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11:52 Feb 20, 2008 |
Italian to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / Board of Directors Report | |||||||
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4 +1 | elderly and extremely elderly |
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4 | third and fourth age |
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4 | elderly and oldest old |
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3 | the 60+ and the 75+ |
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elderly and extremely elderly Explanation: terza età refers to people between 60 and 80 years old, and quarta età to people over 80 (see the second website reference) Reference: http://www.educational.rai.it/lemma/testi/eta/eta.htm Reference: http://www.willypasini.it/articoli.php?arid=44&ctid=4 |
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third and fourth age Explanation: The meaning is as Dominique says, but the terms translate directly into English - see the google links below (I've used the options -Tolkien -Lord and various others for obvious reasons, most of the remaining hits are relevant). Reference: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22third+age%22+-tolkie... Reference: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22fourth+age%22+-tolki... |
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elderly and oldest old Explanation: These are the three groups: 1) oldest old (>=85 yr), 2) elderly (65-84 yr), 3) adult (18-64 yr). |
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the 60+ and the 75+ Explanation: The EC defines "4th age" as over 75..... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 22 hrs (2008-02-21 10:01:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- senior citizens of all ages I would avoid words like "elderly" and "old" because the whole point of these coys expressions (3rd and 4th age) is not to use such words |
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