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English to Italian: NAMIBIA General field: Other Detailed field: Geography
Source text - English From the scorched moonscape of the Fish River Canyon in the south, to the lush waterways of the Kunene, Kavango and Kwando rivers in the north, Namibia is an extraordinarily beautiful and varied land. With the oldest desert on earth and the treacherous Skeleton Coast, Namibia still manages to sustain an incredible variety of living things, in terrain that is as striking as it is desolate. In the south, the ashen landscape tilts gently upward from the scarred canyon of the Gariep (Orange) River to reveal vast gravel plains stretching to the horizon. To the west, the Namib desert forms a barrier between the interior and the shores of the icy Atlantic. Further inland, petrified forest, dating back 250 million years, stand next to fossil riverbeds snaking across the dry land. Prehistoric-looking trees with gnarled branches rise up out of a boulderland of black rock, and ancient welwitschia plants, seemingly half dead, lie baking in the sun. But suddenly the landscape changes: in Sossusvlei at the southern end of the Namib-Naukluft Park, the highest dunes in the world rise up to meet the sky, their sands reflecting the ever-changing light; in the east, the gravel plains give way to yellow and gold grasslands, merging with the gentle hills of the Kalahari, the longest continuous stretch of sand in the world. In the north, the peaks of the Branberg Mountains and other rocky islands or Inselberge, such as the Spitzkoppe, signpost one of the world’s richest collections of rock art. Here also are the desert elephants and black rhinos of Damaraland, which, like the creatures of the Namib and Kalahari deserts, and other animals of the fossil riverbeds, have made special adaptations to survive the scorching desert conditions. In the north, Namibia’s wildlife showpiece, Etosha National Park, is home to 114 mammal species, including lion, elephant, giraffe and ten of thousands of antelope. But it is the 340 species of birds, attracted by the ephemeral waters of Etosha Pan, which bring colour and vibrance to this great African game reserve, stretching 350 kilometres from east to west. And further east, beyond the Hartmann Mountains of the Kunene Region, a landscape of cone-shaped hills gives way to the palm trees and verdant waterways of the Kunene River. All this is the mystery and fascination of a spectacular land that belongs to the 21st century, but which still lies buried in the ancient sands of the past.
Translation - Italian A partire dal riarso paesaggio lunare del Fish River Canyon a sud, fino ai rigogliosi corsi d’acqua dei fiumi Kunene, Kavango e Kwando a nord, la Namibia è un terra straordinariamente bella e varia. Con il più antico deserto sulla terra e la insidiosa Skeleton Coast, la Namibia riesce ancora a mantenere un’incredibile varietà di creature viventi, in un territorio che è tanto sorprendente quanto desolato. A sud, il paesaggio grigio cenere s’innalza dolcemente dall’eroso canyon del fiume Gariep (Orange) per mostrare immense pianure ghiaiose che si estendono fino all’orizzonte. Ad ovest, il deserto del Namib forma una barriera tra la zona interna e le spiagge del gelido Atlantico. Più nell’interno, foreste pietrificate, che risalgono a 250 milioni di anni fa, si estendono vicino ad alvei fossili di fiumi che si snodano sulla terra arida. Alberi che sembrano appartenere ad ere preistoriche si ergono con i loro rami nodosi tra una distesa di rocce scure, e antiche piante welwitschia giacciono ad ardere sotto il sole apparentemente mezze morte. Ma all’improvviso il paesaggio cambia: a Sossusvlei, al limite meridionale del parco Namib-Naukluft, le più alte dune del mondo s’innalzano fino a toccare il cielo e le loro sabbie riflettono la luce sempre cangiante; ad est, le pianure di ghiaia lasciano spazio a terreni erbosi ingialliti e dorati e si fondono con le dolci colline del Kalahari, la più lunga distesa di sabbia continua del mondo. A nord, le cime delle montagne Branberg e altre isole rocciose o Inselberge, come il Spitzkoppe, ospitano una delle più ricche collezioni di arte rupestre del mondo. Qui troviamo anche gli elefanti del deserto, i rinoceronti neri del Damaraland e altri animali degli alvei fossili. Questi animali, così come le creature dei deserti del Namib e del Kalahari, si sono adattati per sopravvivere alle torride condizioni desertiche. A nord, il pezzo forte della vita selvaggia in Namibia, l’Etosha National Park, in cui vivono 114 specie di mammiferi, inclusi leoni, elefanti, giraffe e svariate razze di antilopi. Ma a portare colore e vitalità a questa grande riserva di caccia africana che si estende da est ad ovest per 350 chilometri, sono le 340 specie di uccelli attratti dalle acque stagionali dell’Etosha Pan. Più ad est, oltre le montagne Hartmann della regione del Kunene, un paesaggio di colline a forma di cono lascia spazio a palmeti e ai verdeggianti corsi d’acqua del fiume Kunene. Tutto questo fa parte del mistero e del fascino di una terra spettacolare che appartiene al XXI secolo ma che ancora giace immersa nelle antiche sabbie del passato .
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Years of experience: 17. Registered at ProZ.com: Nov 2013.
English to Italian (Università degli Studi di Torino) English to Italian (Trinity College Examination) English to Italian (Cambridge First Certificate) French to Italian (Delf) Spanish to Italian (Università degli Studi di Torino)
Spanish to Italian (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
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