Qual è la differenza tra imitate e copy ?Sentiti libero di rispondere con un esempio.

This is tricky. Copy and imitate can both mean 真似する。Copy can also mean to make a copy of something.

Listen to what I'm saying and imitate my pronunciation.
Listen to what I'm saying and copy my pronunciation.

If I imitate a swan, I stay me, and the swan stays the swan. I just act like the swan.

If I copied a swan, then I'd make a whole new artificial swan. Through genetic engineering or something like that. Or a robot. The original swan and the copy would be different things.

But, I could either copy or imitate the hissing sound that a swan makes.

Copy can also be a noun describing the new thing that has been created.

You can imitate an action or style.

I made a copy of Van Gogh's Starry Starry Night, imitating his style as best I could.

I recorded the lecture on my computer. If you have a USB stick, I'll make you a copy.

If you imitate, you do something similar to how something else does it. If you copy, you might do that, but you might create a copy (noun) of the something.

I imitated the sound of a swan. 私は白鳥の音を真似しました。
I made a copy of this CD for you. 私はあんたのために、CDのコピーを作ってあげました。
I copied this CD for you. 私はあんたのためにこのCDをコピーしました。