ConseggioLigure/seed-instruct-eng-lij huggingface dataset:
Translate from English to Ligurian (Genoese dialect):
Cattle terminology in use amongst the relatively few modern Bantu pastoralist groups suggests that the acquisition of cattle may have been from Central Sudanic, Kuliak and Cushitic-speaking neighbors.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
A terminologia de bestie in deuvia tra i gruppi relativamente piccin de pastoî bantu moderni a pâ dî che l'ottegnimento de bestie o porieiva ëse avvenuo da-i vein Kulia e del guae cuscitica do Sudan çentrale.
Can you translate this text to Ligurian?
Not far from the Mutirikiwi river, the Monomatapa kings built the Great Zimbabwe complex, a civilisation ancestral to the Kalanga people.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
No lontan da-o sciumme Mutirikwi i re Monomatapa an construto o complesso do Gran Zimbabwe, unna çiviltæ antiga do pòpolo Kalanga.
Translate from English to Ligurian (Genoese dialect):
The Swahili culture that emerged from these exchanges evinces many Arab and Islamic influences not seen in traditional Bantu culture, as do the many Afro-Arab members of the Bantu Swahili people.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
A coltua swahili sätâ feua da sti scangi a mostra ben ben de influense arabe e islamiche che no s’attreuvan inta coltua bantu tradiçionale, comme capita co-i tanti membri afro-arabi do pòpoli swahili bantu.
What’s the Genoese translation of this sentence?
After World War II, the National Party governments adopted that usage officially, while the growing African nationalist movement and its liberal allies turned to the term "African" instead, so that "Bantu" became identified with the policies of apartheid.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Dòppo a Segonda guæra mondiale, i governi do Partio Naçionale an adottou de mainea offiçiâ quell’uso, incangio o crescente movimento naçionalista african e i seu alleæ liberali s’an vortou ciufito a-o termine «african», coscì che «bantu» o l'é stæto identificou co-e politiche de l’apartheid.
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Again association with apartheid discredited the term, and the South African government shifted to the politically appealing but historically deceptive term "ethnic homelands".
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Torna l'assoçiaçion con l'apartheid a l'à descreditou o termine, e o governo sudafrican o l'à adottou a definiçion «patrie etniche», politicamente accaparrante ma storicamente böxarda.
Can you translate this text to Ligurian?
In Swati the stem is -ntfu and the noun is buntfu.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
In Swati a reixe a l'é -ntfu e o sostantivo o l'é buntfu.
Can you translate this text to Ligurian?
Not all Basques are Basque-speakers.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
No tutti i Baschi parlan basco.
What’s the Ligurian translation of this sentence?
modern Basque esan) and the suffix -(k)ara ("way (of doing something)").
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
basco moderno esan) e da-o suffisso -(k)ara («mainea (de fâ quarcösa)»).
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Although they are genetically distinctive in some ways due to isolation, the Basques are still very typically European in terms of their Y-DNA and mtDNA sequences, and in terms of some other genetic loci.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Sciben che son geneticamente distinti inte quarche mainea pe caxon de l'isoamento, i baschi son ancon ben ben tipicamente europëi in termini de sequense de DNA Y e mtDNA, e in termini d'atri loci genetichi.
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However, studies of the Y-DNA haplogroups found that on their direct male lineages, the vast majority of modern Basques have a common ancestry with other Western Europeans, namely a marked predominance of Indo-European Haplogroup R1b-DF27 (70%).
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Però, i studdi in scî aplogruppi Y-DNA an nottou che in scê seu linie de descendensa mascoliña diretta i ciù tanti baschi moderni an unn'ascendensa commun con di atri europëi de Ponente, saieiva à dî unna marcâ predominansa de l'aplogruppo indoeuropeo R1b-DF27 (70%).
Can you translate this text to Ligurian?
In spite of its high frequency in Basques, Y-STR internal diversity of R1b-DF27 is lower there, and results in more recent age estimates", implying it was brought to the region from elsewhere.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Ascì co-a seu erta frequensa inti baschi, a diverscitæ interna Y-STR de R1b-DF27 a l'é ciù bassa lì e se traduxe in stimme d'etæ ciù neuve», cösa ch'a compòrta ch'o l'é stæto portou inta region da un pòsto despægio.
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The collection of mtDNA and Y-DNA haplogroups sampled there differed significantly compared to their modern frequencies.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
A recuggeita d'aplogruppi mtDNA e Y-DNA campionæ lì a differiva de mainea importante in confronto a-e seu frequense moderne.
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Rather, some 4500 years ago almost all Y-DNA heritage from Iberian admixture of Mesolithic hunter-gatherers and Neolithic farmers was replaced by the R1b lineage of Indo-European herders from the steppe, and the Basque genetic distinctiveness is a result of centuries of low population size, genetic drift, and endogamy.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Ciufito, l'é pöcassæ 4.500 anni che tutto o patrimònio Y-DNA ch'o ne vëgne da-a mescciua iberica de caccioei-recuggitoî mesolitichi e paisen neolitichi o l'é stæto sostituio da-a linia R1b di pastoî indoeuropëi da steppa, e o carattere genetico distintivo basco o l'é l'exito de secoli de dimenscion reduta da popolaçion, deriva genetica e endogamia.
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Mattias Jakobsson from Uppsala University in Sweden analysed genetic material from eight Stone Age human skeletons found in El Portalón Cavern in Atapuerca, northern Spain.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
O Mattias Jakobsson de l'Universcitæ d'Uppsala in Sveçia o l'à analizzou o materiale genetico d'eutto scheletri umoen de l'etæ da pria attrovæ inta barma de El Portalón à Atapuerca, inta Spagna settentrionale.
What’s the Genoese translation of this sentence?
The findings were published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
I exiti son stæti pubricæ inti Atti de l'Academia Naçionale de Sciense di Stati Unii.
Can you translate this text to Ligurian?
This admixed group was also found to be ancestral to other modern-day Iberian peoples, but while the Basques remained relatively isolated for millennia after this time, later migrations into Iberia led to distinct and additional admixture in all other Iberian groups.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
S'é trovou pe de ciù che sto gruppo mesccio o l'é stæto inte l'antighitæ d'atri pòpoli iberichi moderni, ma tanto che i baschi son arrestæ relativamente isoæ pe de miggiæa d'anni dòppo sto periodo, de migraçioin in Iberia vegnue apreuvo an portou ancon à unna distinta mescciua inte tutti i atri gruppi iberichi.
What’s the Genoese translation of this sentence?
There is enough evidence to support the hypothesis that at that time and later they spoke old varieties of the Basque language (see: Aquitanian language).
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Existe assæ de preuve pe sostegnî l'ipòtexi che alantô e dapeu parlessan de antighe varietæ da lengua basca (ammia: lengua aquitaña).
Translate from English to Ligurian (Genoese dialect):
The Kingdom of Pamplona, a central Basque realm, later known as Navarre, underwent a process of feudalization and was subject to the influence of its much larger Aragonese, Castilian and French neighbours.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
O regno de Pamploña, un regno basco çentrale, conosciuo ciù tardi comme Navarra, o l'à subio un proçesso de feudalizzaçion e o l'é stæto soggetto à l'influensa di seu vexin aragoneixi, casteggen e franseixi ben ben ciù grendi.
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Weakened by the Navarrese civil war, the bulk of the realm eventually fell before the onslaught of the Spanish armies (1512–1524).
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Stancou da-a guæra çivile navarreise, o ciù tanto do regno o l'é cheito in sciâ fin davanti à l'assato de armæ spagnòlle (1512-1524).
Translate from English to Genoese:
Nevertheless, the Basques enjoyed a great deal of self-government until the French Revolution (1790) and the Carlist Wars (1839, 1876), when the Basques supported heir apparent Carlos V and his descendants.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Con tutto, i Baschi an gödio de unna gran autonomia de governo fin a-a Revoluçion franseise (1790) e a-e guære cariste (1839, 1876), quande i Baschi an sostegnuo l'erede legittimo Carlo V e i seu descendenti.
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The autonomous community (a concept established in the Spanish Constitution of 1978) known as Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoa or EAE in Basque and as Comunidad Autónoma Vasca or CAV in Spanish (in English: Basque Autonomous Community or BAC), is made up of the three Spanish provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
A communitæ autònoma (un conçetto stabilio inta constituçion spagnòlla do 1978) conosciua comme Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoa o EAE in basco e comme Comunidad Autónoma Vasca o CAV in spagnòllo (in ingreise: Basque Autonomous Community o BAC), a l'é compòsta da-e træ provinse spagnòlle de Álava, Vizcaya e Guipúzcoa.
Translate to Ligurian (Genoese):
It is sometimes referred to simply as "the Basque Country" (or Euskadi) by writers and public agencies only considering those three western provinces, but also on occasions merely as a convenient abbreviation when this does not lead to confusion in the context.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
De vòtte o l'é indicou solo comme «o Paise Basco» (ò Euskadi) da scrittoî e agençie pubriche consciderando solo quelle træ provinse ponentiñe, ma de vòtte anche sccettamente comme unna còmoda abbreviaçion quande o no pòrta à confuxon into contesto.
Translate to Ligurian:
In particular in common usage the French term Pays Basque ("Basque Country"), in the absence of further qualification, refers either to the whole Basque Country ("Euskal Herria" in Basque), or not infrequently to the northern (or "French") Basque Country specifically.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
In particolâ, inte l'uso commun o termine franseise Pays Basque («Paise Basco»), in assensa de unn'atra qualificaçion ancon, o se referisce a-o Paise Basco («Euskal Herria» in basco) intrego ò no de ræo a-o Paise Basco settentrionale (ò «franseise») in particolâ.
Translate from English to Ligurian:
Note that in historical contexts Navarre may refer to a wider area, and that the present-day northern Basque province of Lower Navarre may also be referred to as (part of) Nafarroa, while the term "High Navarre" (Nafarroa Garaia in Basque, Alta Navarra in Spanish) is also encountered as a way of referring to the territory of the present-day autonomous community.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Tegnî presente che, inte di contesti stòrichi, Navarra o peu referîse à unna zöna ciù grande, e che a provinsa basca settentrionale d'ancheu da Bassa Navarra a peu ëse indicâ ascì comme (parte de) Nafarroa, incangio o termine «Erta Navarra» (Nafarroa Garaia in basco, Alta Navarra in spagnòllo) o se treuva anche comme mainea de parlâ do territöio da communitæ autònoma d'ancheu.
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Knowledge of Spanish is compulsory under the Spanish constitution (article no.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
A conoscensa do spagnòllo a l'é obrigatöia in base a-a constituçion spagnòlla (articolo n.
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Knowledge of Basque, after declining for many years during Franco's dictatorship owing to official persecution, is again on the rise due to favorable official language policies and popular support.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
A conoscensa do basco, dòppo ëse anæta zu pe tanti anni quande gh'ea a dittatua do Franco pe caxon da persecuçion offiçiale, a l'é torna apreuvo à cresce graçie a-e politiche linguistiche offiçiale d'avvantaggio e a-o sostëgno popolare.
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Only Spanish is an official language of Navarre, and the Basque language is only co-official in the province's northern region, where most Basque-speaking Navarrese are concentrated.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Solo o spagnòllo o l'é unna lengua offiçiale da Navarra, e a lengua basca a l'é co-offiçiale solo inta region settentrionale da provinsa, donde se conçentra i ciù tanti navarreixi de lengua basca.
Translate from English to Genoese:
Millions of Basque descendants (see Basque American and Basque Canadian) live in North America (the United States; Canada, mainly in the provinces of Newfoundland and Quebec), Latin America (in all 23 countries), South Africa, and Australia.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Mioin de descendenti baschi (ammia basco american e basco canadeise) vivan in Nòrd America (Stati Unii; Canada, pe-o ciù inte provinse de Terranova e Quebec), America Latiña (inte tutti i 23 paixi), Sudafrica e Australia.
Translate from English to Ligurian:
Estimates range between 2.5 - 5 million Basque descendants live in Chile; the Basque have been a major if not the strongest influence in the country's cultural and economic development.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
E stimme van da 2,5 à 5 mioin de descendenti baschi che vivan in Cile; i baschi an avuo unn'influensa grande, se no a ciù fòrte, into sviluppo colturale e econòmico do paise.
What’s the Ligurian translation of this sentence?
It consisted mostly of the area which is today the states of Chihuahua and Durango.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
O conscisteiva sorviatutto inta zöna formâ ancheu da-i stati de Chihuahua e Durango.
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In Guatemala, most Basques have been concentrated in Sacatepequez Department, Antigua Guatemala, Jalapa for six generations now, while some have migrated to Guatemala City.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
In Guatemala, i ciù tanti baschi son conçentræ inta region di Sacatepequez, Antigua Guatemala, Jalapa ormai da sëi generaçioin, in cangio gh'é de quelli che son emigræ à Çittæ do Guatemala.
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Bambuco, a Colombian folk music, has Basque roots.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
O bambuco, unna muxica popolare colombiaña, a l'à de reixe basche.
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Elko, Nevada, sponsors an annual Basque festival that celebrates the dance, cuisine and cultures of the Basque peoples of Spanish, French and Mexican nationalities who have arrived in Nevada since the late 19th century.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Elko, in Nevada, a sponsorizza un festival annuale basco ch'o çelebra o ballo, a coxiña e e coltue de popolaçioin basche de naçionalitæ spagnòlla, franseise e mescicaña arrivæ in Nevada in sciâ fin do secolo XIX.
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Some of North America's largest ranches, which were founded under these colonial land grants, can be found in this region.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Çertidun di ciù gren ranch do Nòrd America, missi sciù graçie à ste conçescioin de tære coloniale, se treuvan inte sta region chì.
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There is a history of Basque culture in Chino, California.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Gh'é unna stöia de coltua basca à Chino, in Califòrnia.
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They are mostly descendants of settlers from Spain and Mexico.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Pe-o ciù en di descendenti de colonizzatoî che ne vegnivan da-a Spagna e da-o Mescico.
Translate to Ligurian:
This sense of Basque identity tied to the local language does not only exist in isolation.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Sto senso d'identitæ basca ligou a-a lengua locale a no l'existe solo de pe lê.
Translate from English to Genoese:
As with many European states, a regional identity, be it linguistically derived or otherwise, is not mutually exclusive with the broader national one.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Comme inte tanti stati europëi, unn'identitæ regionale, de derivaçion linguistica ò d'atro tipo, a no se taggia feua con quella naçionale ciù larga.
Can you translate this text to Ligurian?
I have friends who are involved in the political side of things but that is not for me.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Ò di amixi che son tiæ drento a-a parte politica de cöse, ma questo o no l'é pe mi.
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There are extremely few Basque monolingual speakers: essentially all Basque speakers are bilingual on both sides of the border.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Gh'é pöchiscimi parlanti baschi monolingui: in sostansa tutti i parlanti baschi son bilingui in sce tutti doî i loei do confin.
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The Basque language is thought to be a genetic language isolate in contrast with other European languages, almost all of which belong to the broad Indo-European language family.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Se pensa che a lengua basca a segge geneticamente un isoou linguistico à differensa d'atre lengue europee, squæxi tutte parte da gran famiggia linguistica indoeuropea.
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Home in this context is synonymous with family roots.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Cà inte sto contesto chì a l'é scinònimo de reixe de famiggia.
Translate to Ligurian (Genoese):
As in other cultures, the fate of other family members depended on the assets of a family: wealthy Basque families tended to provide for all children in some way, while less-affluent families may have had only one asset to provide to one child.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Comme inte de atre coltue, o destin di atri membri da famiggia o dependeiva da-i ben de unna famiggia: e famiggie basche mosce tendeivan à provedde à tutti i figgi inte quarche mainea, incangio e famigge meno ricche poeivan avei un solo ben da offrî à un figgio.
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Mostly after the advent of industrialisation, this system resulted in the emigration of many rural Basques to Spain, France or the Americas.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Sorviatutto dòppo a vegnua de l'industrializzaçion, sto scistema o l'à comportou l'emigraçion de tanti baschi che ne vegnivan da zöne de campagna verso a Spagna, a Fransa ò e Americhe.
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Some scholars and commentators have attempted to reconcile these points by assuming that patrilineal kinship represents an innovation.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Çerti studioxi e commentatoî an çercou de mette insemme sti ponti ipotizzando che o pæntou in linia de poæ a represente unn'innovaçion.
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They emerged from the Franco regime with a revitalized language and culture.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Son vegnui feua da-o regimme do Franco con unna lengua e unna coltua regaggie.
What’s the Genoese translation of this sentence?
The region has been a source of missionaries like Francis Xavier and Michel Garicoïts.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
A region a l'é stæta unna foxiña de miscionäi comme o Francis Xavier e o Michel Garicoïts.
Translate from English to Ligurian (Genoese dialect):
Lasuén was the successor to Franciscan Padre Junípero Serra and founded 9 of the 21 extant California Missions along the coast.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
O Lasuén o l'é vegnuo apreuvo do françescan Paddre Junípero Serra e o l'à fondou 9 de 21 miscioin californiañe ch'existe longo a còsta.
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By the time Henry III of Navarre converted to Catholicism in order to become king of France, Protestantism virtually disappeared from the Basque community.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Quande o Enrico III de Navarra o s'é convertio a-a religion catòlica pe vegnî re de Fransa, a religion protestante a l'é sparia de fæto da-a communitæ basca.
What’s the Genoese translation of this sentence?
Nowadays, according to one single opinion poll, only slightly more than 50% of Basques profess some kind of belief in God, while the rest are either agnostic or atheist.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
A-a giornâ d'ancheu, segondo un solo sondaggio d'opinioin, solo pöco ciù do 50% di baschi o professa unna meña de fæ in Dio, incangio i atri son agnòstichi ò atei.
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According to one, Christianity arrived in the Basque Country during the 4th and 5th centuries but according to the other, it did not take place until the 12th and 13th centuries.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Pe l'un, o crestianeximo o l'é arrivou into Paise Basco di secoli IV e V, ma pe l'atro questo o no l'é avvegnuo fin a-i secoli XII e XIII.
Can you translate this text to Ligurian?
In this sense, Christianity arrived "early".
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Inte sto senso, o crestianeximo o l'é arrivou «fito».
Can you translate this text to Ligurian?
According to one tradition, she travelled every seven years between a cave on Mount Anboto and one on another mountain (the stories vary); the weather would be wet when she was in Anboto, dry when she was in Aloña, or Supelegor, or Gorbea.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Segondo unna tradiçion, o viægiava ògni sette anni tra unna barma in sciô monte Anboto e uña in sce unn'atra montagna (e stöie cangian); o tempo o saieivia stæto umido quand'o l'ea à Anboto, sciuto quand'o l'ea à Aloña, Supelegor o Gorbea.
Translate from English to Ligurian (Genoese dialect):
It's said that when they gathered in the high caves of the sacred peaks, they engendered the storms.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Se dixe che, quande se riunivan inte barme erte de çimme sacre, fessan nasce e tempeste.
Translate to Ligurian:
Legends also speak of many and abundant genies, like jentilak (equivalent to giants), lamiak (equivalent to nymphs), mairuak (builders of the cromlechs or stone circles, literally Moors), iratxoak (imps), sorginak (witches, priestess of Mari), and so on.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
E lezendie parlan ascì de tanti e abbondanti geni, comme jentilak (o mæximo che zaganti), lamiak (o mæximo che ninfe), mairuak (construttoî di cromlech o çerchi de prie, a-a lettia Möi), iratxoak (folletti), sorginak (strie, saçerdotessa de Mari), e avanti coscì.
Translate from English to Ligurian:
There is a trickster named San Martin Txiki ("St Martin the Lesser").
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Gh'é un foccao de nomme San Martin Txiki («San Martin o piccin»).
Translate to Ligurian:
The jentilak ('Giants'), on the other hand, are a legendary people which explains the disappearance of a people of Stone Age culture that used to live in the high lands and with no knowledge of iron.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
I jentilak («Zaganti»), incangio, sono un pòpolo da lezendie ch'o l'ascciæisce a spariçion de unna popolaçion de l'etæ da pria ch'a viveiva inte ciañe e sensa nisciuña conoscensa do færo.
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For more than a century, scholars have widely discussed the high status of Basque women in law codes, as well as their positions as judges, inheritors, and arbitrators through ante-Roman, medieval, and modern times.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Pe ciù che un secolo, i studioxi an discusso in largo da condiçion erta de dònne basche inti còdiçi de lezze, e ascì de seu poxiçioin de giudiçi, eredi e arbitri into periodo roman, de l'Etæ de mezo e moderno.
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Navarre has a separate statute of autonomy, a contentious arrangement designed during Spanish transition to democracy (the Amejoramiento, an 'upgrade' of its previous status during dictatorship).
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
A Navarra a l'à un seu statuto autònomo, un accòrdio contestou dissegnou inta tranxiçion spagnòlla da democraçia (l'Amejoramento, un "megioamento" da seu condiçion passâ quande gh'ea a dittatua).
Translate from English to Genoese:
Questions of political, linguistic and cultural allegiance and identity are highly complex in Navarre.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
E costioin d'appartenensa e identitæ politica, linguistica e colturale son un muggio intrigæ in Navarra.