Word: giovanna
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...squalid, the Shah was silent on his Peacock Throne. But Iranian court circles pointed out that the staunchly Roman Catholic house of Savoy was used to religious difficulties. Maria Pia, Ella's sister, married Alexander of Yugoslavia, who belonged to the Greek Orthodox Church. Her Aunt Giovanna married Orthodox King Boris of Bulgaria, and the pledge to raise their children as Roman Catholics was given but not fulfilled. Yet Pope Pius XI sent Queen Giovanna a message carrying his blessings and esteem -and the message was carried by the then Archbishop Roncalli, who is now Pope John XXIII...
...most exhausting ordeals of her life. Before her sat six facultymen, including experts in English, French and Italian. Behind, a crowd of students waited eagerly to see her perform. They had good reason for wanting to do so: of 750 students at the Interpreters' School, Giovanna Cuirlo of Genoa was the only one found qualified this term to try for the school's highest prize-the conference (or parliamentary) interpreter's certificate...
...Giovanna took her seat and opened her pad, the school's Dean Sven Stelling-Michaud launched into a twelve-minute speech in fast-paced French ("The new member-state of Viet Nam is particularly happy to be able to participate in the work of the World Health Organization . . ."). With scarcely a second's delay, Giovanna read back the speech in Italian. After that a professor delivered another speech...
English which Giovanna read back in Italian. Then two other professors read Italian treatises on the Common Market. These Giovanna translated into English and French...
Only a Handful. Having passed the first hurdles, Giovanna was ordered into a U.N.-type interpreter's booth for a more difficult test: the simultaneous rendering into Italian of a speech in French, a second in English. Finally she took her place behind a "delegate's desk" and was ordered to do the same thing all over again, this time translating the text on sight. The ordeal over, the professors made their decision: Giovanna had passed...