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casa di accoglienza

English translation: shelter home

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Italian term or phrase:casa di accoglienza
English translation:shelter home
Entered by: Michele Galuppo

22:09 Mar 27, 2008
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Italian term or phrase: casa di accoglienza
Frase:Da quasi quindici anni, nella città di ..., volontari e religiosi ospitano in una casa di accoglienza, giovani e bambini bisognosi, offrendo loro una speranza.
Michele Galuppo
Italy
Local time: 13:06
shelter home
Explanation:
In Uk there are shelter homes for children who have been abused, neglected or abandoned.
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moranna (X)
Italy
Grading comment
Grazie.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +7shelter
Adele Oliveri
5night shelter / hostel for the homeless /transitional housing
James (Jim) Davis
4shelter home
moranna (X)


  

Answers


6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
shelter


Explanation:
l'ho sempre visto come "women's shelter", cioè casa di accoglienza per donne vittime di violenze e abusi. forse fa anche al caso tuo (senza women's, ovviamente :-))

Adele Oliveri
Italy
Local time: 13:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  gianfranco
5 mins
  -> grazie gianfranco :-)
agree  Maria Luisa Dell'Orto
18 mins
  -> grazie Maria Luisa :-)
agree  Simon Charass
45 mins
  -> thank you Simon :-)
agree  Raffaella Panigada
55 mins
  -> grazie Raffaella :-)
agree  Umberto Cassano
1 hr
  -> grazie Umberto :-)
agree  Maria Rosa Fontana
8 hrs
  -> grazie Maria Rosa :-)
agree  Debora Villa
9 hrs
  -> grazie Debora :-)
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
shelter home


Explanation:
In Uk there are shelter homes for children who have been abused, neglected or abandoned.

moranna (X)
Italy
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Grazie.
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
night shelter / hostel for the homeless /transitional housing


Explanation:
Three answers for three types of "casa di accoglienza" e cioè "casa di prima accoglienza" (shelter, just the night), "casa di seconda accoglienza" (hostel, day and night, some social work supervision), "casa di terza accoglienza" (transitional housing, short terms supervised communal apartment).

James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Local time: 15:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 129
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