English adaptation by Riccardo Venturi
May 21, 2015
Adattamento inglese di Riccardo Venturi
21 maggio 2015
Just a pair of words from translator's side. This is a song about the origin of an Italian colloquial word, “ambaradan”. A word not supposed to be entried in common Italian-English dictionaries: it means confusion, chaos, “a mess”. It is considered a “nice word”, but its origìn isn't nice at all. It comes from the Battle of Amba Aradam, in Ethiopia, where the Italian troops slaughtered in February 1936 over 20,000 Ethiopians making extensive use of chemical mass-destruction weapons (arsine and mustard gas bombs). It's the story, and history, of all the massacres the “good Italians” conceived and put into practice during the Abyssinian colonial war of 1935-36, when Mussolini's fascist regime attacked and annexed Ethiopia to the “Italian Empire”. Then, the myth of “good-hearted Italians”... (Continues)
WHAT DOES IT MEAN AMBARADAN? (Continues)
2015/5/21 - 19:14
Da notare che, per uno dei famosi "capricci del destino", questa canzone è stata inserita esattamente nell'anniversario del massacro dei copti al monastero di Debra Libanos, ordinato da Rodolfo Graziani il 21 maggio 1937. Questa pagina è dedicata anche alla memoria di quelle persone.
Chanson italienne – La ballata di Piero dei fossi – Pino Bertelli -
Texte de Pino Bertelli
Musique de Massimo Panicucci
Dans cette longue ballade de l'anarchiste Pino Bertelli, on parle de Piero Ciampi, de Livourne et de beaucoup d'autres choses. Pour le reste voir le CCG blog. [RV]
Traduzione svedese / Swedish translation / Svensk översättning: Ture Nerman
MR. BLOCK (Continues)
Contributed by Juha Rämö 2015/5/21 - 08:10
Traduzione svedese 2 / Swedish translation 2 / Svensk översättning 2: Sege
Pubblicato su "Marinarbetaren" (Il lavoratore marittimo) del novembre 1924. "Marinarbetaren" era una pubblicazione svedese degli IWW.
Published in »Marinarbetaren« (The Marine Worker) from November 1924. "Marinarbetaren" was a Swedish IWW magazine.
Publicerad i "Marinarbetaren", november 1924. "Marinarbetaren" var en svensk IWW-tidning.
Ture Nerman (1886 - 1969) was a Swedish socialist, journalist and author who wrote a biographical book about Joe Hill titled »Joe Hill - mördare eller martyr« (Joe Hill - murderer or martyr) and translated many of his songs into Swedish. Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ture_Nerman
May 21, 2015
Adattamento inglese di Riccardo Venturi
21 maggio 2015
Just a pair of words from translator's side. This is a song about the origin of an Italian colloquial word, “ambaradan”. A word not supposed to be entried in common Italian-English dictionaries: it means confusion, chaos, “a mess”. It is considered a “nice word”, but its origìn isn't nice at all. It comes from the Battle of Amba Aradam, in Ethiopia, where the Italian troops slaughtered in February 1936 over 20,000 Ethiopians making extensive use of chemical mass-destruction weapons (arsine and mustard gas bombs). It's the story, and history, of all the massacres the “good Italians” conceived and put into practice during the Abyssinian colonial war of 1935-36, when Mussolini's fascist regime attacked and annexed Ethiopia to the “Italian Empire”. Then, the myth of “good-hearted Italians”... (Continues)