| Subject | English | Italian |
| law | master copy | testo di riferimento |
| commun. | master copy | copia principale |
| gen. | master copy | originale (An original document, recording, film, etc., from which copies can be made) |
| comp., MS | master copy | copia master (The most recently checked-in version of a file or project stored in a Visual SourceSafe database) |
| law | master copy | copia di riferimento |
| commun. | master copy of a text | copia tipo di un testo |