Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
marmista
English translation:
marble mason, marble craftsman, marble worker, marbler
Added to glossary by
Rachel Fell
Sep 11, 2006 20:22
17 yrs ago
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Italian term
Italy
Journalist, Translator & Interpreter
Native in: English
Works in: Italian to English, English to Italian, English
marmista
Italian to English
Marketing
Manufacturing
Promotion piece for machine used in marble working
I've thought of marble craftsman and marble worker, but I wanted some input from my talented colleagues to see if anyone has any other suggestions.
Here's the source text where the word is used:
Di particolare rilievo sono due unità polifunzionali, collocate rispettivamente in ingresso ed in uscita dalla macchina, che, con diverse combinazioni d’utilizzo, permettono al marmista di far fronte alle più svariate esigenze produttive
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Here's the source text where the word is used:
Di particolare rilievo sono due unità polifunzionali, collocate rispettivamente in ingresso ed in uscita dalla macchina, che, con diverse combinazioni d’utilizzo, permettono al marmista di far fronte alle più svariate esigenze produttive
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | marble mason |
Rachel Fell
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| 4 +5 | marble worker |
Kim Metzger
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| 4 +2 | marbler |
swisstell
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| 4 +1 | marble craftsman |
Rosanna Palermo
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Proposed translations
+3
39 mins
Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Thorough, knowledgeable and resourceful
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Italian to English, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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20
Selected
marble mason
FW Poole (Marble Masons) Ltd, 12 Larkhall Lane, London, London, SW4 6SP, UK.
www.applegate.co.uk/company/10/58/610.htm
BAILEY John King's Row, Woodhouse Stone/Marblemason LEEDS 1853 D BAIRSTOW Richard 49 Hope & Anchor (Hope St) Stonemason WILSDEN 1851 C BAPTY & Co. ...
members.lycos.co.uk/ykstrays/newpage.html
and his father George Fredrick HARRIS, marblemason of 212 Ladywood Rd, Birmingham. Between 1918 & 1919. Many thanks for your offer Wendy in New Zealand. ...
archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM/2002-08/1029101296 - 8k - Supplementa
Ashford marble mill had been set up by Henry Watson on the River Wye in 1748. Six years earlier he had bought out a marble mason's works at Bakewell but the ...
www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/BygoneIndustries/AshfordMarbl...
James Scott, Stone and Marble Mason. 3. Daniel Rogers, Shopkeeper. 4 & 5. John Trezise, Carrier. 6. Thomas Edmonds, Painter, &c. 7. Richard Edwards, Servant ...
west-penwith.org.uk/coulson6.htm
www.applegate.co.uk/company/10/58/610.htm
BAILEY John King's Row, Woodhouse Stone/Marblemason LEEDS 1853 D BAIRSTOW Richard 49 Hope & Anchor (Hope St) Stonemason WILSDEN 1851 C BAPTY & Co. ...
members.lycos.co.uk/ykstrays/newpage.html
and his father George Fredrick HARRIS, marblemason of 212 Ladywood Rd, Birmingham. Between 1918 & 1919. Many thanks for your offer Wendy in New Zealand. ...
archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM/2002-08/1029101296 - 8k - Supplementa
Ashford marble mill had been set up by Henry Watson on the River Wye in 1748. Six years earlier he had bought out a marble mason's works at Bakewell but the ...
www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/BygoneIndustries/AshfordMarbl...
James Scott, Stone and Marble Mason. 3. Daniel Rogers, Shopkeeper. 4 & 5. John Trezise, Carrier. 6. Thomas Edmonds, Painter, &c. 7. Richard Edwards, Servant ...
west-penwith.org.uk/coulson6.htm
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for all of your suggestions--they were all good. However, in this case I think Rachel's answer works the best. I will enter the other answers in the glossary though."
+5
15 mins
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
Works in field
Mexico
Committed to Quality and Service
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
marble worker
This would be my preference, speaking as a cabinetmaker or woodworker.
Il Mestiere del Marmista (The Marble Worker's Craft)
Gabriele Rovai
Officina Michelangelo
Pietrasanta, Italy, 1999
In Italian & English, on the traditional techniques and training of Italian marble carvers.
http://stonecarversguild.com/resources.htm
Il Mestiere del Marmista (The Marble Worker's Craft)
Gabriele Rovai
Officina Michelangelo
Pietrasanta, Italy, 1999
In Italian & English, on the traditional techniques and training of Italian marble carvers.
http://stonecarversguild.com/resources.htm
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Ivana UK
: I prefer "marble worker" as this sounds the most natural in UK English (although the Oxford-Paravia has "marble cutter" and "marble carver" as translations)
45 mins
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| agree |
Lindsay Watts
9 hrs
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Amalia Bit
: My father was a marble worker and this is how we described his craft. The other terms, although accurate, can imply carving when much of the work may creating pictures, laying floors, building stairs, all equally skilled but different tasks.
10 hrs
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| agree |
Peter Cox
11 hrs
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| agree |
Rachel Fell
12 hrs
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+2
3 mins
marbler
definition: "one who works with marble or other stones" in
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Meaning of MARBLER
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Definition: \Mar"bler\, n.
1. One who works upon marble or other stone. [R.] --Fuller.
2. One who colors or stains in imitation of marble.
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Marble is a high class material and avoiding "worker" upgrades the person's image as well. Use "worker" for guys working in a gravel pits!
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Meaning of MARBLER
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Definition: \Mar"bler\, n.
1. One who works upon marble or other stone. [R.] --Fuller.
2. One who colors or stains in imitation of marble.
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Marble is a high class material and avoiding "worker" upgrades the person's image as well. Use "worker" for guys working in a gravel pits!
Peer comment(s):
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Gian
27 mins
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grazie mille, Gian
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Nico_M_ITEN
: concordo che questo termine in un certo senso nobiliti la profesione, anche se forse non è un termine usatissimo
3 hrs
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+1
4 hrs
Rosanna Palermo
Native in Italian
&
English
Specializes in field
Accuracy matters - La precisione conta
Native in: Italian 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: Italian to English
Related KudoZ points
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44
marble craftsman
I am with you with craftsman. It gives dignity to the profession by implying that this is a craft, a profession that takes years to perfect
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