"Lei è una donna di carattere forte."
Translation:She is a woman of strong character.
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I think 'of strong character' has a more moral connotation. 'Strong willed' is more like stubborn.
Not in my understanding of English. "strong character" means just that, strong, foreful. Hence it can sometimes be said with a certain ironic wink without wanting to explicitly say anything bad (which she might punish you for if she gets to hear about it!) - ie - she is strong, forceful, knows how to get her own way. Be careful. I think maybe you are thinking of the public school concept of character which does have a moral aspect. But it doesn't generally. No, I'm not in favour of public schools ..
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I think your sentence is correct, but not as idiomatic as 'of strong character'. You could certainly say, "She has a strong character." :)
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I think the following should be accepted also: She is a woman with strong character.
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dnovinc: 'strong-willed' and 'strong character' aren't the same. Strong-willed could imply stubborn, ambitious, type-A personality, used to having her own way, whereas strong character has an ethical or moral dimension to it. Nothing wrong with either, I just think they're different.
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Yes but that wouldn't be a literal translation, and since duolingo is programmed like a computer, they don't accept looser translations/equivalents
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In one of the Spanish discussion feed I learnt the difference of the word "strong" comes before the noun means she is strong mentally, while coming after it means she is strong physically. So here comes the question: is it the same in Italian? Or only BAGS comes before the noun, no matter what?
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Lei è una donna forte e indipendente che non ha bisogno di uomo.
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No. It would make someone think you're referring to an actress or character actor/actress. Now you could say I think as an alternative: She is a strong woman of character, though I admit that would shift placement of the adjective from character to woman.
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Italian apparently makes a distinction between una donna (woman) and una signora (lady). I personally don't see much of a difference in this context, since in english we use both for 'female'.
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Just wondering, could "il carattere" be translated as "character" just as in the type of person you are, or also as in a cartoon character?
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"She is a strong character woman "..as far as I know , is a right way to say..
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If you expressed it that way you'd be understood fine, but it's not what a native speaker would say. It sounds very awkward and unnatural. Duo has it right.
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It's not proper English - you're treating a noun 'character' as an adjective. You're making it sound as though she's a very good character-actor for example, which would combine the two into a single compound noun, but it doesn't work with 'character woman.'
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Antonio: No, it would sound as though she were an actress who played the part of certain character types. See my comment to Salva above.
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What does Duolingo want to teach us? Once it is translated correctly in a lesson "Lei è una donna di carattere forte." as "She is a woman with a strong character." and sometimes it is wrong and has to be translated without "a". This is annoying and makes uncertain.
