"Io sono figlia dei miei genitori."

Translation: I am my parents' daughter.

[Armusj]

Why "the daughter" instead of "daughter" in translation of "figlia" in the given sentence, since "Io sono figlia......." does not indicate any use of article of any sort?

[olefattguy]

Because the languages are different.

[mbisson]

Not helpful. I presume Armusj is simply looking for a kind of rule to apply in a more generic sense.

To answer the question, I believe "la" is omitted because the sentence is more intended to be "I am my parents' daughter" as opposed to "I am the daughter of my parents." I don't believe there's any problem if the sentence is constructed with "la figlia..."

[jeslam1]

I am daughter of my parents??

[siebolt]

Sure.

[chris.stan2]

I hadnt been taught genitori yet... I went with "of my generation"

[jasclef]

Did anyone else see an odd translation of "figlia"? It was really long and started with "(I) cub, he/she/it cub..." until way at the bottom it said "child" ... should I report that?