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147 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

Italian > English

Subject:

Other

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

giornata materiale

Context:

Così, passarono ventun giorni. Non sapevo più le date. Non mi interessavano neppure. Avevo

Keywords:

...organizzato la mia giornata materiale tra le pulizie e la lettura dei libri della biblioteca circolante del carcere.

 

 

The answer of Guillermina Rivas  See profile was rated best

The term "materiale" is sometimes used in an intensifying sense and isn't usually translated. An approximation could be "my actual day". Still, I think you should simply translate it as "my day" to make it sound more natural.

My comment:

The term