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« comme qui dirait »

Italian translation: del tipo californiano per intenderci

16:20 Nov 7, 2012
French to Italian translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel
French term or phrase: « comme qui dirait »
QG des trentenaires à la page, Shultz est un bar de jour épatant, « comme qui dirait » californien, où les daiquiris sont excellents
Stefania Bertonati
Italy
Local time: 22:24
Italian translation:del tipo californiano per intenderci
Explanation:
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Carole Poirey
Italy
Local time: 22:24
Grading comment
merci!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5del tipo californiano per intenderci
Carole Poirey
4 +1Come dire
Barbara Greppi
4vale a dire
Ivana Giuliani
2 +1per cosi dire
Elena Zanetti
3à la californiana
Mauro Miccolis (X)
Summary of reference entries provided
Pour Elena: "comme qui dirait" (e l'italiano)
Giunia Totaro

Discussion entries: 2





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
del tipo californiano per intenderci


Explanation:
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Carole Poirey
Italy
Local time: 22:24
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 98
Grading comment
merci!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Françoise Vogel: mi ricorda qualcosa ;-)
15 mins
  -> Merci... tu te réfères sans doute à une question posée hier concernant " per intenderci "
agree  Giunia Totaro
16 mins
  -> Merci
agree  Barbara Carrara: Sì, con due virgole prima e dopo per intenderci. Ciao!
1 hr
  -> Merci, tu as raison pour la ponctuation
agree  Annie Dauvergne
1 hr
  -> Merci
agree  Mari Lena
2 hrs
  -> Merci
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Come dire


Explanation:
Mi sembra più in tono con lo stile spigliato della frase.

Barbara Greppi
Italy
Local time: 22:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Giunia Totaro: Magari preposto a "californiano". Mi piace. // Scusa Elena, ma cosa c'entra Barbara? Parla con me : ))
6 mins
neutral  Elena Zanetti: juliette poi dimmi la differenza.. con la mia..
10 mins
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
per cosi dire


Explanation:
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come si suol dire

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http://dizionario.reverso.net/francese-inglese/comme qui dir...

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comme qui dirait è la traduzione inglese di so to speak... = per così dire...

Elena Zanetti
Italy
Local time: 22:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 31

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alistair_
0 min
  -> Merci!
neutral  Giunia Totaro: Cela traduit plutôt "pour ainsi dire" // No Elena, non è affatto la stessa cosa : ) E mi spiace che tu non percepisca la differenza
9 mins
  -> so to speak traduzione inglese... po dimmi la differenza con la soluzione di barbara... sono la stessa cosa.. //li mette anche il dizionario come sinonimi.. rifaremo i dizionari..
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
à la californiana


Explanation:
Se parliamo di tipo, mi verrebbe questo. Hope it helps :)

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OPPURE "sul modello californiano"

Mauro Miccolis (X)
Italy
Local time: 22:24
Native speaker of: Italian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Pierluigi Bernardini: scusa il puntiglio, ma cos'è questa moda di riprodurre "à la" alla francese o all'inglese anziché mettere "alla"?
1 day 23 mins
  -> Si usa, si può usare, lo uso. Tutto qui :) Si tratta di preferenza, non di moda.
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
vale a dire


Explanation:
in stile californiano

Ivana Giuliani
Italy
Local time: 22:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 40
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Reference comments


1 hr
Reference: Pour Elena: "comme qui dirait" (e l'italiano)

Reference information:
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1230187&lang...

http://www.languefrancaise.net/bob/detail.php?id=46569

http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/comme_qui_dirait

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1996564

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2331162

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1121787&lang...

http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/come/

http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/dire

http://www.cnrtl.fr/synonymie/comme qui dirait

http://www.cnrtl.fr/synonymie/à peu près

http://www.crisco.unicaen.fr/des/synonymes/comme qui dirait

Giunia Totaro
Works in field
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 4
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