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useful lives

Italian translation: vita produttiva

10:59 Feb 4, 2013
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / uso dell'aggettivo useful in questo caso
English term or phrase: useful lives
Si tratta di una lettera a Roosevelt scritta nel 1945 dal direttore dell'Ufficio per lo sviluppo scientifico USA, sulla politica scientifica da adottare dopo la guerra. Parla della malattie che hanno stroncato in guerra la vita di molti cittadini: cosa significa useful lives? sul dizionario ho trovato "useful life=vita economica", significa vita produttiva forse?

As President Roosevelt observed, the annual deaths from one or two diseases are far in excess of the total number of American lives lost in battle during this war. A large fraction of these deaths in our civilian population cut short the useful lives of our citizens. This is our present position despite the fact that in the last three decades notable progress has been made in civilian medicine
budu
Local time: 00:57
Italian translation:vita produttiva
Explanation:
mi pare che la tua interpretazione sia corretta.
Vedi per es. l'uso qui:

This applies in particular to horses that come to the end of their useful life in the East but are destined to be slaughtered and eaten in the South.

Trad.

Ciò vale in particolare per i cavalli dell’ Europa orientale che, non più adatti al lavoro, dovranno essere macellati e destinati all’ alimentazione nell’ Europa meridionale.

http://en.bab.la/dictionary/english-italian/useful-life
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Danila Moro
Italy
Local time: 00:57
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Summary of answers provided
4età produttiva
Anna Amisano
3 +1vita produttiva
Danila Moro
4preziose vite
Lorenzo Rossi
4hanno stroncato molti cittadini nel fiore degli anni
Shabelula


Discussion entries: 6





  

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
età produttiva


Explanation:
un'opzione...

Anna Amisano
Italy
Local time: 00:57
Native speaker of: Italian
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
vita produttiva


Explanation:
mi pare che la tua interpretazione sia corretta.
Vedi per es. l'uso qui:

This applies in particular to horses that come to the end of their useful life in the East but are destined to be slaughtered and eaten in the South.

Trad.

Ciò vale in particolare per i cavalli dell’ Europa orientale che, non più adatti al lavoro, dovranno essere macellati e destinati all’ alimentazione nell’ Europa meridionale.

http://en.bab.la/dictionary/english-italian/useful-life

Danila Moro
Italy
Local time: 00:57
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Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 63

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tiziana Amara
2 hrs
  -> grazie Tiziana :)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
preziose vite


Explanation:
Le preziose vite dei nostri cittadini.

"Preziose" non è il corrispondente di "useful" ma credo che il senso sia quello.

Lorenzo Rossi
Switzerland
Local time: 00:57
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 4
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
hanno stroncato molti cittadini nel fiore degli anni


Explanation:
cut short -

mi pare molto drammatico, quindi cambierei un pochino rendendo la frase meno letterale e piu' enfatica

Shabelula
Italy
Local time: 00:57
Native speaker of: Italian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  haribert: Ciao! Sai che anche a me era venuta in mente la stessa cosa!!...Ma nella Discussion, Howard parlava invece di "proficue"...
5 hrs
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