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Spargersi in tutti e quattro gli angoli della terra.

English translation: they spread out to all four corners of the earth

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Italian term or phrase:Spargersi in tutti e quattro gli angoli della terra.
English translation:they spread out to all four corners of the earth
Entered by: Tom in London

15:50 Sep 23, 2016
Italian to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Italian term or phrase: Spargersi in tutti e quattro gli angoli della terra.
Devo tradurre questa frase in inglese per uso personale.

Gli italiani, si sa, furono una nazione di emigranti. In molti secoli, si sparsero in tutti e quattro gli angoli della terra. Solo in due paesi, tuttavia, essi costituiscono la maggioranza della popolazione: in Italia e in Argentina

Ho tradotto l'espressione "spargersi ai quattro angoli della terra" come "spread everywhere in the world" e credo che sia una traduzione accettabile, ma mi domandavo se ci fosse un modo forse un po' più poetico per dirlo. In altre parole, se esiste un espressione più simile a quella italiana di cui non sono a conoscenza.

Grazie.
Erica Franceschini
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:41
they spread out to all four corners of the earth
Explanation:
this.
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:41
Grading comment
Thank you. I will use this translation.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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5 +2they spread out to all four corners of the earth
Tom in London
4 +1They scattered to the four corners f the earth.
Helen Pringle


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
si sparsero in tutti e quattro gli angoli della terra
they spread out to all four corners of the earth


Explanation:
this.

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 48
Grading comment
Thank you. I will use this translation.

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agree  Thomas Mancini
7 mins
agree  BrigitteHilgner
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
They scattered to the four corners f the earth.


Explanation:
Try it.

Helen Pringle
Italy
Local time: 07:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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