Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Consiglio per breve introduzione in inglese. Grazie!

Ciao a tutti, per un progetto che sto portando avanti ho scritto una breve introduzione in inglese. 
Mi potreste dare un'opinione: ci sono errori o l'inglese suona male per voi?
 
Grazie mille per l'aiuto!
 
 
From 2014 to today more than one million of people left their homelands, crossed many countries and lived extreme life conditions...
to face one long journey in the hope to find a better life to the other side of the Mediterranean Sea, in Europe.
These are the stories of an asylum seekers' community based in an Italian town.
A deep insight into the past experiences and the current life of a group of boys hosted in an Italian hotel that has been assigned to be an emergency shelter for refugees.
Immigrants from different countries that are waiting for a commission's interview...
that may grant them international protection...
then a new future in Europe.

 then a new future in Europe.
 
"The immigrants from different countries wait for an interview with the 
commission that" "protection, and (then) a"
 
 

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I don't understand your use of ellipses in the following sentences. I 
left them in, but would probably remove them.
 
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From 2014 to today, more than one million people left their homelands, 
crossed many countries, and lived in extreme conditions... to face a 
long journey in the hope of finding better lives on the other side of 
the Mediterranean Sea, in Europe.
 
These are the stories of a community of asylum seekers based in an 
Italian town.
 
(The following two 'paragraphs' consist of sentence fragments: there 
are no verbs. If they're meant to be callouts or sidebars, they're 
okay.)
 
A deep insight into the past experiences and the current lives of a 
group of boys hosted in an Italian hotel assigned to be an emergency 
shelter for refugees.
 
Immigrants from different countries who are waiting for a commission's 
interview... that may grant them international protection... then a new 
future in Europe.
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Remember: It is To Laugh
 

 Mi potreste dare un'opinione: ci sono errori o l'inglese suona male per voi?
 
Anche secondo me ci sono errori e suona male. Mi permetto di proporre questa alternativa come base sulla quale apportare le tue modifiche:
 
From 2014 to date, over one million people fled their homeland, crossed many countries and faced extreme living conditions on a long journey to seek a better life on the other side of the Mediterranean Sea. These stories were collected from an asylum seekers' community based in an Italian town. They offer an insight into past experiences and current life of a group of young men, hosted in a hotel turned into emergency shelter for refugees. These immigrants come from different countries. They are all waiting for an official interview that may result in being granted international protection and the chance of a new start in Europe.

 From 2014 to today
 
 
Non si usa "since"?
 
So I was taught.
 
 
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AIOE ³¿³  

 So I was taught.
 
Si usa e suona meglio ma tutt' e due vanno bene.
 
 

> From 2014 to today
 
a parte "since", voi leggete preferibilmente "two thousand and fourteen" 
o "twenty fourteen"? Se si usa il primo vuol dire che la lettura 
spezzata delle date  non si usa più?
 
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Et interrogabant eum turbae dicentes: “Quid ergo faciemus?”.
Respondens autem dicebat illis: “Qui habet duas tunicas,
det non habenti; et, qui habet escas, similiter faciat”.
(Ev. sec. Lucam 3,10-11)


If I remember, 1066 is currently read "ten sixty six"
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 If I remember, 1066 is currently read "ten sixty six"
 
 
Oppure
Two Oh One Four
One Oh Six Six  (o Double-Six)
 
"Oh" per "Zero" è una cosa americana, inglese, di tutti?
 
 
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AIOE ³¿³  

 One Oh Six Six
 
Tu dici "Manzoni nacque nell'uno sette otto cinque"?
A sto punto direi MNZ LSS 85C07 I...
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 A sto punto direi MNZ LSS 85C07 I...
 
 
Non farti sentire dai creatori di programmi scolastici
integrati multidisciplinari e digitali...
 
 
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AIOE ³¿³  


 
 
Per quel che vale io ho sempre sentito dire (sia in UK sia negli USA) 
"twenty fourteen", però può anche essere un caso.

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Credevo che l'italiano "da ... a ... " si traducesse solo con "from ... 
to ... ", mentre quando la durata è indefinita si dovesse dire "since 
...". Quindi pensavo che l'alternativa fosse tra "since 2014" e "from 
2014 to today". E' sbagliato?

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Non è sbagliato ma per chiarezza, con la parola "since" (dal momento 
che), la durata non è indefinita perché vuol dire sempre "to today" (ad 
oggi). Allora per dire "da 2014 a 2015" non si può usare "since."
 
Beh, immagino che qualcuno potrebbe dire "since 2014 and up until a few 
weeks ago" ma la costruzione sarebbe bizzare. Meglio dire "from 2014 
until a few weeks ago."
 
Per quanto riguarda la pronuncia di 2014, tutt' e due modi sono 
accettabile, two-thousand (and) fourteen, o twenty fourteen. Di solito 
si omette la parola "and."

Grazie a Tony, Joe e Sundry per l'aiuto che mi avete dato e mi scuso per il ritardo della mia risposta. Ho riscritto il testo seguendo le vostre preziose indicazioni. Ho modificato alcuni passaggi per renderlo piu' breve per esigenze di tempo e ritmo (il testo deve inserirsi in un video). 
 
From 2014 to date, 
over one million people left their homeland,
crossed many countries, and faced 
extreme living conditions...
 
on a long journey to seek
a better life on the other side 
of the Mediterranean Sea.
 
These are the stories of
a community of asylum seekers
based in an Italian town. 
 
A deep insight into the life experiences
of young men, hosted in a refugee camp.
 
Migrants who are waiting for
a commission's interview...
 
that may grant them
international protection,
 
and a new future
in Europe. 
 
Joe, you are right. The text has ellipses because it has to alternate with shots in a short film trailer. I post the video so it's possible to understand it. I hope the text is fine in this context:
 
Vimeo link: 
https://vimeo.com/181331291
 
Pass: home

 Pass: home
 
Yes, I understand why the ellipses where there. The video is nicely done!
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Thank you very much, Joe! Your comment is the first feedback I receive about the trailer. :)