Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

studi comparatistici

English translation:

comparative studies

Added to glossary by pecon
Feb 10, 2010 22:02
14 yrs ago
Italian term

studi comparatistici

Italian to English Art/Literary Linguistics Lingue e letterature straniere
sto traducendo un certificato di laurea in studi comparatistici e mi chiedevo se il termine si potesse tradurre comparative studies
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Proposed translations

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comparative studies

contemporary
Peer comment(s):

agree Jennifer Levey : 'comparative studies' is OK - but 'contemporary' is irrelevant here.
57 mins
agree Lirka
1 hr
agree Liliana Galiano
3 hrs
agree Mirra_ : perhaps completed in... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&num=30&q="compar... :)
13 hrs
agree Helena Grahn
18 hrs
agree Inter-Tra : Sicuro al 100%! La mia seconda 'minor'
1 day 19 hrs
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comparison studies

se fosse "comparativi", la scelta "comparative studies" sarebbe immediata... forse l'autore vuole suggerire una sottile differenza
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1 hr

studi comparatistici

Comparative Studies, but usually there is another qualifier, e.g. Comparative literature.
Peer comment(s):

agree JordanLancaster
6 hrs
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8 hrs

comparative literature

If this is a degree in languages and literature,then the correct term would be "comparative literature". Some kind of qualifier is required or else the translation won't makesense.
Peer comment(s):

agree Kevin Pendergast : Since the asker has put "lingue e letterature straniere" as the field of inquiry, this is most likely the best translation
2 hrs
agree Lorraine Buckley (X) : each university seems to have its own course titles; some have just 'comparative studies', some comparative language and literature, comparative history etc
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Reference comments

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Reference:

comparato comparativo comparatistico

una trinità linguistica???
noto che spesso, in particolare gli ultimi due vengono usati come sinonimi. Penso che in italiano (in inglese si "riunificano" diventano tutti e tre 'comparative') ci sia una grande confusione e vengano usati "a casaccio".

Qualcuno ne sa qualcosa di più preciso? Grazie

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letteratura_comparata
http://belacqua.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/claudio-guillen-lun...
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistica_comparativa
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metodo_comparativo
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