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studi di lettere

English translation: letters

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Italian term or phrase:studi di lettere
English translation:letters
Entered by: anivlis

22:45 Mar 20, 2012
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy / religion book
Italian term or phrase: studi di lettere
Durante il primo anno del noviziato non possono le novizie attendere agli "studi di lettere" od arti. Nel secondo anno possono attendervi. Tali studi possono essere diretti da una suora. (Religious booklet - Target audience: nuns)
anivlis
Local time: 10:14
letters
Explanation:
"Arts and letters" are the humanities. Evidently the novices had a set programme which excluded liberal studies during the first year but after that they could study them. See the departments of the College of Arts and Letters at Notre Dame (Catholic) university http://al.nd.edu/departments/
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Lorraine Buckley (X)
Italy
Local time: 10:14
Grading comment
Thank you so much, LorraineB
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letters


Explanation:
"Arts and letters" are the humanities. Evidently the novices had a set programme which excluded liberal studies during the first year but after that they could study them. See the departments of the College of Arts and Letters at Notre Dame (Catholic) university http://al.nd.edu/departments/

Lorraine Buckley (X)
Italy
Local time: 10:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you so much, LorraineB

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: This is rather oldfashioned terminology though - it means literature.
6 hrs
  -> You are right, Phil, but the Italian 'non possono le novizie attendere agli studi' is hardly modern Italian! I was trying to keep the period feel about it
agree  Lara Barnett
10 hrs
  -> thanks, Lara
agree  P.L.F. Persio: yes, the original text doesn't sound very modern. Cheers, Lorraine!
15 hrs
  -> thanks, Olandesina - era un po' che non ti 'vedevo'!
agree  Glenda Janssen: Absolutely.
19 hrs
  -> Thanks, Glenda, for your 'certainty'!
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