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i grandi della Terra

English translation: world's most powerful economies

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Italian term or phrase:i grandi della Terra
English translation:world's most powerful economies
Entered by: casper (X)

01:05 Oct 8, 2011
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Government / Politics
Italian term or phrase: i grandi della Terra
How the G8, G20 group are usually defined?
Is "the mighties" or "the greats"?
F Filippi
Italy
Local time: 14:17
world's most powerful economies
Explanation:
"G8" "world's most powerful economies"
http://tinyurl.com/3ed64kr
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casper (X)
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6world's most powerful economies
casper (X)
4 +2The major powers
James (Jim) Davis
4 +1the earth's powerful/influential groups
Barbara Cochran, MFA
4 +1the world's great powers
Shera Lyn Parpia
4The powers that be
Gad Kohenov
3the world's leaders
Cedric Randolph
3the word lederrs
corallia


  

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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
the earth's powerful/influential groups


Explanation:
Libro Di Consultazione: Dizionari Sansoni Italiano/Inglese

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Note added at 44 mins (2011-10-08 01:49:54 GMT)
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Or The world's powerful/influential groups."

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 09:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  eccotraduttrice: Yes, or the world's most powerful countries or economies if we're talking about the individual countries within those groups
51 mins
  -> Thanks, Chiara.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
world's most powerful economies


Explanation:
"G8" "world's most powerful economies"
http://tinyurl.com/3ed64kr

casper (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Teresa Valaer
4 hrs
  -> Thank you, Teresa
agree  P.L.F. Persio
10 hrs
agree  Vincenzo Di Maso
10 hrs
agree  philgoddard
10 hrs
agree  Fiona Grace Peterson
13 hrs
agree  Umberto Cassano
14 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
the world's leaders


Explanation:
try this

Cedric Randolph
Italy
Local time: 15:17
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 20
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
the world's great powers


Explanation:
see

New Statesman - G8 protest: how far should you go?
www.newstatesman.com/200506130004
13 Jun 2005 – G8 Protest: How Far Should You Go? ... when representatives of the world's "Great Powers", the so-called G8, attend their annual gathering - to ...

A Century's Journey: How the Great Powers Shape the World ...
www.foreignaffairs.com/.../a-centurys-journey-how-the-great...
The same great powers that ruled world politics 100 years ago still dominate today. As this superb book argues, however, all have undergone a fundamental ...

Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Local time: 15:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 10
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you. I was looking for a journalistic idiom.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lorraine Buckley (X): but also agree with Jim, depends on register/political slant of text you are translating
5 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
The powers that be


Explanation:
The catch phrase is: The powers that be.

Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 16:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 16
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
The major powers


Explanation:
This phrase is often used for the G8 and G20

http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q="major...

James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Local time: 17:17
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 195

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lorraine Buckley (X): yes, this or the world's great powers, depending on register and/or political slant of the piece
3 hrs
agree  Shera Lyn Parpia
10 hrs
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2 days 6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
the word lederrs


Explanation:
....

corallia
Local time: 15:17
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
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