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by fair means

Italian translation: con le buone o con le cattive

20:11 Apr 28, 2010
English to Italian translations [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: by fair means
by the and of the late eighteenth century, well before the suppression of African slave-trading gave it a further stimulus. . . . Many thousands were recruited in the ports, by fair means or foul, and shipped off to the West Indies, the South Seas, Peru, Malaya, as "indentured labour" under contract for a term of years.
Maria Elisa Albanese
Italy
Local time: 04:03
Italian translation:con le buone o con le cattive
Explanation:
idiomaticamente parlando
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claufab
Local time: 04:03
Grading comment
grazie
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2con le buone o con le cattive
claufab
3 +1con qualsiasi mezzo
zerlina
3con la lode o con l'inganno
Valeria Faber
3in un modo o nell'altro / in maniera pù o meno lecita
AdamiAkaPataflo


  

Answers


8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
con la lode o con l'inganno


Explanation:
"lode" non è appropriato e qualcuno saprà trovare di meglio... :-)

Valeria Faber
Italy
Local time: 04:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 28
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
con qualsiasi mezzo


Explanation:
non che sia tanto più fresca:-))

zerlina
Italy
Local time: 04:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 51

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rigrioli
3 hrs
  -> grazie!:-)
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
con le buone o con le cattive


Explanation:
idiomaticamente parlando

claufab
Local time: 04:03
Native speaker of: Italian
Grading comment
grazie

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  SYLVY75
1 hr
agree  Fabrizio Zambuto: idiomaticamente d'accordo
3 hrs
  -> :))
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3 days 13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
in un modo o nell'altro / in maniera pù o meno lecita


Explanation:
:-)

AdamiAkaPataflo
Germany
Local time: 04:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 300
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