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Titolo: Vi chiedo 5 minuti di attenzione

Ho completato un riassunto di un brano potete gentilmente leggerlo e
segnalare eventuali errori in esso presenti grazie (PLEASE, FATELO
ATTENTAMENTE)
In his story Millamant fell in love with Mirabell: the names of these two
character can say to us what were their behaviours. Because Mirabell means a
man who looks at beautiful women and Millamant means a woman who has a lot
of love stories. Mirabell would like to marry her, but she said that she
would marry, if only Millamant would agree some conditions.
For example she didn't want to be called by silly names, as joy, jewel, my
dear, love, sweetheart, etc, she didn't want themselves to kiss each other
before folks,or go to Hide Park Togheter the first Sunday after their
marriage in a new chariot, but she wanted that they be reserved as they had
been married long since, and polite as they were never married.
Mirabell said that, according to him, she is right, and Millamant continued
listing her conditions.
She wanted to wear what she pleased, write and receive letters without
giving a reason, come to dinner when she pleased, have her closet inviolate,
and she didn't want to talk with fools only because they were husband's
acquaintance, but choose her friends. And finally wherever she was, he will
come in, if only he would knock at the door

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In his story Millamant falls in love with Mirabell: 
the names of these two
characters tell us about their behaviour. Mirabell is 
a  


man who looks at beautiful women and Millamant is a 
woman who has a lot 
of lovers. Mirabell would like to marry her, but she 
says that she
will only marry if  Millamant agrees to certain 
conditions.
For example she does not want to be called by silly names, such 
as joy, jewel, my
dear, love, sweetheart, etc, and she does not want them to 
kiss 


in front of other people, or go to Hyde Park 
together on the first Sunday after their
wedding in a new carriage, but she 
wants them to be as reserved as if they had
been married for a long time, and 
as polite as if they had never married.
Mirabell agrees, and Millamant 
continues


listing her conditions.
She wants to wear what 
she pleases, write and receive letters without
giving a reason, come to 
dinner when she pleases, have her ???????????,
and she does not want to talk 
with fools just because they are her husband's
acquaintances, but rather 
choose her own friends. Lastly, wherever she is, he will
come in, only if he 
knocks at the door


 


 



 come in, if only he would knock at the door
And finally, no matter she is, he will have to knock first before
entering.
[end]
This was a little confusion so I don't know if I translated
everything correctly.  One of the major problems that I often
see is the use of commas.  An italian once told me that there
aren't many specific rules in italian for the use of commas.
I don't know if that's true or not, but in english you have to
pay attention to them.  The way I translated this is not by any
means the only way to write it.  But this is how I would write it
if I were writing it.  Hope I could be of some help.
Dave
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 Well, I guess we could say that Millamant means business...
No, Peltio, sarebbe Millaffari.
Ciao,
Ron
USA

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Hey wait a sec, is DS-OS the same as DSOS? Is it a real time operating
system?
Is it hard Real Time? Do you use it?
Please let me know in e-mail, would you?
peltio AT iname DOT com
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No, Peltio, sarebbe Millaffari.
Va là, che mi hai capito, mi hai...
(I wanna see you translating the above...)  : )
Scene: a street in San Francisco.
Enter Millamant, Mirabell and Michejell. Millamant is just gorgeous in
her brand new dress, if we can call that minuscule piece of clothing a
dress. She walks like a panther toward Mirabell. Mirabell can't refrain
from staring at her... well, at her.
Michejell is drooling over her.
    Mirabell: Maronna du Cammine!
    Millamant: Purrrrrrr....
    Michejell: Hey, Mirabell, luck bas***rd, she means business!
Mirabell and Millamant walk away together, not saying a word. Michejell
just stands there, in the middle of the night. And then, the rain starts
falling.
Curtain.
Does this make sense or is it just another usage I invented?
cheers,
Michejell
er, no. Peltio.

 er, no. Peltio.
Is this how you see yourself? We gotta work on that self-image.
Ciao,
Ron
USA

Is this how you see yourself? We gotta work on that self-image.
: ))))
Naw, I just like nasty jokes. But then, nowadays people is so cranky you
can't pull a leg without having a gun aimed at your head in less then a
second. So I usually choose a non reactive subject, like this Peltio
here.
: )
cheers,
Peltio
and thanks a lot for the corrections. All of them.

 a gun aimed at your head in less then a second.
People _are_ so cranky
in less _than_ a second.
Ciao,
Ron
USA
PS: Regarding my dismal translation skills, your standards are too high for my
current ambitions.