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dando la tara

English translation: seeing in the right perspective / for what it is worth

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Italian term or phrase:dando la tara
English translation:seeing in the right perspective / for what it is worth
Entered by: martini

07:26 Dec 22, 2016
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Poetry & Literature
Italian term or phrase: dando la tara
Letter to colleagues from a person leaving his place of work after many years:

"che bello poter guardare sempre tutti negli occhi, valutare ogni cosa con serenità offrendo la giusta attenzione o, se è il caso, "dando la tara".

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Juliet Halewood (X)
Local time: 21:11
seeing in the right perspective / for what it is worth
Explanation:
seeing for what it is worth
cutting (everything) down to size

ridimensionando
secondo me qui il significato è ricondurre alle giuste dimensioni / ridimensionare in senso fig.

http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_inglese/Italiano/R/r...
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martini
Italy
Local time: 21:11
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Summary of answers provided
4seeing in the right perspective / for what it is worth
martini
3Getting/putting things into perspective
Roberto Impelluso
Summary of reference entries provided
Fare la tara
Sabrina Bruna

  

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seeing in the right perspective / for what it is worth


Explanation:
seeing for what it is worth
cutting (everything) down to size

ridimensionando
secondo me qui il significato è ricondurre alle giuste dimensioni / ridimensionare in senso fig.

http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_inglese/Italiano/R/r...

martini
Italy
Local time: 21:11
Native speaker of: Italian
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Getting/putting things into perspective


Explanation:
An alternative.

Roberto Impelluso
Italy
Local time: 21:11
Native speaker of: Italian
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Reference comments


40 mins
Reference: Fare la tara

Reference information:
This is the right wording in Italian and there is already a reference in Kudoz, I hope it is helpful :)

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Note added at 41 min (2016-12-22 08:07:17 GMT)
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http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/tara/


    Reference: http://ita.proz.com/kudoz/italian_to_english/other/147349-fa...
Sabrina Bruna
Italy
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PRO pts in category: 4
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