Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
Direttore d'orchestra
English translation:
Orchestra conductor
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2014-09-19 17:54:14 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Sep 15, 2014 22:30
9 yrs ago
Italian term
Germany
Direttore d'orchestra
Non-PRO
Italian to English
Other
Music
I always used "conductor" for "orchestraa conductor". I have been told lately that the precise terminology would be "music conductor".
In an official website would it be more appropriate "music conductor", "orchestra conductor" or just "conductor"?
thank you
In an official website would it be more appropriate "music conductor", "orchestra conductor" or just "conductor"?
thank you
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +7 | conductor |
David Hollywood
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| 4 -1 | Musical director |
Catherine Hess
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Change log
Sep 16, 2014 02:28: philgoddard changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Other" , "Field (specific)" from "Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting" to "Music"
Proposed translations
+7
20 mins
David Hollywood
Native in English
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
Selected
conductor
I would just go with "conductor"
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Note added at 22 mins (2014-09-15 22:53:01 GMT)
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might depend on what goes before ... if an orchestra is mentioned, it's implicit and "conductor" would be ok ... otherwise "orchestra conductor"
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Note added at 33 mins (2014-09-15 23:03:21 GMT)
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but it DOES depend on your overall context
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Note added at 22 mins (2014-09-15 22:53:01 GMT)
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might depend on what goes before ... if an orchestra is mentioned, it's implicit and "conductor" would be ok ... otherwise "orchestra conductor"
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Note added at 33 mins (2014-09-15 23:03:21 GMT)
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but it DOES depend on your overall context
Note from asker:
| Thank you a lot!! |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Yes, I agree. If there is no context, though, I think it would be preferable "orchestra conductor". (and not "music conductor")"
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16 hrs
Catherine Hess
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Italian to English Translations
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Italian to English
Musical director
If you are talking about the role a person plays in a symphony orchestra, I think "conductor" would be best. I wanted to put out there, though, that if you are referring to someone who conducts a smaller theater orchestra, the job title will often be "musical director."
Example sentence:
The musical director asked the musicians to come in for an extra rehearsal of the songs from Act II.
Note from asker:
| Thank you, ChessiePique! I might agree with ChananZass as well, though, about "musical (or music) director" |
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
ChananZass
: Musical director = direttore musicale (nothing to do with conductor)
46 mins
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