# \#italian

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## [Better translation to English in Style/Language/Italian](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/better-translation-to-english-in-style-language-italian/814103)

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**Author:** [@Jim\_DeLaHunt](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Jim_DeLaHunt)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2026, 10:10am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/better-translation-to-english-in-style-language-italian/814103 "2026-01-27T10:10:44Z")

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I propose a minor improvement to the English translation of a term “le virgolette basse” in item 4 of section “Accents, apostrophes and punctuation” in Style/Language/Italian. The previous text translated “le virgolette…

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## [Improving the Italian style guidelines](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/improving-the-italian-style-guidelines/785335)

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**Author:** [@salo.rock](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/salo.rock)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/improving-the-italian-style-guidelines/785335 "2025-10-14T18:54:19Z")

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I’ve been meaning to work on improving the style guidelines for Italian for some time. The main points I intend to address: The current guideline is very verbose and focuses more on explaining Italian orthography than…

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## [Transitioning Italian translation to Weblate](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/transitioning-italian-translation-to-weblate/652904)

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**Author:** [@salo.rock](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/salo.rock)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2023, 9:19am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/transitioning-italian-translation-to-weblate/652904 "2023-08-27T09:19:15Z")

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Congrats on these developments. While I still find certain parts of the Weblate UX clunky and not very intuitive, I am pleased to see that the self-hosted platform is noticeably snappier than the hosted instances I have …

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## [(Capitalising) Songs from Zazie](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/capitalising-songs-from-zazie/514022)

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**Author:** [@jesus2099](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/jesus2099)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/capitalising-songs-from-zazie/514022 "2021-01-18T00:13:59Z")

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Hi @ulugabi, I completely agree for writing La dolce vita as Style/Language/Italian. But for Homme Sweet Homme, as it’s a pun on English Home Sweet Home, I think it’s logical to use Style/Language/English instead of S…