Educated guesses

Italian translation: ragionevoli / plausibili / legittime / attendibili / fondate supposizioni

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English term or phrase:Educated guesses
Italian translation:ragionevoli / plausibili / legittime / attendibili / fondate supposizioni
Entered by: AdamiAkaPataflo

11:23 Apr 7, 2010
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Surveying
English term or phrase: Educated guesses
Sto traducendo un form per sondaggi.
Trovo la seguente frase:
"Educated guesses are fine"

Come posso rendere in italiano al meglio? Ho capito il senso in inglese, ma le traduzioni che mi vengono in mente non mi soddisfano.
pcs_MCIL
ragionevoli / plausibili / legittime / attendibili / fondate supposizioni
Explanation:
http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861689639/educated_guess....

ed·u·cat·ed guess (plural ed·u·cat·ed guess·es). noun. Definition: informed guess: a guess that is based on a degree of experience, knowledge, ...
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AdamiAkaPataflo
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3ragionevoli / plausibili / legittime / attendibili / fondate supposizioni
AdamiAkaPataflo
4Opinioni personali (basate sull'esperienza)
Alessandra Martelli (X)
4risposte incerte
Monia Di Martino
4stima plausible
sachin dagar
4ipotesi
Shera Lyn Parpia
4ipotesi plausibili
Fabrizio Zambuto


Discussion entries: 2





  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
educated guesses
Opinioni personali (basate sull'esperienza)


Explanation:
Potresti tradurlo con "Raccontaci che idea ti sei fatto di X (prodotto, servizio, sito internet, eccetera)".

Alessandra Martelli (X)
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
educated guesses
risposte incerte


Explanation:
Sono accettate anche risposte incerte.

Monia Di Martino
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
educated guesses
stima plausible


Explanation:
A guess which you think might be right (or close) in a particular context.. on the basis of exclusion...

sachin dagar
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
educated guesses
ragionevoli / plausibili / legittime / attendibili / fondate supposizioni


Explanation:
http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861689639/educated_guess....

ed·u·cat·ed guess (plural ed·u·cat·ed guess·es). noun. Definition: informed guess: a guess that is based on a degree of experience, knowledge, ...

AdamiAkaPataflo
Germany
Local time: 06:55
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Umberto Cassano: fondate e regionevoli mi piacciono oppure 'corroborate da...' e completa con una soluzione...appunto 'educated'
18 mins
  -> sì sì, tanto più che l'Asker necessita di differenziarle rispetto a "best guess", sicché ci si può "allargare" nella definizione. buona giornata! :-)))

agree  Diane Williamson: supposizioni ragionate
23 mins
  -> grazie! :-)

agree  rigrioli
5 hrs
  -> grazie, dolcezza! :-)
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
educated guesses
ipotesi


Explanation:
Forse basta la singola parola. Infatto l'ipotesi si basa su un ragionamento.

Cito wikipedia:
"Un'ipotesi (dal greco antico ὑπόϑεσις hypothesis, composto da hypo, "sotto" e thesis, "posizione", ovvero supposizione) è la premessa sottesa ad un ragionamento o a una dimostrazione."

dal Hoepli:
ipotesi
[i-pò-te-ʃi]
s.f. inv.
1 Dato assunto a fondamento di una costruzione di pensiero da sottoporre a verifica: formulare un'i.


    Reference: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipotesi
    Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/iten/ipotesi
Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Local time: 06:55
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
educated guesses
ipotesi plausibili


Explanation:
e' un esempio esatto riportato da Garzanti Linguistica...

educated
agg. colto; istruito / an - guess, un'ipotesi plausibile.


    Reference: http://www.garzantilinguistica.it/it/traduzione/en/cerca?q=e...
Fabrizio Zambuto
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4
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