darsi un ordine

English translation: no self-discipline, they can't control themselves

16:48 Feb 10, 2005
Italian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Poetry & Literature
Italian term or phrase: darsi un ordine
My protagonist is flabbergasted to go to a classical concert in the developing world to find that everyone chats all the way through it.

She comments on the whole country, saying
'Ce l’hanno proprio nel sangue. Non riescono a darsi un ordine, una regola.'

She is curious rather than angry.

'They have no discipline'?
lizzy g
Local time: 18:30
English translation:no self-discipline, they can't control themselves
Explanation:
suggestions

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Note added at 18 mins (2005-02-10 17:06:15 GMT)
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or they have no self-control
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Self-discipline...always a winner! thanks for this!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2no self-discipline, they can't control themselves
writeaway
4they are incapable of self-control
CMJ_Trans (X)
3they have no self-restraint
Susana Galilea


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
they have no self-restraint


Explanation:
a suggestion

Susana Galilea
United States
Local time: 12:30
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
they are incapable of self-control


Explanation:
self-control

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 19:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
no self-discipline, they can't control themselves


Explanation:
suggestions

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Note added at 18 mins (2005-02-10 17:06:15 GMT)
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or they have no self-control

writeaway
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Self-discipline...always a winner! thanks for this!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Catherine Bolton: I like "self-discipline". I've been to concerts like that in the developed world... figurati.
13 mins
  -> I always enjoyed the sound of candy wrappers coming off in the middle of a Schubert lied..... ;-)

agree  Michele Fauble
1 hr
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