#1A tribute from Venice, Italy —
Bruno Crevato-Selvaggi2022-09-30 18:15
Scroll for English. Io sono un veneziano studioso di storia di Venezia. Organizzo ogni anno un convegno internazionale dedicato allo Stato da mar veneziano. Non conoscevo Diana di persona, ma solo bibliograficamente e mi erano piaciuti i suoi lavori. Perciò, per il convegno del 2018 la invitai Diana a partecipare con una sua relazione. Lei accettò con entusiasmo; io le mandai il biglietto aereo e lei mi rispose “I am so pleased to have a ticket to Venice. I had thought it very unlikely that I would ever get to go again, and I am excited.”. Poi purtroppo non poté venire: a causa del suo "chronic pain and extensive arthritis". Era molto imbarazzata e non sapeva come scusarsi. Mi mandò il paper per la pubblicazione negli Atti, io lo misi a posto e lei mi scrisse: “I think you have done a splendid job of a clumsy paper”. Io stavo lavorando al nuovo sito del mio progetto sullo Stato da mar e le chiesi aiuto per alcune traduzioni dall’italiano (che lei capiva) all’inglese. Tradusse sempre tutto volentieri, e la ringrazio ancora di ciò. A febbraio 2023 sarà pronto il nuovo sito (in italiano e in inglese) e lei sarà fra i collaboratori. Non ho mai conosciuto Diana di persona, ma abbiamo avuti un cordiale rapporto di collaborazione, e la ricordo con affetto. I am a Venetian scholar, studying the history of Venice. Every year I organize an international conference on the Venetian Stato da mar. I never met Diana in person, only through her works, which I really enjoyed. Therefore, I invited Diana to participate to the 2018 conference with a paper of her own. She eagerly accepted. I sent her the airline ticket and she replied, “I am so pleased to have a ticket to Venice. I had thought it very unlikely that I would ever get to go again, and I am excited.” Then unfortunately she could not come due to her “chronic pain and extensive arthritis”. She was very embarrassed and did not know how to apologize. She sent me the paper to be published in the Proceedings. I edited it, and she wrote to me, “I think you have done a splendid job of a clumsy paper.” As I was working on the new site for my project on the Stato da mar, I asked for her help with some translations from Italian (which she understood) to English. She would always be pleased to translate everything, and I still thank her for that. The new website (both Italian and English versions) will be ready on February 2023: she will be among the contributors. I never met Diana in person, but I was glad to work with her, and I remember her fondly.
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Io sono un veneziano studioso di storia di Venezia. Organizzo ogni anno un convegno internazionale dedicato allo Stato da mar veneziano. Non conoscevo Diana di persona, ma solo bibliograficame nte e mi erano piaciuti i suoi lavori. Perciò, per il convegno del 2018 la invitai Diana a partecipare con una sua relazione. Lei accettò con entusiasmo; io le mandai il biglietto aereo e lei mi rispose “I am so pleased to have a ticket to Venice. I had thought it very unlikely that I would ever get to go again, and I am excited.”. Poi purtroppo non poté venire: a causa del suo "chronic pain and extensive arthritis". Era molto imbarazzata e non sapeva come scusarsi. Mi mandò il paper per la pubblicazione negli Atti, io lo misi a posto e lei mi scrisse: “I think you have done a splendid job of a clumsy paper”. Io stavo lavorando al nuovo sito del mio progetto sullo Stato da mar e le chiesi aiuto per alcune traduzioni dall’italiano (che lei capiva) all’inglese. Tradusse sempre tutto volentieri, e la ringrazio ancora di ciò. A febbraio 2023 sarà pronto il nuovo sito (in italiano e in inglese) e lei sarà fra i collaboratori. Non ho mai conosciuto Diana di persona, ma abbiamo avuti un cordiale rapporto di collaborazione, e la ricordo con affetto.
I am a Venetian scholar, studying the history of Venice. Every year I organize an international conference on the Venetian Stato da mar. I never met Diana in person, only through her works, which I really enjoyed. Therefore, I invited Diana to participate to the 2018 conference with a paper of her own. She eagerly accepted. I sent her the airline ticket and she replied, “I am so pleased to have a ticket to Venice. I had thought it very unlikely that I would ever get to go again, and I am excited.” Then unfortunately she could not come due to her “chronic pain and extensive arthritis”. She was very embarrassed and did not know how to apologize. She sent me the paper to be published in the Proceedings. I edited it, and she wrote to me, “I think you have done a splendid job of a clumsy paper.” As I was working on the new site for my project on the Stato da mar, I asked for her help with some translations from Italian (which she understood) to English. She would always be pleased to translate everything, and I still thank her for that. The new website (both Italian and English versions) will be ready on February 2023: she will be among the contributors. I never met Diana in person, but I was glad to work with her, and I remember her fondly.