Italian Dialect Coach

The Strømmen Agency – Our Italian Dialect Coaches

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Our Italian dialect coaches and translation dept. will ensure that the Italian in your project is perfect. We have experience working with productions of all sizes. We typically translate the script (with options for writers if needed), check previous translations, record audio files for the actors, schedule prep sessions (remote or in person) act as an agent for a team of Italian on-set dialect coaches. If you are interested in having Strømmen assist you with your language needs, please do not hesitate to contact us. 

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Partial Resume of Past Italian dialect coaching projects

• Your Honor (2022) Season 2 Italian Dialect Coaching and Translation with Mark Margolis
• The Mysterious Benedict Society (2022) – Dutch, Swedish, Italian, French Script translation, dialect coaching, art dept consulting
• Opera Men – Universal Music Group – Italian Accent coaching for recording artists
• Designated Survivor (TV) (Season 1) Italian translation and dialect coaching for Paolo Costanzo
• Great News (TV)(Season 1 and 2) – 2017 Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Korean translation and dialect coaching for Tina Fey
• Criminal Minds Beyond Borders (2016) – Italian Dialect Coaching Paul Sorvino
• Kroger Taste of Italy Commercial (2015) – Italian Dialect Coaching & Translation
• Cadillac Commercial (2015)- Italian Dialect Coaching & Translation for Jeremy Piven
• Katherine Jenkins (2014) Dialect Coaching for recording artist  (Italian, German, Spanish)
• Deal or No Deal (Tv Series) Italian Translation 2009
• Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (dialect coach: Italian) 2010 (For Brandon Routh)
• TB or Not TB (2009) (dialect coach: Italian) (translation: Italian) (for Paolo Costanzo)
• Royal Pains (TV series) (Dialect Coaching and Translation – Italian – 1 episode) 2009 

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The Numerous Dialects of Italy

The Italian language is relatively new. The origin of most of the regional varieties is the same root language, Latin. Most of the Italian dialects are directly descended from colloquial or vulgar Latin, as opposed to the more formal Classical or Late Latin. In addition to this, there are long-standing communities that have been speaking other Indo-European root languages such as Cimbrian, Arbëresh (Albanian), Slavomolisano (Slavic), and Griko (Greek).

The official and most widespread Italian dialect originated as the Tuscan dialect in medieval Italy. Alongside this, there are numerous regional dialects that also originated from vulgar Latin.  Below is a non-exhaustive list of regional Italian dialects:

• Friulian
• Lombard
• Occitan
• Piedmontese
• Sardinian (including Catalan, Tabarchino, Sassarese, and Gallurese)
• Sicilian
• Ladin
• Mòcheno
• Veneto
• Neapolitan
• Romanesco

Italian Accented English:

Nothing is worse than a bad Italian accent unless that is what you are trying to do of course. We help actors and projects to create the perfect Italian-accented English performances. Read about our process here and why it is so important to have a dialect coach for accented English performances.