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club di incontri

English translation: private dating club / Matchmaking club

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Italian term or phrase:club di incontri
English translation:private dating club / Matchmaking club
Entered by: Aleyna Tusa

13:37 Oct 31, 2012
Italian to English translations [PRO]
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Italian term or phrase: club di incontri
I am translating an interview, and at one point the interviewee discusses an illegal business he set up where he would bring foreign women to Italy to set up "club di incontri." I'm pretty sure it involved prostitution. I really can't think of a way to say this in English. Perhaps something involving "meet up?"
Aleyna Tusa
United States
private dating club / Matchmaking club
Explanation:
This is not a literal translation, but might be the same idea. Using "private" before the phrase might suggest a bit more of the sleaziness involved.

I don't think that it is actually the phrase itself that needs to contain explicit reference to prostitution, if this is what is being implied. It is the surrounding text that will confirm that.

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-10-31 14:48:10 GMT)
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With reference to Tony Shargool's comment on "Escort Agency", I intentionally avoided any reference to "escorting" "hostessing" etc because the actual phrase does not say that. I think the idea is being implied in the context and it would be wrong to express something explicitly, when the reference is definitely implicit.
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Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:40
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2private dating club / Matchmaking club
Lara Barnett
4hostess club
philgoddard
3bring foreign women to Italy to "work" in a "night club"
Jo Macdonald
2dating agency
Colin Rowe


Discussion entries: 5





  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
dating agency


Explanation:
Just wondering whether this could simply mean "dating agency", either innocently or as a "euphemism".

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Note added at 7 mins (2012-10-31 13:45:20 GMT)
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Or as a "cover", for that matter.

Colin Rowe
Germany
Local time: 22:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Asker: Thanks very much!

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
private dating club / Matchmaking club


Explanation:
This is not a literal translation, but might be the same idea. Using "private" before the phrase might suggest a bit more of the sleaziness involved.

I don't think that it is actually the phrase itself that needs to contain explicit reference to prostitution, if this is what is being implied. It is the surrounding text that will confirm that.

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-10-31 14:48:10 GMT)
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With reference to Tony Shargool's comment on "Escort Agency", I intentionally avoided any reference to "escorting" "hostessing" etc because the actual phrase does not say that. I think the idea is being implied in the context and it would be wrong to express something explicitly, when the reference is definitely implicit.

Example sentence(s):
  • "The Most Exclusive Millionaire Matchmaking Club In The World..."
  • "MyEmerald Club is an exclusive, on-line, private dating club that allows sophisticated singles an opportunity to find like-minded partners without having to put themselves "on the market" like so many dating services. "

    Reference: http://www.howaboutwe.com/date-report/549-the-most-exclusive...
    Reference: http://www.myemeraldclub.net/
Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 87
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Notes to answerer
Asker: I think this is it, thanks very much!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony Shargool: Yes, even without the 'private' - Possibly' Escort Agency' would be even more explicit.
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agree  nunchaku101: dating club
6 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
bring foreign women to Italy to "work" in a "night club"


Explanation:
perhaps

Jo Macdonald
Spain
Local time: 22:40
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 27
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
hostess club


Explanation:
These are ostensibly for respectable drinking and conversation, but are often fronts for prostitution, so this seems perfect as a translation.

Example sentence(s):
  • PaHostess clubs are legal, but are not permitted to offer adult entertainment such as nudity or stripping, so when officers witnessed sexual activity...

    Reference: http://articles.latimes.com/2010/nov/13/opinion/la-ed-raid-2...
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_and_hostess_clubs
philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 186
Notes to answerer
Asker: I considered this too, but I thought this was a phenomenon outside of English speaking cultures?

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