Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Nov 10, 2004 13:28
19 yrs ago
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Italian term
badanti
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A description of the services offered by a private investigation agency: "...informazioni affidabilità badanti “Est Europa”"
Thanks in advance!
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Proposed translations
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| 4 +10 | carers |
Grace Anderson
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| 4 +1 | minders (literally) |
Vittorio Preite
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| 4 | care takers |
esoft
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Proposed translations
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Grace Anderson
Italy
Italy
Native in English
Italy
Law Degree and Diploma in Translation
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: Italian to English
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PDF] “MY CULTURE WHERE THEY WORK”Formato file: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Versione HTML
... same time, a massive regularisation 5 has been carried out, specifically addressing migrants working as carers for the elderly who are known as “badanti”. ...
www.5thfeminist.lu.se/filer/paper_235.pdf - Pagine simili
... same time, a massive regularisation 5 has been carried out, specifically addressing migrants working as carers for the elderly who are known as “badanti”. ...
www.5thfeminist.lu.se/filer/paper_235.pdf - Pagine simili
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Vittorio Preite
: yours is better
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Thanks Vittorio - you are kind!
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Federica D'Alessio
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thanks Federica
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MGLSolutions
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thanks MGL
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Cristina Giannetti
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thanks Cristina
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Vittorio Felaco
: We usually say "caretakers" and companions - carers sounds too much like what someone who has never lived in an English speaking country would say. The problem is with badanti which is a euphemism. My point is that carer is not heard much
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sorry Vittorio but as Writeaway says a "caretaker" is an entirely different profession
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writeaway
: @Vittorio Felaco-I don't know which 'we' you are referring too. but in (native-speaker) English (USA and UK) a caretaker is for property only-carer or care-giver is for this context
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Thanks P :-)
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Giusi Pasi
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Thanks, Guisi
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Livia D'Ettorre
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Thanks, Lyuba
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kringle
: caretakers definitely a no-no (reminds me of school) either carers or care-givers (seen frequently and maybe more up to date)
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Thank you Sue!
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Sonia Hill
: definitely "carers" or "care assistants" in the UK. As you say, "caretaker" is a completely different profession
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Thanks Sonia
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esoft
: OK, after further research, I noticed that UK English texts do mention "carers". Oddly, I think that "carer" sounds like a euphemism in English too..... By the way, the UK Government uses the term "carer": check out http://www.carers.gov.uk/
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for all of the help. I went with care-givers. I was a bit sad to see the dialogue get a bit nasty at points :("
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Vittorio Preite
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in Italian
United Kingdom
Two cultures. One life
Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English
minders (literally)
"minder" "home helper", or "private nurse" even if not qualified
"badare" = to mind something or somebody
"badare" = to mind something or somebody
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Grace Anderson
: home helps and private nurses yes - not "minder" though - that's usually a bodyguard.
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care takers
This term is also used to indicate help that you receive for personal needs like daily care, supervision and other assistance.
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Note added at 6 hrs 35 mins (2004-11-10 20:03:40 GMT) Post-grading
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After looking further into this word, I see it is used in both instances: taking care of things and taking care of persons.
See below just a few of the hundreds of references to taking care of people: adults, seniors, infants etc.
http://www.helpguide.org/mental/parenting_bonding_reactive_a...
http://www.menshealthnetwork.org/library/mhndocs/PrimaryCare...
http://seniorhealth.about.com/cs/safety/a/care_abuse.htm
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Note added at 6 hrs 41 mins (2004-11-10 20:09:27 GMT) Post-grading
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OK then, it looks like in the UK is \"carers\" and in North America is \"care-takers\" or \"care-givers\"
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Note added at 6 hrs 35 mins (2004-11-10 20:03:40 GMT) Post-grading
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After looking further into this word, I see it is used in both instances: taking care of things and taking care of persons.
See below just a few of the hundreds of references to taking care of people: adults, seniors, infants etc.
http://www.helpguide.org/mental/parenting_bonding_reactive_a...
http://www.menshealthnetwork.org/library/mhndocs/PrimaryCare...
http://seniorhealth.about.com/cs/safety/a/care_abuse.htm
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Note added at 6 hrs 41 mins (2004-11-10 20:09:27 GMT) Post-grading
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OK then, it looks like in the UK is \"carers\" and in North America is \"care-takers\" or \"care-givers\"
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writeaway
: no-a caretaker looks after property (a house, estate etc.) a care giver/care provider is for people
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My profused apologies; I meant care-giver. Thanks for catching it.
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