English to Italian Translation: Opening the Door to Bella Italia
When your business is going global, English to Italian translation may not be the first language on your mind. However, Italian is projected to represent over 40m Internet users by 2005, or almost 4% (Forrester Research, Inc.) and English to Italian translation will help you reach this segment.
Italian is spoken as a mother tongue by 55m speakers in Italy and a total of 62m worldwide. Italian is also an official language of Switzerland and Croatia.
When thinking of having an English to Italian translation of your Web site done, remember also that there are far fewer Italian than English sites online, which will make competing in this language that much easier.
If you are thinking of entering the Italian, Croatian, or Swiss market, it is obviously a prerequisite to translate your packaging, user instructions, marketing material, etc. Also, the large Italian communities in North America will appreciate a translation even if they are quite fluent in English.
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Italian has a large number of local dialects, some of which are unintelligible to speakers of standard Italian. However, unless you are targeting a very specific regional market in Italy, you will always opt for translation into Standard Italian, which will be understood by almost all Italian speakers. Note that, as with most languages, the differences in writing are far less pronounced than in the spoken language.
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