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I have some dialogue for a DC Comics fanfic, and I'd like to check with an actual speaker to see if my translation is correct. The speaking character's family comes from Naples Italy, but he was raised an American circus-brat.

Internet Italian Translation by http://translation.babylon.com/Italian
*Mi pentito, come sei bella, cara mia...."
I'm sorry, you're so beautiful, my darling.


"Mi perdoni, sono molto spiacente...."
**Forgive me, I'm so sorry.

Bambino
***Baby

Pifferaia
****Pied Piper (female character's name)

ETA: Answered

Searched:yahoo, google, *notable events on____

Setting: Fall 1998, Dallas Texas(this could change)

How can I find out notable events that took place on a specific date?

Hey there folks, I've got a character of average vision, set in modern day and time, who I want to be able to blind as completely as possible in an attack while still having it curable by surgery at a later point. Diseases are a last resort; injury or flash blinding (particularly flash blinding) would be preferable, but after looking after those topics I can't seem to find any details regarding what kinds are the most likely to be curable by surgery. Wikipedia in particular states the possible effects of flash blindness, but doesn't really clarify what kind of brightness is needed to blind a person to a lasting degree (other than nuclear-bomb level, which is a bit overboard). It also states that it can cause "irreversible" damage, but not at what brightness, nor whether that means it's totally irreversible by any means.

I could also use any information regarding the actual surgical process for restoring someone's eyesight -- the chances of success, any major threats, the projected degree of recovery,the general patient prep. process, etc.

Any insight or alternate suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

There are so many posts in this community that are still untagged and it's time to admit that I will never, ever get to tagging all of them. I have enough trouble keeping up with new posts!

So I'm looking for volunteers who would be willing to spend a little time tagging.

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I don't want to sound too anal-retentive, but I think that the more consistent the tagging is, the easier it will be to find posts and to keep the tags from exploding.

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Any other questions? If you leave them here I'll reply as soon as I get the notification.

I'm writing a fanfic set in the Tudor era, the starting point is July 1514. My main characters are: the queen, one of her ladies in waiting who is a duchess, the king, another lady in waiting who is the sister to the first one and is a widowed countess, the first girl's husband who is a duke and a member of the Privy Council.

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