Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

cogliere il meglio

English translation:

pick and choose / hand-pick / single out

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Italian term

cogliere il meglio

Italian to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
Seize the best (or take the best) from other cultures but I'm looking for a more elegant way of putting it, many thanks

Il “Made in Italy” negli anni è divenuto il terzo marchio più conosciuto al mondo e le 3F (Food, Fashion, Furniture) sono diventate oggi simbolo della ripresa italiana e dell’esportazione dell’ ”Italian Life Style”.

Un popolo che insegna al mondo il concetto del vivere bene ma che ha anche saputo cogliere il meglio dalle altre culture: dal minimalismo nordico ai sapori orientali, dalle curve francesi al pragmatismo americano.

Proposed translations

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pick and choose / hand-pick / single out

Pick and choose
Standard phrase, not very poetic but well understood
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/pick and choose

Hand-pick
A bit more refined, gives a sense of "artisanal"

Single out
Shows a discriminating sense of what's worthwhile and what is not

Peer comment(s):

agree Elena Zanetti
14 mins
agree philgoddard
33 mins
agree BrigitteHilgner : hand-pick
34 mins
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thx"
19 mins

to get the best out of ...../ to make the most of ....

ha saputo massimizzare i vantaggi (o il meglio da ....=
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1 hr

To choose the best

Personally I think choose the best sounds better in the given context.

Peer comment(s):

agree Shera Lyn Parpia : so do I! simple and direct.
5 mins
Thanks Shera Lyn!
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5 hrs

receive the most positive influences

There you go.
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7 hrs

adopt the best

By definition cultural appropriation is the adoption or use of elements of one culture by members of a different culture as a largely negative phenomenon.

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/these-are-the-scariest-e...

Wang further highlighted Japan's ability to adopt the best from other cultures
https://www.cairn.info/revue-extreme-orient-extreme-occident...

You are right that the Japanese tend to adopt the best from other cultures they come in contact with.
http://www.dailycal.org/2017/04/15/free-speech-rally-berkele...
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4 days

Reap the best from

But has also managed to (mastered how to) reap the best from other cultures.
Example sentence:

"TO REAP THE BEST FROM each culture, it takes more humans who can truly build bridges between those cultures. This is not going to be achieved by the German language courses and language test for school admission proposed by Günther Beckstein. "

"We will guide you and advise you accordingly until you REAP THE BEST FROM SEO."

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