Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
Cultura del fare
English translation:
can-do spirit
Italian term
Cultura del fare
I know the general meaning, but I can't come up with a good expression in English. Any ideas?
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Dec 30, 2010 11:04: Angie Garbarino changed "Field" from "Other" to "Social Sciences" , "Field (specific)" from "Other" to "Business/Commerce (general)"
Dec 30, 2010 12:24: Angie Garbarino changed "Field (specific)" from "Business/Commerce (general)" to "Other"
Proposed translations
can-do spirit
mette l’accento sulla cultura del fare, su un percorso punteggiato di
underscores the can-do spirit of a track record studded with
More generally, I suspect the Italian idiom owes at least something to American English. Silvio Berlusconi's phrase "il governo del fare" seems to echo "can-do government".
I tend to agree with Tom that "culture" doesn't really work in English since the "cultura del fare" referred to is a quality of the author's restricted group, not of society in general.
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Shera Lyn Parpia
: yes, I think "can do" works best here.
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Russell Jones
: spirit or mentality
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Italy
16+Yrs IT Exp - Fast, Accurate, Reliable
Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian, Italian to English
Culture of action
The underlying «culture of action», which has been one of its chief planks, ... La propulsiva «cultura del fare», che ne è stata uno degli assi portanti, ...
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10 giu 2010 ... struire la vera “cultura del fare”. Un concetto, Presidente, che lei .... build a true “culture of action.” A concept, Chairman, that you ...
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21 Sep 2010 ... The first step in creating a successful culture of action is ... that gives managers the tools to study, define and analyze a problem, ...
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James (Jim) Davis
: Having read the full context this is what I would have posted.
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thanks :)
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P.L.F. Persio
: with Jim.
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thanks :)
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Architecture, design, technical, etc.
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Italian to English
doing and making
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(without "culture": just "puts the accent on doing and making"
Seychelles
25 years experience constantly improving
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Italian to English
Culture of getting things done
http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q="Cultu...
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P.L.F. Persio
: this is what it means; as for the Italian government, the things they do are unspeakable, that's why they don't want to talk about them;-)
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potra
: Yes, this is the best fit imho
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Business is my Business
Native in: English 
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Works in: Italian to English, English to Italian
emphasis on government with a proactive role
Israel
30 years of experience+satisfied clients
Native in: French , Hebrew
Works in: English to Hebrew, Hebrew to English, French to Hebrew, and 8 more.
the savoir faire
savoir-faire
s. m. inv. - 1. abilità, competenza 2. tatto
United Kingdom
Anglo-Italian bicultural transcreator
Native in: English , Italian (Variant: Neapolitan)
Works in: Italian to English, English
putting our money where our mouth is
put your money where your mouth is
informal
to show by your actions and not just your words that you support or believe in something
(Definition of put your money where your mouth is from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Having finally (!) been given more context, I would put:
actions rather than words
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getting things done
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P.L.F. Persio
: I love this one!
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Thanks, missdutch! :-) Though now that we have (finally!) been given more context, I see that it doesn't work here. (What a waste of time!)
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Native in: French (Variants: Standard-France, Belgian, Swiss) , Italian (Variants: Swiss , Standard-Italy, Piedmontese, Genoese, Milanese, Emiliano-Romagnolo, Lombard)
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The Culture of Doing Things
I found some hit by googling
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Now that we eventually have the contest, this does not seem to fit, peccato...
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sorry, please read conteXt and not conteSt
United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English
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Discussion
@Ernestine: Sorry you thought it was a "what a waste of time". I found the entire discussion rather interesting ;)
Dopo aver pubblicato una monografia/manifesto, dopo la mostra itinerante che ha consentito al mio gruppo di affacciare la slow architecture alla ribalta europea, ho perciò pensato di scrivere: ancor prima che per comunicare qualcosa agli altri, per sintetizzare a mio beneficio il corso di pensieri e progetti. Paradossalmente, ma non troppo forse, il discorso mette l’accento sulla cultura del fare, su un percorso punteggiato di progetti e cantieri, di opere realizzate senza gridare e senza barare. Quel che ne scrivo vorrebbe mostrare il processo che ha guidato a questi risultati, spiegarne le ragioni, proporre infine, in qualche modo, una “filosofia” del mestiere che mi appartiene, alla ricerca di una professione più etica e consapevole.
Thanks
Your suggestions are all very good but they don't quite fit the bill.
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