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Capello conference
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HTale
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17 December 2007 at 3:43pm | IP Logged

Capello's English isn't great, but I've been wondering how good the interpreters Italian was. I'm not learning Italian, but I'm just curious, because he's obviously a native English speaker. The link is here. Obviously for any England fans out there, it's a chance to see the new manager!

Edited by HTale on 17 December 2007 at 3:44pm
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kinoko
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17 December 2007 at 6:26pm | IP Logged

As an Italian native speaker and a Japanese/English/Italian professional interpreter, I can tell you that the A.C.Milan Japanese interpreter that used to interpret for the Italian team (expecially Kaka, as Japanese people have an obsession for him) speaks a horrible Italian. She completely missed chunks of important things said by the players and her oral production is terrible. Wrong use of prepositions and articles and very bad pronunciation. I cant't believe she is working for A.C.Milan and interprets for the most important Japanese TV programs.
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koopa troopa
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18 December 2007 at 4:07am | IP Logged

Capello: English in a month

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At his official presentation at FA headquarters, Capello used English hesistantly and fleetingly, but has promised he will speak the language with his first squad in January.

"I am convinced that in one month when the national squad meets for the first time I will be able to speak the language," the Italian coach said.

"It is very important to be able to communicate with the players and for sure I need to give myself a strict regime. I will apply myself every day so that in a month I will be able to speak with the players."

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kinoko
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18 December 2007 at 4:33am | IP Logged

I can't hear Capello's interpreter's voice very well in the video, but he sounds native to me. He may very well be bilingual.
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HTale
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18 December 2007 at 7:39am | IP Logged

koopa troopa wrote:

Capello: English in a month

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Somebody asked him about the method he was going to use; he replied without outlining his method.

Do you think he's being realistic?
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WFU03
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19 December 2007 at 9:50am | IP Logged

I think if he's making $12M a year, he can find a way to learn passable English in a month and be soccer-coach fluent within six months. They pay sure does create a strong incentive to do so at least.

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