Italian speakers, Italian dialogue from The Godfather?

The language they are speaking is Sicilian, not Italian. Sicilian cannot simply be reduced as a dialect of Italian; it is a separate Romance language.

This is a youtube clip of the video that has translations in English at the top and the original Sicilian at the bottom:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ymoGJsaSS6c

Some tips for pronouncing Sicilian:

--Double D's (dd) are pronounced like the English D, not an Italian one.

--CH is always pronounced like the C in 'car,' as in Italian

--C before E or I makes the CH sound like in 'cheese' (Remember: ciao sounds like chow)

--GH is always like the G in 'grape'

--G before E and I makes the J sound as in 'jam'

--The vowels are:

----A: the A in fAther

----E: the E in bEd

----I: the I in machine

----O: the O in pOst

----U: the OO in cOOl

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Italian speakers, Italian dialogue from The Godfather?

I'm in an acting class where I have to perform a scene from a movie or play and I want to do one with some foreign dialogue. I particularly wanted to do the scene in the restraunt with Michael, Sollozo, and McCluskey. I don't speak Italian but I can fake it if I have the dialogue written...

Godfather 2 Script

That's hard even 4 me.

I've understood a few words.

Solozzo: I'm going to speak Italian to Mikey.

other man: go ahead.

S:mi dispiace(I am sorry)

tu devi sapere che quello che è successo tra me e tuo padre.

io ho un grosso rispetto per tuo padre ma tuo padre pensa all'antica.

tu non puoi capire che io sono un uomo d'onore.

M:queste cose le so,

S:le sai?

io voglio la pace e lasciano stare tutte queste ca.zzate.

M:come si dice...?

It's not all clear, but Sollozzo is telling Michael that Don Vito's time is finished and it's time for Michael and he (Sollozzo) to start a new business and also asks Michael to forget his family and Santino.

Bene sia