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frantoio ipogeo

English translation: underground (adjective)

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Italian term or phrase:ipogeo
English translation:underground (adjective)
Entered by: Jane Griffiths (X)

15:56 Apr 16, 2004
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Tourism & Travel / olive presses
Italian term or phrase: frantoio ipogeo
Visita guidata al territorio circostante : Uliveti millenari del Salento, frantoio ipogeo di Vernole, oasi "Le Cesine"

This is talking about the ancient "frantoio ipogeo" in the village of Vernole http://www.comune.vernole.le.it/video/vfrantoio.php

and if you lok at the URL, you'll see it's quite a wonderful place for a visit, so "underground olive press" doesn't really do it justice, and I need to get this across so that visitors to a convention will not think it is just a modern olive press of no interest and decide t miss out on the tour
Anthony Green
Italy
Local time: 09:42
underground olive press of exceptional historic interest and old-world charm
Explanation:
ipogeo = underground

Subject to the approval of your client I think you can justify adding a few words to the translation, to describe what's on offer. Once you have their OK, go beyond translation and do a little spot of copy-writing!

If it isn't unique it's certainly very unusual and it looks like a really nice place to visit. If you or they don't want to add that many words, then "historic underground olive press" would be OK.
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Jane Griffiths (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:42
Grading comment
This is lovely, Jane. As all of the participants are from Mediterranean countries, they won't need the old world charm to get them there, but definitely "of exceptional historic interest" works wonderfully!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4underground olive press of exceptional historic interest and old-world charm
Jane Griffiths (X)
4hypogean oil mill
Science451
4underground oil-press
GAR
3hypogeal oil mill
Dinny


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
hypogeal oil mill


Explanation:
well... so much for the dictionary... but I still wonder what hypogeal means... ;-)

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Note added at 10 mins (2004-04-16 16:07:12 GMT)
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Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.


hypogeal

ADJECTIVE: Located or operating beneath the earth\'s surface: hypogean, hypogeous, subterranean, subterrestrial, underground.


Dinny
Greece
Local time: 10:42
Works in field
Native speaker of: Danish
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
hypogean oil mill


Explanation:
underground of course




    Reference: http://www.google.it/search?q=cache:izejJCBrRioJ:www.italywi...
Science451
Italy
Local time: 09:42
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 7
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
underground olive press of exceptional historic interest and old-world charm


Explanation:
ipogeo = underground

Subject to the approval of your client I think you can justify adding a few words to the translation, to describe what's on offer. Once you have their OK, go beyond translation and do a little spot of copy-writing!

If it isn't unique it's certainly very unusual and it looks like a really nice place to visit. If you or they don't want to add that many words, then "historic underground olive press" would be OK.

Jane Griffiths (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:42
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 36
Grading comment
This is lovely, Jane. As all of the participants are from Mediterranean countries, they won't need the old world charm to get them there, but definitely "of exceptional historic interest" works wonderfully!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Valentina Pecchiar
19 mins
agree  Grace Anderson
56 mins
agree  Marie Scarano: I also agree about dressing up commercial texts like this one
1 hr
agree  Vittorio Felaco: You' ll get no beef from me!
22 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
underground oil-press


Explanation:
That's what I have found
Cheers!

GAR
Local time: 09:42
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 8
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