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Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

semifestivo

English translation:

national half day holiday

Added to glossary by Ivana UK
Mar 29, 2008 16:43
16 yrs ago
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Italian term

semifestivo

Italian to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
giorno, con orario lavorativo ridotto per la prossimità con una festività, una ricorrenza o simile.
Proposed translations (English)
2 +1 half banking day
4 +1 half holyday
4 +1 half-day (off)
4 reduced working hours

Discussion

Ivana UK (asker) Mar 29, 2008:
Correction: "giorno festivo" = "non-banking day" and "giorno non festivo" = "banking day".
Michael Tovbin Mar 29, 2008:
It is effectively a half-day off. A full day would be a day when transactions are accepted for execution until, say 2pm, while on a semi-holiday they are accepted until, say 10 am, otherwise, they are posted with next day's date. Etc.
Ivana UK (asker) Mar 29, 2008:
Thanks for your suggestions. As usual, I should have provided more context! This is do with the bank system, where "giorno festivo" = "banking day" and "giorno non festivo" = "non-banking day", hence the problem with "giorno semifestivo". It doesn't help that no such day exists in UK banking terms. I s'pose it's just have to be "half-banking day", although the term doesn't actually exist!

Proposed translations

+1
6 hrs
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half banking day

Is this a full banking day (present ICC definition), a half banking day (no one working after lunch time) or a quarter banking day (50% staff members ...

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Non so se possa andar bene, dai un'occhiata
Peer comment(s):
agree Monia Di Martino : Infatti, spesso si dice anche così.
1 day 8 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "THi B. Hope you had a nice Easter! This fitted my context best, although I changed to "half working day" as this is in fairly common usage (forcing me to change the many "banking days" to "working days". If my text wasn't so technical, I'd have opted for "national half-day holiday" (which is what I've entered have entered in the glossary)."
+1
1 hr

half holyday

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Note added at 1 ora (2008-03-29 18:30:44 GMT)
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half holiday
Peer comment(s):
agree potra : I think this works the best, it is a sort of pre-holiday day with reduced working hours
2 hrs
sure, thanks.
neutral _Vivi_ : are you sure about the spelling "holy" which refers to something religious or should it be "holi" ??
22 hrs
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+1
3 mins

half-day (off)

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Note added at 4 mins (2008-03-29 16:47:31 GMT)
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as opposed to a full day off.

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-03-29 18:31:58 GMT)
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semi-holiday would be another way of putting it.
Peer comment(s):
agree Alexandra Speirs : or half-holiday
42 mins
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2 hrs

reduced working hours

Or short working day. I don't think there is an "official" term. I've been working in the UK for over a decade and I've never come across the concept because if I decide to take half-day off that is from my own holiday entitlement, but semifestivo is for everyone, that means everyone has half a day off and, as far as I'm aware, this does not happen in the UK at least.
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