Sinealba
11-12-2008, 15:05
Hi, I'm French, and I'm working on a translation from an American magazine dealing with housing in Florida.
This is a sentence about Habitat for Humanity, a non-for-profit which builds home for low-income families:
Sam Durso, a retired dermatologist who runs the Collier County, Fla., Habitat affiliate, which includes Tony Naples, says the local housing crisis has prompted "a dramatic shift" in his approach.
There are no previous mentions to Tony Naples anywhere in the article.
When I look up "Tony Naples" in Google, I come across a realtor based in Fort Lauderdale, FL. I also find "tony Naples", apparently as a place. In this case "tony" would mean "fashionable", "wealthy", I'm guessing.
If it is a place, or a person, does the name have a specific kind of connotation? Like a wealthy neighbourhood, or the opposite?
Would an American (or Florida) reader smile knowingly reading the name "Tony Naples"?
Thank you! Happy holidays!
This is a sentence about Habitat for Humanity, a non-for-profit which builds home for low-income families:
Sam Durso, a retired dermatologist who runs the Collier County, Fla., Habitat affiliate, which includes Tony Naples, says the local housing crisis has prompted "a dramatic shift" in his approach.
There are no previous mentions to Tony Naples anywhere in the article.
When I look up "Tony Naples" in Google, I come across a realtor based in Fort Lauderdale, FL. I also find "tony Naples", apparently as a place. In this case "tony" would mean "fashionable", "wealthy", I'm guessing.
If it is a place, or a person, does the name have a specific kind of connotation? Like a wealthy neighbourhood, or the opposite?
Would an American (or Florida) reader smile knowingly reading the name "Tony Naples"?
Thank you! Happy holidays!