Giosué Prezioso
B.A. in Art History and Italian Studies at John Cabot University, Giosuè works as curator and consultant for art-foundations and art-institutions. Specialized in teaching, mediating and translating foreign languages, he also collaborates, as intern,
Italian language: Break your leg and In bocca al lupo. Luck and its (odd) origins
WTI Magazine #78 2016 April 15Author : Giosuè Prezioso Translation by: A friend of yours is going to hold an important seminar. You: "break your leg!"; a group of actors, stressed out, is going to start its play in less than a couple of minutes. You: "break your leg!". Before a given important appointment, event, or occasion, we usua...
Italian language: The origin of the expression “BELLA FIGURA”
WTI Magazine #76 2016 February 15Author : Giosuè Prezioso Translation by: Stereotypically, Italy is the country of the good food, fashion, art, music and, more generally, of culture. Dante Alighieri, the Poet par excellence, defined it the "Bel Paese", meaning the "Beautiful Country", as in fact did Kahlil Gibran - stating that "The...