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    Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English words

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    231 points rntn | 12 comments | 02 Apr 23 17:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.958s | source | bottom
    1. lultimouomo ◴[02 Apr 23 17:56 UTC] No.35413265[source]▶
    The current Italian government has introduced the "ministry of industry and made in Italy". That's what's it called, made in Italy, in English in the official name. I guess they're going to fine themselves.
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    2. samwillis ◴[02 Apr 23 18:08 UTC] No.35413386[source]▶
    Your not kidding:

    https://www.mise.gov.it/it/

    3. thesuperbigfrog ◴[02 Apr 23 18:10 UTC] No.35413411[source]▶
    "Fatto in Italia" would be just as good, but might not be as widely understood by non-Italian speakers.
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    4. diego_moita ◴[02 Apr 23 19:14 UTC] No.35414057[source]▶
    Mamma mia! Questo è oro puro!

    I suggest they also forbid every cultural aspect of the Italian culture that came from America/England: Italian Rock & Pop, Spaghetti Western, Il Calcio (invented by the British),...

    And, btw, the food historian Alberto Grandi has been claiming that even pasta Carbonara is an American born dish...

    5. pmoleri ◴[02 Apr 23 19:51 UTC] No.35414409[source]▶
    Who cares? This is a form of protectionism aimed to national consumers.
    6. arlort ◴[02 Apr 23 20:07 UTC] No.35414596[source]▶
    No it wouldn't, everyone uses "made in Italy" colloquially in Italian
    7. pmontra ◴[02 Apr 23 21:08 UTC] No.35415227[source]▶
    It would feel weird to Italians too. Made in Italy is a sentence that has a long history and is widely used. Fatto in Italia would be laughed at. Then, if it becomes a law, it will be fatto in Italia. I bet against it.
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    8. squarefoot ◴[02 Apr 23 22:33 UTC] No.35415978{3}[source]▶
    Also because over here "fatto" also means "stoned".
    9. thegabriele ◴[02 Apr 23 23:07 UTC] No.35416291[source]▶
    Or just "Italiano"?
    10. samus ◴[02 Apr 23 23:20 UTC] No.35416446[source]▶
    The "made in" monikers are a concept that has genuinely arisen in the anglosphere though. It's over of the cases where it would be fully justified to keep using the English term. It would be like translating "mafia" or "pasta".
    11. toyg ◴[03 Apr 23 05:57 UTC] No.35419055{3}[source]▶
    "fatto" has slang associations with heroin use, so I doubt they'd go for that. But they could push some new branding, like "prodotto italiano".
    12. Krooligyn ◴[03 Apr 23 08:15 UTC] No.35420188{3}[source]▶
    "Prodotto in italia" is already common and more targeted to italians. "Made in Italy" is mainly for exports.