Norma e prassi nella traduzione dall’italiano in francese: il caso del gerundio

Contrarily to Podeur (2002) who prescribes not to use gérondif as it would be rare in oral speech and in written form, empirical data analysis shows evidence of different strategies for French traductors: maintenance, lost and insertion. We will criticize Podeur’s (2002) esthetical prejudices and propose an usage-based description how Italian gerund can be translated in French.