CHAPTER 1	
Quotation 1
Original version	Quotation 1
Italian translation	Comparative analysis	
“Do not be frightened by my beard: I am a lover of America. I noticed that you were looking for something; more than looking, in fact you seemed to be on a mission, and since I am both a native of this city and a speaker of your language, I thought I might offer you my services.”	“Non si faccia spaventare dalla mia barba: io amo l’America. Mi sembrava che lei stesse cercando qualcosa; anzi, più che cercando, lei pareva in missione, e dato che io sono nativo di questa città e parlo la sua lingua, ho pensato di offrirle i miei servigi.”	•	The original version uses a nominal style, the Italian version uses mainly verbs;
•	The Italian version uses an highly formal register. 
•	Noticed-sembrava: in the Italian versione there is less awareness than in the English version.
	
Reason for choice: 
•	Underlines the differences between cultures;
•	highlights the characteristics of secret agents;

Themes:
•	Different cultures meeting.		
Analysis:
•	Changez’s awareness about the stereotypes of his American interlocutor;
•	Changez is aware about what is behind the interlocutor's behavior.		
Possible conclusion:
Changez and the American interlocutor have stereotypes of each other's society. The behaviours of each person are a reflection of their cultures.		
Quotation 2
Original version	Quotation 2
Italian translation	Comparative analysis	
“What did I think of Princeton? Well, the answer to that question requires a story. When I first arrived, I looked around me at the Gothic buildings – younger, I later learned, than many of the mosques of this city, but made through acid treatment and ingenious stonemasonry to look older – and thought, This is a dream come true.”	“Cosa pensavo di Princeton? Bè, per rispondere a questa domanda devo raccontarle una storia. Appena arrivato mi guardai intorno e osservando gli edifici gotici – più recenti, scoprii in seguito, di molte moschee di questa città, ma antichizzati dai trattamenti a base di acidi e dal sapiente lavoro degli scalpellini – pensai, questo è un sogno diventato realtà.”	•	When I first arrived – appena arrivato: The original version draws the reader’s attention on Changez’s opinion of the USA when he went for the first time in America . The Italian version highlights that it is his first impression,  after his arrival.
	
Reason for choice: 
•	Changez’s personal opinion about Princeton;
•	Changez feels like he was living a dream when he sees for  the first time Princeton;
•	Changez explains this episode using a story ( his reaction in front of the Gothic buildings );
Themes:
•	Different cultures meeting;
•	inferiority VS superiority.		
Analysis:
•	America’s culture is made of Other cultures; 
•	America’s superiority on Pakistan  Princeton is a dream for Changez.
		
Possible conclusion:
The Italian translation takes the reader a higher attention against Changez’s subjectivity.		
Quotation 3
Original version	Quotation 3
Italian translation	Comparative analysis	
“Every fall, Princeton raised her skirt for the corporate recruiters who came onto campus andóas you say in America showed them some skin. The skin Princeton showed was good skin, of course young, eloquent, and clever as can be but even among all that skin, I knew in my senior year that I was something special. I was a perfect breast, if you willótan, succulent, seemingly deﬁant of gravitation and I was conﬁdent of getting any job I wanted.”	“Ogni autunno Princeton si sollevava la gonna per i reclutatori delle grandi aziende che arrivavano al campus e, come dite voi negli Stati Uniti, mostrava un po’ di pelle. La pelle mostrata da Princeton era una bella pelle, naturalmente, giovane, eloquente e quanto mai invitante, ma anche in mezzo a tutta quella pelle, nel corso dell’ultimo  anno mi resi conto di essere qualcosa di speciale. Ero un seno perfetto, se vuole un seno abbronzato, succulento, apparentemente ignaro della forza di gravità, e confidavo di poter ottenere qualunque lavoro desiderassi.”	•	Clever-nvitante:  The Italian word referres to a physical semantic field and  the original version uses a word that refers to an intellectual capability.

Reason for choice:
•	prestige of Princeton:
•	the speaking voice  uses the metaphor of a woman in order to emphasize the prestige of Princeton;
•	it also uses the same metaphor to characterize Changez.

Themes: 
•	inferiority VS superiority.		
Analysis:
•	The speaking voice uses a metaphor that compares Princeton to a girl;
•	The metaphor refers to a sexual semantic field.		
Possible conclusion:
The choice of that metaphor represents an answer to the typical Western  stereotypes  the Eastern citizens considers the woman as the Western citizens.		
Quotation 4
Original version	Quotation 4
Italian translation	Comparative analysis	
  “Salaries have not risen in line with inﬂation, the rupee has declined steadily against the dollar, and those of us who once had substantial family estates have seen them divided and subdivided by each larger subsequent generation. ”	“I salari non hanno tenuto il passo dell’inflazione, la rupia ha continuato a perdere valore nei confronti del dollaro, e quelli di noi che una volta avevano patrimoni familiari considerevoli li hanno visti frazionarsi sempre più a ogni successiva, e sempre più estesa, generazione.”	•	In the English version is more emphasized the crumbling of the family assets ( divided and subdivided).
	
Reason for choice: 
•	economic superiority of America to Pakistan;
•	the economic downturn has led to the division of family assets in Pakistan;

Themes: 
•	inferiority VS superiority;
•	different cultures meeting.		
Analysis:
•	America , from the economic point of view , is most developed than Pakistan.
		
Possible conclusion:
The superiority of the dollar on the rupee has led to a general impoverishment of Pakistan,  even the rich families have become poor.		
Quotation 5
Original version	Quotation 5
Italian translation	Comparative analysis	
  At Princeton, I conducted myself in public like a young prince, generous and carefree. But I also, as quietly as I could, held down three on-campus jobs – in infrequently visited locations, such as the library of the Program in Near Eastern Studies – and prepared for my classes throughout the night.	“A Princeton in pubblico mi atteggiavo a principino, ero prodigo e spensierato. Però facevo anche, nel modo più discreto possibile, tre lavori nel campus, in angoli poco frequentati, come la biblioteca del Programma di studi del Vicino Oriente, e studiavo di notte.”	•	I conducted myself  in public  like a young prince – mi atteggiavo a principino: in the English version the verb “conduct” implies pride and in the Italian version the verb “atteggiarsi” is uses as a diminutive.
•	Quietly – in modo discreto: the original version refers to the use of senses.
	
Reason for choice:
•	Changez’s behavior at Princeton;
•	Changez behaved like a young prince in public; 
•	But at the same time , it did three jobs to live.

Themes:
•	Different cultures meeting;
•	inferiority VS superiority.		
Analysis:
•	Changez, although he does three jobs for a living,  knows how to behave in a courteous manner.		
Possible conclusion:
The quotation underlines the inferiority of Pakistan in front of America  in the Italian version, while in the English version  Changez is presented with a higher profile.		
CHAPTER 2	
Quotation 1
Original version	Quotation 1
Italian translation	Comparative analysis	
“We assembled in Athens, having arrived on different ﬂights, and when I ﬁrst saw Erica, I could not prevent myself from offering to carry her backpackóso stunningly regal was she. ”	“Ci trovammo ad Atene, dato che eravamo arrivati su voli diversi, e quando vidi per la prima volta Erica non riuscii a trattenermi e le offrii di portarle lo zaino, era così incredibilmente regale.”	•	the Italian version sounds more complex.	
Reason for choice:
•	Changez’s first meet with Erica;
•	He meets Erica in Athens;
•	He could not retain his  instincts (He wants Erica).

Themes:
•	Love relationship
•	Different cultures meeting		
Analysis:
•	The speaking voice wants to underlines the  meeting between different cultures and faiths (with the words as “Tiara”);
•	The speaking voices uses the quotation to focus the typical courtship of the Muslim.		
Possible conclusion: 
The term "tiara" connotes Erica as a saint character  and further enhances her connotation.
		
Quotation 2
Original version	Quotation 2
Italian translation	Comparative analysis	
“I will admit that there were details which annoyed me. The ease with which they parted with money, for example, thinking nothing of the occasional – but not altogether infrequent – meal costing perhaps fifty dollars a head.”	“Devo ammettere che determinati dettagli mi infastidivano. Ad esempio la leggerezza con cui si separavano dal denaro, senza preoccuparsi per occasionali, ma non rarissimi, pasti a cinquanta dollari a testa.”	•	Thinking – preoccuparsi: the Italian  word “preoccuparsi” implies anxiety. 
•	Ease – leggerezza: The Italian translation implies negative consequences.
	
Reason for choice:
•	difference between the social class of Changez and Erica;
•	certain ways of spending the money  bother to Changez;
•	Erika is richer than Changez.
Themes: 
•	Different cultures meeting
•	Different social classes meeting		
Analysis: 
•	The protagonist underlines a negative aspect of American society  money is a mean to have a good life.		
Possible conclusion: 
People are the reflection of the culture they are, and that aspect decides the relationship between different cultures.		
Quotation 3
Original version	Quotation 3
Italian translation	Comparative analysis	
“I was telling you about the moment when I was forced to stare. (Erica) ”	“Le stavo raccontando del momento in cui mi sono sentito costretto a guardare. (Erica)”	•	in the English version it is an increased emphasis on the action of the watch. 
	
Reason for choice:
•	Changez’s relationship whit women (in particular with Erica)
•	in spite of his culture , he has to look at the woman , he can not help it;
•	Changez evidence physical attraction in respect of Erica.
Themes:
•	Love relationship;
•	Different cultures meeting.		
Analysis:
•	although Changez is Pakistani, he is attracted to women (like all men). Pakistani men also meet the same instincts of all men.		
Possible conclusion: 
The human being responds to natural instincts, such as the attraction of the female being without distinction of culture from which it comes.		
Quotation 4
Original version	Quotation 4
Italian translation	Comparative analysis	
“It is remarkable, I must say, how being in Pakistan heightens oneís sensitivity to the sight of a womanís body.”	“E’ straordinario, devo dire, come il fatto di trovarsi in Pakistan acuisca la sensibilità alla vista del corpo femminile.”	•	The original version uses a nominal style, the Italian version uses mainly verbs.	
Reason for choice: 
•	vision of women in Pakistan;
•	man has more sensitivity to the vision of the female body in Pakistan, in fact they, since women are very covered, do a lot more attention to detail.
Themes:
•	Love relationship;
•	Different cultures meeting.		
Analysis:    
•	Different culture between East and West;
•	Underlines how men see women in Pakistan.		
Possible conclusion:    
The reader should reflect on the relationship between Changez and the women. 		
Quotation 5
Original version	Quotation 5
Italian translation	Comparative analysis	
“ But what is that? Ah, your mobile phone! I have not previously seen its like; it is, I suspect, one of those models capable of communicating via satellite when no ground coverage is available.”	“Ma cos’è questo? Ah, il suo cellulare! Non ne avevo ancora visto uno così; immagino sia uno di quei modelli capaci di comunicare via satellite quando non è disponibile la copertura via terra.”	the Italian version sounds more complex.	
Reason for choice:
•	differences in technological progress between Changez and the unknown American man;
•	The cellular of the American man highlights the difference of technological advancement between America and Pakistan.
•	America is most developed in terms of technology;

Themes:
•	Different cultures meeting;
•	Different social classes meeting.		
Analysis: 
•	America is more advanced technologically than Pakistan.		
Possible conclusion:
Through the description of American phones, Changez wants to understand not only the difference in social class, but also the difference of technological advance between America and Pakistan.		

CHAPTER 7	
Quotations
Original version	Quotations
Italian translation	Comparative analysis	
“And we did these things when your country was still a collection of thirteen small colonies, gnawing away at the edge of a continent.”	“E abbiamo fatto queste cose quando il vostro paese era ancora un’accozzaglia di tredici piccole colonie aggrappate sull’orlo di un continente.”	•	The size of Pakistan in the two versions is placed on two different levels: the original and the expected long-lost distant in time, while the Italian, thanks to a different tense, sees it as not too far away and not lost. In this second statement shows a will of the narrator's return to greatness and prosperity of the time, while in the original it reads only resignation.
•	In the original the existence of the American colonies is seen as a factor corrosive to the American continent, something not permissible and dangerous; translation in Italian is not highlighting this characteristic but the difficulty and precariousness of their existence. While first colonies are something negative and then Pakistan is completely positive, then the colonies are somewhat weak and Pakistan appears to be strong. The statement goes on ethical grounds with a business plan.	
Reason for choice: 
•	Different culture meeting;
•	Anti-American point of view;
•	Superiority and inferiority relation;
		
Analysis:
This quotation is very interesting because, form Changez’s point of view, the reader can understand the cultural different between the American and Pakistan. Moreover the reader observe the idea of Superiority of Pakistan’s culture between the American one. In fact Changez asserts that  Pakistan had made something when the U.S.A was still a English’s colony.		
Possible conclusion:
The use of tenses in the two languages informs the reader different situations. Even the use of the names and style nominal (as regards the English language) moves the meaning of other apsetti ripsetto the Italian language.		
Quotations
Original version	Quotations
Italian translation	Comparative analysis	
“It is impossible to tell, sir, given the gloom about us and inexpressive cast of your face, but I suspect you are looking at me with a degree of revulsion; certainly I would look at you in such a manner if you had just told me what I have told you”	“È difficile dirlo, signore, data l’oscurità che ci circonda e i tratti inespressivi del suo volto, ma sospetto che lei mi stia guardando con una certa repulsione; certo io la guarderei in quel modo se lei mi avesse raccontato ciò che le ho appena raccontato.”	•	Inability turns into difficulties; in this way the reaction of the interlocutor does not appear to be completely unknowable and this brings a greater sense of security and a greater understanding in the reader.	
Reason for choice: 
•	Male and female meeting;
•	Different religion and culture meeting;
•	Prejudices of interlocutor;
		
Analysis:
This quote is interesting because Changez meets another cultur and religion. Changez  notices that his interlocutor is suspicious with him. However Changez states that even him would be suspicious if his interlocutor would tell the same things. This underlines two things: the two cultures have some difference, but people’s reactions are the same. 		
Possible conclusion:
The use of tenses in the two languages informs the reader different situations. Even the use of the names and style nominal (as regards the English language) moves the meaning of other apsetti ripsetto the Italian language.
		
Quotations
Original version	Quotations
Italian translation	Comparative analysis	
“Perhaps because we currently lack wealth, power, or even sporting glory – the occasional brilliance of our temperamental cricket team notwithstanding – commensurate with our status as the world’s sixth most populous country, we Pakistani tend to take an inordinate pride in our food.”	“Forse a causa della nostra attuale mancanza di ricchezza, di potere e anche di gloria sportiva – malgrado gli occasionali exploit della nostra volubile squadra di cricket – all’altezza del nostro status di quinto paese più popoloso del pianeta, noi Pakistani tendiamo ad essere smodatamente orgogliosi del nostro cibo.”	•	The very condition of Pakistan from the demographic point of view is changed by the translation: the original version states that it is the sixth most populous in the Italian appears to be the fifth. Its abundance or over-population, depending on the point of view of the reader, is enlarged.
•	The last part of the statement passed by the use of the noun "pride" adjective "proud. In this way, the emphasis is shifted from feeling the identity of those who feel that feeling.	
Reason for choice: 
•	Different culture meeting;
•	Comparison of different economic system;
•	Nationalism and pride;
•	Superiority and inferiority relation;		
Analysis:
This quote underlines the Pakistan’s pride. Indeed, even if, Changez states that Pakistan has not a rich country  and their sport level is lacking, Pakistani are very pride in their successes and in their food. This can be interpreted in two different way: Pakistani are more proud that Americans or that Americans snob the small successes.
		
Possible conclusion:
The use of tenses in the two languages informs the reader different situations. Even the use of the names and style nominal (as regards the English language) moves the meaning of other apsetti ripsetto the Italian language.		
Quotations
Original version	Quotations
Italian translation	Comparative analysis	
“The economy is an animal,” Jim continued. “It evolves. First, it needed muscle. Now all the blood it could spare was rushing to its brain. That’s where I wanted to be. In finance. In the coordination business. And that’s where you are. You’re blood brought from one part of the body that the species doesn’t need anymore. The tailbone. Like me. We came from places that were wasting away.”	“L’economia è un animale, - continuò Jim. - Si evolve. Prima ha bisogno di muscoli. Poi tutto il sangue che rimane può confluire al cervello. Era lì che io volevo essere. Nella finanza. Nella centrale di controllo. Ora ci sei anche tu. Tu sei il sangue che affluisce da una parte del corpo di cui la specie umana non ha più bisogno. La coda. Come me. Noi veniamo da luoghi ormai superflui.”	•	"coordinating" to "control"; In this way the role of finance is extended and made more important than the original thus increasing the importance of the entire judgment of the entire chapter.
•	A second change of meaning occurs in the following sentence: here in the original version is highlighting the position held by the protagonist in the company, while the Italian one is highlighted the moment when the dialogue takes place.	
Reason for choice: 
•	Different economic system meeting;
•	Different culture meeting; 
•	Economical fundamental;
•	Subdivisions into social classes and comparison;
		
Analysis:
The economy is one of the most important topic of the novel. In this quote, Jim uses a simile to compare the economy to an animal. This is interesting because the word “animal” creates in the reader’s mind the idea of something that responds to the vital impulses (born, grow and die). In addition is interesting to observe as this figure of speech aims to highlight the work of the brain. This is contrary between reader’s imagine mind, indeed when people imagine an animal, imagine a creature  that has no rational faculties. 
		
Possible conclusion:
The use of tenses in the two languages informs the reader different situations. Even the use of the names and style nominal (as regards the English language) moves the meaning of other apsetti ripsetto the Italian language.		
Quotations
Original version	Quotations
Italian translation	Comparative analysis	
“I do not know how to describe my experience of what happened next; I cannot, of course, claim that I was possessed, but at the same time I did not seem to be myself.”	“Non so come descrivere l’esperienza di quello che accadde poi; non posso certo dire di essere stato posseduto, ma allo stesso tempo non ero in me.”
	•	This does not seem like themselves become directly not to be: that way any trace of uncertainty disappears, but does not disappear, instead the protagonist's inner division between two distinct personalities.
•	"My experience" becomes the experience in general, removing the incident by the narrating and and generalize. While the original Changez reflects on what happened to him with Erica, in the Italian translation sets out its opinion on the fact seeing him outside and then talking about the general condition in which a man is to live in something like that.	
Reason for choice: 
•	Identity vs multi-identity;
•	Meeting between male and female;
•	Feeling of not controlling;
		
Analysis:
This quote is interesting because the reader can retrace the plurality of humans being. Indeed the speaking voice is not sure to be himself, but to the same time is sure that is not posses by another “spirits”. This element creates in the reader’s mind the idea of  existence of evil spirits, like demons.		
Possible conclusion:
The use of tenses in the two languages informs the reader different situations. Even the use of the names and style nominal (as regards the English language) moves the meaning of other apsetti ripsetto the Italian language.		
CHAPTER 8	
Quotations
Original version	Quotations
Italian translation	Comparative analysis	
“Is he praying, you ask? No, sir, not at all! His recitation – rhythmic, formulaic, from memory, and so, I will concede, not unlike a prayer – is in actuality an attempt to transmit orally our menu, much as in your country one is told the specials.”	“Vuole sapere se sta pregando? No, signore, niente affatto! La sua cantilena – ritmica, rituale, a memoria, e perciò, lo ammetto, non troppo diversa da una preghiera – è un tentativo di comunicare oralmente il menu, un po’ come nel vostro paese quando il cameriere elenca i piatti del giorno.”	•	The question posed by the interlocutor is shown, in both cases, in a direct way; but the Italian version is not provided as it is delivered and then the reader's attention shifts from the application itself (as in the original) to answer the following. 
•	"Actually" is not translated in any way in the Italian version. This leads to the failure to put on evidence of the real character of the statement only visible in the use of the indicative mood (the way of certainty).	
Reason for choice: 
•	Comparison between different culture:
•	Different culture meeting;
•	Different religious fundamental;
		
Analysis:
This quote creates in the reader’s mind two different view:
The first one is that Changez knows the American culture and so understands that the reading of the menus is similar to a prayer.
The second one is that the two culture (American and Pakistan) have points in common. Indeed, even if, the reading of menus is mistaken for a prey, shows that the two culture uses the same technique for different pourpouses.		
Possible conclusion:
The use of tenses in the two languages informs the reader different situations. Even the use of the names and style nominal (as regards the English language) moves the meaning of other apsetti ripsetto the Italian language.		
Quotations
Original version	Quotations
Italian translation	Comparative analysis	
“Reluctantly, the first allowed himself to be led away. “Fucking Arab”, he said. I am not, of course, an Arab.”	“Riluttante, il primo si lasciò condurre via. “Arabo del cazzo”, disse. Ovviamente io non sono arabo.”	•	The initial adverb in the translation becomes an adjective: it indicates that the feature is then moved from being referred to the mode of behavior of the individual being referred to the individual himself, and then to his character and his state of 'mind at that time.
•	The denial position incipitale in the third sentence in the translation disappears, then the focus shifts from the negation of the obviousness of this statement Arabic, making it more logical and less heavy
	
Reason for choice: 
•	Different culture meeting;
•	Idea of prejudice;
•	Racism;
•	Theme of reluctant;		
Analysis:
This quote highlights the racism and prejudice which has affected American society. Moreover the quote underlines the  superficiality in judging people. Indeed are associated under the word "Arab" people from different states, united only by religion itself.		
Possible conclusion:
The use of tenses in the two languages informs the reader different situations. Even the use of the names and style nominal (as regards the English language) moves the meaning of other apsetti ripsetto the Italian language.
		
Quotations
Original version	Quotations
Italian translation	Comparative analysis	
“For your own safety, I would suggest that you avoid this yogurt and those chopped vegetables. What? No, no, I meant nothing sinister; your stomach might be upset by uncooked foods, that is all.”	“Per maggior sicurezza le coniglio di evitare lo yogurt e le verdure affettate. Cosa? No, no, non alludo a niente di sinistro; solo che il suo stomaco potrebbe essere messo in subbuglio da cibi non cotti.”	•	The translation of "that is all" with "only" takes the leading position statement and thus does not contribute to the minimization of the preceding sentence.
•	The general indication of yogurt and vegetables in the translation leaves the narrator's statement on the specific situation in which it is pronounced.
	
Reason for choice: 
•	Different culture meeting;
•	Different culinary habits;
		
Analysis:
This quote underlines the cultural difference between changez and his interlocutor. Indeed Changez invites his interlocutor to eat coocked foods.		
Possible conclusion:
The use of tenses in the two languages informs the reader different situations. Even the use of the names and style nominal (as regards the English language) moves the meaning of other apsetti ripsetto the Italian language.		
Quotations
Original version	Quotations
Italian translation	Comparative analysis	
“But what is that? Ah, your unusual telephone, beginning a demand for your attention. No sir, I do not mind in the least; please proceed to key in your reply.”	“Ma cosa c’è? Ah, il suo insolito telefono, I cui squilli richiedono la sua attenzione. No, signore, non mi dispiace affatto; la prego di mandare il messaggio.”	•	The action is carried out in the original request for attention from your phone; while the Italian version is performed by the sound of it. This is facilitated by the appearance of a stimulus physical / sensory rhyme absent, it is the call to be noticed but the sound that announces.
•	The question as to the identity of the disturbance becomes an affirmation that the language spoken Italian conveys irritation, so it is in contrast to the following proposition that denies.
	
Reason for choice: 
•	Different culture meeting;
•	Different relation with technology;
		
Analysis:
In this quote the reader can understand the relation to technology of the two cultures. Indeed Changez looks surprised to hear the ring of his interlocutor’s phone. From his elements we should understand that Americans are more technologically that Pakistani.		
Possible conclusion:
The use of tenses in the two languages informs the reader different situations. Even the use of the names and style nominal (as regards the English language) moves the meaning of other apsetti ripsetto the Italian language.
		
Quotations
Original version	Quotations
Italian translation	Comparative analysis	
“I did not see Erica again that year. Thanksgiving soon gave way to the chill of December, and every week – every day – I thought of calling her but prevented myself from doing so. Her mother had, of course, asked me to resist, and I suspect I thought, given the catastrophic progress of our relationship thus far, that imposing myself on her interior struggle would only do her harm.”	“Quell’anno non la rividi più. Il Giorno del Ringraziamento trascorse lasciando il posto al gelo di dicembre, e ogni settimana, ogni giorno, pensavo di chiamarla, ma poi rinunciavo. La madre mi aveva chiesto di resistere alla tentazione e probabilmente pensavo, dato il catastrofico iter del nostro rapporto, che imponendole la mia presenza non le avrei fatto che del male.”	•	In the Italian version of the character Erica is cited by avoiding the pronunciation of his name. The original reader's attention was focused on his absence; Instead translation is focused on the narrator and his situation.
•	The same depersonalization is also made with respect to the mother is not the mother of Erica but the mother figure in general, for which we give respect.
•	The simple relationship between the two becomes a process, a term that refers to the statutory language and then retracts the statement from the sentimental sphere.	
Reason for choice: 
•	Different culture meeting;
•	Meeting between different genders;
•	Different economic system;
		
Analysis:
From this quote the reader understand the Changez’s internal conflict. Indeed Changez is undecided to call, or not to call Erica. In fact following his feelings, Changez wants to call her, but rationally changez knows that call her it would be like to hurt.		
Possible conclusion:
The use of tenses in the two languages informs the reader different situations. Even the use of the names and style nominal (as regards the English language) moves the meaning of other apsetti ripsetto the Italian language.		
CHAPTER 9	
Quotations
Original version	Quotations
Italian translation	Comparative analysis	
“I wondered how I could ever have been so ungenerous – and so blind – to have thought otherwise, and I was disturbed by what this implied about myself: that I was a man lacking in substance and hence easily influenced by even a short sojourn in the company of others.”	“Mi domandai come potevo essere stato tanto ingeneroso, e tanto cieco, da aver pensato altrimenti, ed ero turbato da quello che ciò sottintendeva: che ero un uomo così inconsistente da lasciarmi influenzare da un breve soggiorno all’estero.”	•	The change in the original is said to be caused by the company of "others", people from different cultures; translation in Italian is the cause of the different environment in which the main character is experiencing. The focus has shifted from the individual to the place, the personality context.
•	Reasoning about himself in the original is seen as a consequence of what was said above, in translation is the fact already included in the previous conclusion in which the protagonist goes without reflection: the process becomes less important and only the result counts.	
Reason for choice: 
•	Different way to observe the reality;
•	Different culture meeting;
•	Autocriticism;
		
Analysis:
This quote emphasizes the Changez’s self-criticism. In fact, the reality seen and analyzed by Changez was influenced by his experience.		
Possible conclusion
The use of tenses in the two languages informs the reader different situations. Even the use of the names and style nominal (as regards the English language) moves the meaning of other apsetti ripsetto the Italian language.		
Quotations
Original version	Quotations
Italian translation	Comparative analysis	
“I wonder how it was that America was able to wreak such havoc in the world – orchestrating an entire war in Afghanistan, say, and legitimizing through its actions in the invasion of weaker states by more powerful ones, which India was now proposing to do to Pakistan – with so few apparent consequences at home.”	“Mi chiedevo come gli Stati Uniti potesse creare un tale scempio nel mondo – orchestrare un’intera guerra in Afghanistan, ad esempio, e legittimare con le proprie azioni l’invasione di stati più deboli da parte di altri più potenti, cioè quello che l’India si proponeva di fare col Pakistan – con apparentemente così poche ripercussioni in patria.”	•	The relationship between India and Pakistan in the English version is completely decided by India, in the Italian translation of the conjunction "with" expected, although some minimal action by Pakistan.
•	America is called "home" and the original "homeland" in the translation. This transition involves a shift in the point of view of the personal / emotional to the socio-political, removing the reflection of the narrator from the protagonist himself and making it more objective.
	
Reason for choice: 
•	Different culture meeting;
•	Different military system;
•	Different military approach;
		
Analysis:
Changez is wonders himself how American was able to wreak such havoc in the world. Thanks this quote the reader can understand the different culture between America and Pakistan, and also can understand Changez’s thought. Indeed from speaking voice’s speech the reader understand that Changez is against the war.		
Possible conclusion:
The use of tenses in the two languages informs the reader different situations. Even the use of the names and style nominal (as regards the English language) moves the meaning of other apsetti ripsetto the Italian language.		
Quotations
Original version	Quotations
Italian translation	Comparative analysis	
“But I worried. I felt powerless; I was angry at our weakness, at our vulnerability to intimidation of this sort form our – admittedly much larger – neighbour to the east.”	“Io però ero preoccupato. Mi sentivo impotente; ero arrabbiato per la nostra debolezza, per la nostra vulnerabilità alle intimazioni da parte del nostro – molto più grosso, devo ammetterlo – vicino orientale.”	•	In both cases, the repetition of the possessive in the first person plural point of view focuses the reader on the personal relationship between the narrator and the facts that tells.
•	The adverb "admittedly" becomes a verbal composition to the first, more direct and incisive on the reader and connecting more with the view expressed in the character that expresses.	
Reason for choice: 
•	Different culture meeting;
•	Human preoccupation after an accident;
•	Criticism with his culture and admiration in American culture;
		
Analysis:
From his quote the reader can understand the Changez’s admiration in the American culture. Indeed his fears suggest to the reader the idea of envy and admiration in the American system, since they are not the attacked but those who attack.		
Possible conclusion:
The use of tenses in the two languages informs the reader different situations. Even the use of the names and style nominal (as regards the English language) moves the meaning of other apsetti ripsetto the Italian language.		
Quotations
Original version	Quotations
Italian translation	Comparative analysis	
“It is remarkable, given its physical insignificance – it is only a hairstyle, after all – the impact a beard worn by a man of my complexion has on your fellow countrymen.”	“È incredibile, data la sua insignificanza – dopotutto è un modo di acconciarsi come un altro -, l’impatto che ha sui vostri compatrioti una barba esibita da un uomo con la mia carnagione.”	•	The physical nature of the physical character of having a beard is completely abandoned in the translation. The American version states that wearing a beard to be significant only in terms of physical and therefore it is not from the symbolic point of view, the Italian version of the considered insignificant from all points of view.
•	The last part of the sentence, after the words, it is placed in the translation, with a syntactic opposite of the original: in this way the reader's attention is shifted from the characteristics of those who cause a stir identity of the persons prove it.
	
Reason for choice: 
•	Different culture meeting;
•	Different way of dressing;		
Analysis:
This quote helps us understand the difference between American culture and the Pakistani. In fact, the mere fact that Changez ports beard, combined with the color of his skin, is seen by American culture as something different. This emphasizes the stereotypes of society.		
Possible conclusion:
The use of tenses in the two languages informs the reader different situations. Even the use of the names and style nominal (as regards the English language) moves the meaning of other apsetti ripsetto the Italian language.		
Quotations
Original version	Quotations
Italian translation	Comparative analysis	
“I thought she looked like someone who was about to complete the month of fasting and had been too consumed by prayer and reading of the holy book to give sufficient thought to the nightly meal, but I did not say so.”	“Io invece pensavo che lei sembrava una anche fosse sul punto di terminare il mese di digiuno, troppo consumata dalla preghiera e dalla lettura del libro sacro per darsi pensiero del pasto serale, ma non lo dissi.”	•	The connective "instead of" did not match the original, this is because the translated version is assumed to establish a comparison between the protagonist and Erica; while the original only provides a description of what you think the narrator. Failure to declare such thoughts is highlighted more strongly in the original in the translated version, thanks alliteration of the consonant "s" ("say so").	
Reason for choice: 
•	Different culture meeting;
•	Different religion meeting;
•	Religious fundamental;		
Analysis:
In this quote the reader encounters into the  Islamic fundamenltal. Indeed the imagine that the narrator proposed to the reader is an imagine of a women that pray. However,the way in which you communicated this scene, it makes sense to the reader as a kind of mockery by Changez. This makes it clear to the reader that Changez, although Islamic does not follow to the letter all the fundamentals of his religion, being thus a Reluctant Fundamentalist.		
Possible conclusion:The use of tenses in the two languages informs the reader different situations. Even the use of the names and style nominal (as regards the English language) moves the meaning of other apsetti ripsetto the Italian language.