did Mani do better, a Singapore parrot who guessed all the quarters and semi-finals of the 2010 World Cup, because he failed to guess who would have succeeded between Spain and the Netherlands in the final.
Since Paul’s untimely departure, there has been great competition over who will take his crown. During Euro 2012, there were three animals playing this game: Citta, an Indian elephant living in a zoo in Krakow, Poland; Fred, the Ukrainian ferret who can be followed on Twitter; and Funtik, the Ukrainian soothsayer hog able to correctly predict 2 out of 3 matches.
Who will take the place of Paul the Octopus during the next World Cup? Will it be the parrot blessed by Pope Francis in Saint Peter’s Square, now a star of the Italian national public broadcaster? Or will it be Nelly, the German elephant who has correctly predicted 30 out of 33 match results to date? And of course, do not underestimate the psychic powers of the panda cub supported by Chinese state media.
The Italian parrot named Amore (Italian for love) will give his prediction by choosing the flag of the winning team on a miniature football field. Nelly prefers to predict winners by kicking a ball into either one of the nets with the flags of the competing countries placed before them. Instead, the panda cub will guess the outcome of matches by picking food from boxes marked with flags during the group matches and by climbing a tree flying a flag in the knockout rounds.
Do you have a pet? Would he or she be able to do better? How? Let them give it a shot!
Translation - Italian Vi ricordate di Paul, il polpo? Era la stella dei Mondiali del 2010 poiché era in grado di indovinare chi avrebbe vinto le partite disputate dalla Germania. Aveva indovinato anche il vincitore della finale. La sua carriera è iniziata con il Campionato Europeo del 2008, durante il quale indovinò il risultato di 11 partite su 13. Prevedeva i risultati scegliendo tra due scatole piene di cibo, con su impresse le bandiere delle due squadre impegnate nel match. Sfortunatamente, morì alla fine del 2010.
Ma Paul non era solo. Anche Harry il coccodrillo pronosticò il vincitore dei Mondiali del 2010. Inoltre, fu in grado di prevedere i risultati delle elezioni federali australiane due volte di fila. Ciononostante, non riscosse lo stesso successo del polpo tedesco. Nemmeno Mani riuscì a fare di meglio, un pappagallo di Singapore capace di indovinare i risultati dei quarti e delle semifinali della coppa del mondo del 2010, poiché sbagliò a prevedere l'esito della finale tra Spagna e Olanda.
In seguito alla prematura scomparsa di Paul, c'è stata una grande competizione per scovare l'erede che avrebbe preso il suo scettro. Durante i campionati europei del 2012 tre animali si contendevano il titolo: Citta, un elefante indiano che viveva in uno zoo di Cracovia, in Polonia. Fred, il furetto ucraino che può essere seguito su Twitter. E Funtik, il maiale veggente ucraino in grado di pronosticare i risultati di 2 partite su 3.
Chi prenderà il posto del polpo Paul durante i prossimi campionati mondiali? Sarà il pappagallo benedetto da Papa Francesco in piazza San Pietro, diventato una star della televisione italiana? Oppure Nelly, l'elefante tedesco che finora ha indovinato correttamente i risultati di 30 partite su 33? E di sicuro, non saranno sottovalutati i poteri psichici del cucciolo di panda sostenuto dai media cinesi.
Il pappagallo italiano, chiamato Amore, darà il suo pronostico scegliendo la bandiera della nazionale vincente su un campo da calcio in miniatura. Nelly preferisce indovinare i vincitori calciando un pallone in una delle due porte con le bandiere delle nazionali concorrenti. Invece, il cucciolo di panda pronosticherà i risultati delle partite, durante la fase a gironi, prendendo il cibo da scatole contrassegnate dalle bandiere e poi, nelle fasi ad eliminazione diretta, arrampicandosi su uno dei due alberi che sventola la bandiera della nazionale vincente.
Possedete un animale domestico?
Sarebbe in grado di fare di meglio? In che modo?
Mettetelo alla prova!
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My name is Simone Quaglieri (30 years old), I am an Italian Engineer with a BA in Information and Automation Engineering with a thesis on databases backup and replication. My native language is Italian and I'm fluent in English.
I work in a consulting firm in Rome as a Business Intelligence Consultant in projects for leading client companies in Italy.
My main tasksand responsibilities cover various aspects of software developing, focusing on BI systems customization for reporting purposes, mainly ABAP customizations on SAP BW platform.
I also work as a freelance translator mainly for ENG <-> ITA language pair.
My experiences with this particular work includes the completition of several translation and copywriting projects on TextMaster platform, collaborations with webinterpret translation company and I also use to translate technical documents during my main job activities.
I also took part in the 2014 Matecat Translation World Cup and ended up in the first place of the Italian category. You can also find a sample of my translation at this link: http://worldcup.matecat.com/translation/world-cup-2014-29479-it-IT-Simone_Quaglieri
My current working position has provided me with the opportunity to work in a high-pressure, team environment, where it is essential to be able to work closely with my colleagues in order to meet deadlines.
My interests involve poetry, written mainly in my mother tongue, as I use to participate in contest and recently received a proposal for publishing.
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