Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
HAND-TO-MOUTH TRANSMISSION
Italian translation:
TRASMISSIONE MANI-BOCCA
English term
United States
Italian Medical Interpreter & Translator
Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English
HAND-TO-MOUTH TRANSMISSION
This is Naomi again! I am translating a web news article from BCC.
Title : Can Wearing Masks Stop the Spread of Viruses?
this is the context :
"Using them to prevent infection is popular in many countries around the world .
Virologists are sceptical about their effectiveness against airborne viruses.
But there is some evidence to suggest the masks can help prevent hand-to-mouth transmissions.
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But they could help lower the risk of contracting a virus through the "splash" from a sneeze or a cough and provide some protection against hand-to-mouth transmissions."
My dilemma is how to render in italian the expression "hand-to-mouth transmission".
From the context I understand what they mean but how would you render it in a clear and concise way in Italian?
Grazie mille!
Naomi H.
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Proposed translations
Italy
Always Very Accurate, 27 years tra. exp.
Native in: Italian (Variants: Tuscan / Toscano, Roman / Romanesco, Florentine, Standard-Italy) , Japanese
Works in: English to Japanese, Japanese to English, Italian to Japanese, and 9 more.
TRASMISSIONE MANI-BOCCA
dopodiché... sì, "dalle mani alla bocca" è molto chiaro,
ma
qui ci stanno chiedendo di essere anche concisi, oltre che chiari;
e TRASMISSIONE MANI-BOCCA è sia chiaro, sia conciso.
Indossare una mascherina può aiutare a prevenire la trasmissione mani-bocca: il virus si fa strada nell'organismo attraverso le mucose, e ognuno di noi si tocca la faccia in media 23 volte all'ora. = https://www.focus.it/scienza/salute/coronavirus-virus
Secondo le informazioni disponibili al momento, il Coronavirus potrebbe essere trasmesso da uomo a uomo attraverso gocce provenienti da tosse e starnuti e dal contatto ravvicinato (meno di un metro) con chi presenta i sintomi. Indossare una mascherina nel
https://www.focus.it/scienza/salute/coronavirus-virus-cina-mascherine-bloccano-la-trasmissione
https://tg24.sky.it/salute-e-benessere/2020/01/29/coronavirus-mascherine#03
| grazie ! Naomi H. |
| Thank you for the references! I could not find them myself! very helpful. I agree with your rendering. Naomi H. |
Italy
Master's Degree in Psychology
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, German to Italian, Italian
trasmissione mano-bocca
| Grazie!! Naomi H. |
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dandamesh
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Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner, M.A.
BDÜ Law Marketing Med Techn - since 1990
Native in: Italian
Works in: German to Italian, English to Italian, French to Italian, and 11 more.
trasmissione (dei coronavirus) dalle mani alla bocca
[ can help prevent hand-to-mouth transmissions ]
COVID-19, la malattia da nuovo coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)
Le modalità di trasmissione interumana dei coronavirus sono: ... con la stretta di mano e toccando con le mani contaminate le mucose di bocca, naso e occhi.
https://www.damianogalimberti.it/blog/covid-19-la-malattia-d...
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Note added at 8 mins (2023-01-09 18:15:02 GMT)
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trasmissione (del coronavirus) dalle mani alla bocca
| Grazie! Naomi H. |
Italy
TRANSLATOR & SUBTITLER EN/FR>IT
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian, Italian to English, and 6 more.
Trasmissione mani-bocca
Evitare la trasmissione mani-bocca
| thanks a lot! Naomi H. |
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