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The process of teaching translation of Italian lyric texts to opera singers is influenced both by linguistic factors - quality of the scores and orthographical varieties, specific vocabulary, obsolete grammar, poetic word order, unknown context - and by the accessibility and the range of translation tools. The aim of this paper is to analyse the tools used for translation of operatic language. The results are based on research conducted at the Conservatory of Pilsen, Czech Republic, and it includes analysis of a student questionnaire and comparison of the data with previous research. Samples of Italian texts and translations in other languages used for pedagogical translation are included. The paper also discusses limitations of the online dictionnaries commonly used by the students which should be taken into account in the teaching process.

Keywords: pedagogical translation, online dictionaries, Italian, operatic language, lyric texts.

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