Domicilio vs residenza (2025)

Ciao a tutti!
Questo è il mio primo topic: scrivo per chiedervi se in inglese si fa differenza fra domicilio e residenza.
Mi spiego meglio: sto traducendo il mio curriculum e non so come specificare queste due voci, ho già guardato nei vecchi thread ma non ho trovato una risposta certa. Forse sarebbe consigliabile parlare di main address e other address?
Vi ringrazio molto!

M.

YellowM said:

Ciao a tutti!
Questo è il mio primo topic: scrivo per chiedervi se in inglese si fa differenza fra domicilio e residenza.
Mi spiego meglio: sto traducendo il mio curriculum e non so come specificare queste due voci, ho già guardato nei vecchi thread ma non ho trovato una risposta certa. Forse sarebbe consigliabile parlare di main address e other address?
Vi ringrazio molto!

M.

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Ciao YellowM,

benvenuto. In realtà credo che esistano due espressioni diverse che sono
domicile e place of residence.
Non sono sicuro che corrispondano esattamente al nostro domicilio e residenza, per cui aspetta comunque qualche madrelingua.
Ciao

Puoi spiegare la differenza tra "domicilio" e "residenza"?

Quando ero una studentessa, avevo "current address" (il mio indirizzo all'università) e "permanent address" (la casa dei miei genitori) sul mio CV. Forse questo è similare?

That's it Elain! Grazie mille, credo che la tua proposta sia quella che faccia al caso mio! Il fatto è che abito a Milano, ma sono originario del centro e sono ancora registrato nel comune dove ho vissuto fino al 1999, dove abitano i miei e dove torno a votare.

Vi ringrazio molto, Elain e Saoul

M.

Ciao a tutti,

riapro il thread e chiedo l'ennesimo chiarimento riguardo alla differenza tra residenza e domicilio quando questi termini devono essere tradotti in inglese.

Fermo restando che in un contesto neutro (non troppo formale, non troppo colloquiale, in un curriculum vitae o in una lettera di presentazione per esempio) sia possibile distinguerli rispettivamente utilizzando permanent address and current address, mi chiedevo se, in un contesto molto formale (per esempio un contratto), fosse possibile usare residence e domicile. Io li ho trovati usati nell'Official Journal of the European Union ("... establishes his residence in the territory of a Member State other than his Member State of domicile..."), quindi direi di sì, ma mi piacerebbe sapere cosa pensano i madrelingua di questo uso.

Grazie e buon proseguimento.

V.

In a very formal contet, I suppose "domicile" would do. But I'd more likely refer to "permanent address"/"legal residence" and "current address / temporary address". ("Current address" implies that it is not permanent).

I actually have a legal residence (for voting purposes only), that is not my actual (permanent) place of residence (nor my current address), but this is unusual.

Ciao Valerio!

Ovviamente non sono un madrelingua ma ho visto che nei form per candidarsi ad un impiego usano (address of ) domicile e (address of ) residence.

Vediamo che dicono i compari "madrelingui"!

Edit: Ecco che Curio ci ha tolto dai problemi!!

Thanks to both of you. (Ciao giginho! )

As a matter of fact, domicile seems to be used far more often than residence, even in official documents. At the end of the day, I guess I'll stick to the pair "domicile" and "permanent address".

In Italy we can "eleggere domicilio" also for a single particular business or legal purpose. If this is the case also in the English speaking world, I wonder how you say this. E.g. for all that may concern any relevant communication in this matter, the company (declares domicile?) in... (as usual bear with me for the bad English, please ). Is this a technical use in which the word domicile may be appropriate?.

A typical example of this is the domicilio fiscale. You can declare an address different from the corporate/residential address, where you want the taxman to find you. This is very common for an organization/corporate company, while only possible under strict conditions for a phisycal person.

chipulukusu said:

In Italy we can "eleggere domicilio" also for a single particular business or legal purpose. If this is the case also in the English speaking world, I wonder how you say this. E.g. for all that may concern any relevant communication in this matter, the company (declares domicile?) in... (as usual bear with me for the bad English, please ). Is this a technical use in which the word domicile may be appropriate?.

A typical example of this is the domicilio fiscale. You can declare an address different from the corporate/residential address, where you want the taxman to find you. This is very common for an organization/corporate company, while only possible under strict conditions for a phisycal person.

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That would be "legal residence" or "legal residence for tax purposes".

curiosone said:

That would be "legal residence" or "legal residence for tax purposes".

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Thank you a lot, it was more immediate than I thought!

Agreed that the systems are different, but adults (at least in the U.S.) do have to register to vote, and while there's isn't an "anagraphe" in the Italian sense, if you no longer live at the address you claimed as your residence (and/or your family no longer resides there), you can be "purged" from the list of registered voters in that precinct (and have to re-register). If you move (to a different precinct or state) you can re-register to vote where you live (the alternative option is to return "home" to vote, or to vote by absentee ballot).

While the process of voting by absentee ballot has been simplified in the last 20 years, remaining registered (and therefore allowed to vote) can become a problem for voters living overseas, as (for voting purposes only) their "legal residence" is their last address on U.S. soil. So "residence" is more a national (than local) question, and in fact every time you enter the United States, you have to declare your residence.

Wisden said:

Hence an English lady with no property in the UK who moved to Italy in her twenties and has spent ten years there, would normally be regarded as "habitually resident" in Italy, but "domiciled" in the UK, unless she made a very deliberate show of wishing to break all links with the UK.

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That's me, except that I've been here for 35 years!

I'm 'residente' in Italy (although not as a foreigner, as I hold Italian citizenship as well) and my 'residenza' (permanent address) is the same as my 'domicilio' (temporary address).

london calling said:

That's me, except that I've been here for 35 years!

I'm 'residente' in Italy (although not as a foreigner, as I hold Italian citizenship as well) and my 'residenza' (permanent address) is the same as my 'domicilio' (temporary address).

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This page might be of interest Defining domicile
I would avoid the use of the word "domicile" on the whole in translations, given the complexities of the concept.
I imagine that in your case the "domicile" under UK law would be italy as a "domicile of choice".

Wisden said:

This page might be of interest Defining domicile
I would avoid the use of the word "domicile" on the whole in translations, given the complexities of the concept.
I imagine that in your case the "domicile" under UK law would be italy as a "domicile of choice".

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I imagine so: I haven't paid tax in the UK for years.