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Chi aveva detto che avessi l’esclusiva?

English translation: Who said I was the only one?

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Italian term or phrase:Chi aveva detto che avessi l’esclusiva?
English translation:Who said I was the only one?
Entered by: Lara Barnett

14:55 Nov 3, 2017
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Character-based fiction
Italian term or phrase: Chi aveva detto che avessi l’esclusiva?
The writer has been walking around the streets observing people's faces in order to find inspiration for a character to write about. He notices somebody whose head is bowed down and who seems a bit alienated from the rest of what is going on.

Forse perché era proprio come me. L’idea mi stuzzicava. Più ci pensavo e meno la consideravo assurda. Perché no. Chi aveva detto che avessi l’esclusiva? Chissà quante altre idee avevano preso il posto dei loro creatori e giravano tramortite per la città.

I can see what this is saying in a sense, but don't really know the best to word it to blend it in with the overall meaning
Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:27
Who said I was the only one?
Explanation:
less literally

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Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 04:27
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5Who said I was the only one?
Lisa Jane
3Who ever said that you (I) had the exclusive?
Cristina Gonzalez


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Who ever said that you (I) had the exclusive?


Explanation:
That's how I understand it. They are saying to themselves that they are not the only ones like that. Talking to oneself in the second person, depending on how you translate it you could leave it like that or change it to first person.

Cristina Gonzalez
United States
Local time: 22:27
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Who said I was the only one?


Explanation:
less literally



Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 04:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 496

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michele Fauble
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agree  philgoddard
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agree  Michael Korovkin: short and sweet
16 hrs
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agree  Isabelle Johnson
22 hrs
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agree  Peter Cox
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