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terms marked with ^† are often without further comment. They come from the experience of people who have translated large tracts of Salesian literature, e.g. Fr Borgatelli’s translation of the Memorie Biografiche. In other words most of these terms are dated ones, found only or mainly in older Salesian texts. To view terms in context, click on the text indicator below the term (not all terms have one as yet). Use the 'find' facility in Notepad or other to find the precise location of the term in context Return to Finding Your Way
obbedienza DBscritti.txt - Se voi eseguirete l 'obbedienza nel modo suindicato io vi posso accertare in nome del Return to top	IT	obedience 聽命服從	EN-EN ZH	Long before DB used this word in terms of a religious vow, he was using it in the context of the early Oratory for his boys.	Return to Index The vow of obedience comes first in Don Bosco's enumeration of the 3 vows. It has pride of place in the Dream of the Ten Diamonds. "In the Congregation", Don Bosco said "obedience is everything".
oculatezza 290vigano.txt - tipici si perda né si offuschi, è un impegno che richiede sintonia con il carisma del Fondatore e 0oculatezza verso	IT	caution, having a careful eye for.. 謹慎小心	EN-EN ZH	The Italian term is in general use in the sense of ‘caution.’	It is a word that was in use among Salesians to express a practical quality of the Preventive System and Salesian assistance in addition to its more general meaning
ONLUS	IT	ONLUS	IT	The term is an acronym. In English it means non-profit organizations for social benefit. It brings together such organizations registered under Italian law.	An acronym and therefore not translated. The Don Bosco in the World Foundation belongs to ONLUS. The term can be on lower case, except for the first letter: Onlus.
onomastico Cg20-6.txt - ..onomastico, il 24 giugno 1870, per esprimergli la loro riconoscenza.	IT	name day	EN-EN	In most English-speaking countries the person’s birthday is celebrated. In Italy and other Catholic countries (or formerly so) the name day or day of the Saint one is named after is celebrated.
opera (noun form) POI it.txt - Ridefinire per ogni presenza un rapporto tra comunità ed opera che renda possibile ad ogni Return to top	IT	work, setting 事業	EN-EN ZH	Would not always be glossed as work. Occasionally as setting. Avoid presence	Return to Index
operativo Cg23.txt - Ispettorie; un orientamento operativo per la nostra presenza in Africa;	IT	working, practical 有效的可行的	EN-EN ZH	As in modello operativo. direzioni operativi orientamenti operativi (working guidelines) etc.
oratoriano RFcap03..txt - – lo stile specifico dell’animazione e il criterio oratoriano applicato nelle diverse opere e	IT	oratorian 慶禮院學生	EN-EN ZH	In Salesian circles it will refer to the characteristic style of the Oratory or to a person who attends one. But cf. also criterio oratoriano and cuore oratoriano
oratorio Dbletrom.txt - distrazione, mi parve che mi si presentassero innanzi due degli antichi giovani dell'536Oratorio.	IT	oratory 祈禱院慶禮院	EN-EN ZH	Would most usually be capitalised. Central and founding concept in Salesian experience – the place (Valdocco), the people (DB and the boys), the actions (education), the system (preventive) etc.	The best description we have of the term is to be found in GC21 nos. 121ff. The discussion notes that Oratroy and Youth Centre indicate different realities in different areas, but both coming from the same pedagogical intuition and spirit. It notes that the two terms are somewhat imprecise even in normative texts. GC21 however, offers its definitions: Oratory is aimed at younger children (ragazzi), is for the most part open to the masses with aims and methods that are appropriate to this. By contrast the Youth Centre is open to older youth...
Oratorio festivo Dbmosf.txt -12° La festa dell'Immacolata Concezione e il principio dell'Oratorio festivo	IT	Festive Oratory 慶禮院	EN-EN ZH	The concept is difficult to translate into more modern secularised societies where not so many religious festivals are celebrated. But it implies non working days, weekends, long weekends and the like. In fact DB took up a term already in existence - the Oratory and the festive oratory already existed, so what was the distinctive notion that DB added? It was the fact that in an Italian parish context, the festive oratory was mainly for prayer, and mainly just for an hour or two in the morning or afternoon. DB made it play and prayer, and open from early morning to late evening!	Return to Index His oratory, then, became truly festive as well as being on Sundays and feastdays, the real meaning of festivo in Italian. The daily oratory was actually a slightly later 'invention'.
orfanel/orfaneij Return to top	IT-PIE	orphan	EN-EN	cf comment on orfano below
orfano, orfanello Dbmosf.txt - La buona donna aiutata dall'orfanello uscì fuori[,] raccolse alcuni pezzi di mattoni, e con essi fece in cucina	IT	orphan	EN-EN	We might have expected Don Bosco to use this term more often. Instead he uses it but once in MO where he describes the first boy he took in (from the Val Sesia) at the Oratory.	Cf. comment by N Cerrato on DB's use of Piedmontese 'fieuj' which comes into Italian often as ragazzi or giovani but carries the sense of orfani/orfanelli. These latter exist in Piedmontese but are less likely in conversation
organico CG25comunità1.txt - un lavoro progettuale unitario e organico?	IT	organic, whole, overall 有系統的	EN-EN ZH	In many instances this adjective may not need to be translated and certainly would be best glossed with a term other than organic. Possible other terms are structured, planned, integral	In the context of POI or Progetto Organico Ispettoriale, avoid organic and either gloss simply as Province Project or Plan, or overall plan. There is an historical reason too why the term organic can be misleading. Cf. deliberations of a Chapter.
organismi ispettoriali	IT	province organising groups or bodies 會省架構	EN-EN ZH	Avoid organisms	Return to Index
ospizio Cg23.txt - Agli organismi ispettoriali spetterà promuovere iniziative per qualificare Return to top	IT	boarding establishment 收容所	EN-EN ZH	DB opened his first such place in 1847 just two years after settling into the permanent location for the Oratory. It was an annex to the Oratory but eventually came to be the basis of the development of the collegio	Note that the ospizio is a boarding institution but the term usually implied for underprivileged children. DB himself employed the term to indicate to others what sort of children he was looking after.