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dipartimento sportivo

English translation: sports department

15:35 Feb 15, 2013
Italian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
Italian term or phrase: dipartimento sportivo
Dear all,
the company I work for manufactures fashion fabrics and it's planning to introduce a collection of seamless underwear and fabrics for sports activities. Now I have to translate "dipartimento sportivo" into English: is it "sport department" or "sports department"? Surfing the net I've found out that the second option is the most used, but which is the difference between the two?
Thank you very much in advance for your help!
Mariastella
Mariastella Iacomino
Local time: 12:16
English translation:sports department
Explanation:
Sorry, but sport in the singular is simply wrong for a shop. The department makes articles for all kinds of sports, not just for tennis, for example.
I had a quick look at some results for "sport department" and the first sites that came up were Juventus (Italian-written), the Armenian National Agrarian University and other foreign websites.
Ministries and government departments are different, though: there you may find a Sports Minister or a Minister for Sport; difficult to explain but basically it is a ministry for sport in general, whereas your company has a department serving all (different) sports..... hope this helps
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Lorraine Buckley (X)
Italy
Local time: 12:16
Grading comment
Thank you very much Lorraine! We have to write it on the front page of catalogues, brochures and packaging to differenciate it from the "fashion department". I found as you said both "sport dep." and "sports dep." and I was not aware of the difference between the two. Thank you very much again!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2sports department
Lorraine Buckley (X)
4 +1sportswear department
Shera Lyn Parpia


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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
sports department


Explanation:
Sorry, but sport in the singular is simply wrong for a shop. The department makes articles for all kinds of sports, not just for tennis, for example.
I had a quick look at some results for "sport department" and the first sites that came up were Juventus (Italian-written), the Armenian National Agrarian University and other foreign websites.
Ministries and government departments are different, though: there you may find a Sports Minister or a Minister for Sport; difficult to explain but basically it is a ministry for sport in general, whereas your company has a department serving all (different) sports..... hope this helps

Lorraine Buckley (X)
Italy
Local time: 12:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 27
Grading comment
Thank you very much Lorraine! We have to write it on the front page of catalogues, brochures and packaging to differenciate it from the "fashion department". I found as you said both "sport dep." and "sports dep." and I was not aware of the difference between the two. Thank you very much again!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Patricia González Schütz: Very nice of you!! http://www.wordreference.com/iten/sportivo
11 hrs
  -> thanks, Patricia
agree  tradu-grace
12 hrs
  -> thankiù very Gracie
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sportswear department


Explanation:
Were not talking about doing sports, but about the clothes. So I'd go for sportswear.



Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Local time: 12:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 31
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you very much to you too Shera Lyn :) I found your suggestion very useful too.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Patricia González Schütz
43 mins
  -> Thanks!
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