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passiamo la linea alla regia

English translation: ...and now for a commercial break

08:23 Jul 3, 2011
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Media / Multimedia
Italian term or phrase: passiamo la linea alla regia
it's the phrase a TV host would say when launching the commercial break (passiamo la linea alla regia per due minuti di pubblicità)

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Alessandro Drenaggi
Italy
Local time: 10:56
English translation:...and now for a commercial break
Explanation:
I think this is the most widely used and accepted way of announcing to the public that it is time for commercials on a commercial TV or radio channel.

Commercial break
"Interruption of a radio or television program to air one or more promotional messages."
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/commercial-brea...
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Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:56
Grading comment
cheers!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3...and now for a commercial break
Lara Barnett
3see you in two minutes (after the commercials)
R.C. (X)
2now, we have to pay the bills
Barbara Cochran, MFA


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
see you in two minutes (after the commercials)


Explanation:
ogni presentatore dovrebbe dirlo a modo suo.... questo mi sembra che fili liscio.

R.C. (X)
Local time: 10:56
Native speaker of: Italian
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
...and now for a commercial break


Explanation:
I think this is the most widely used and accepted way of announcing to the public that it is time for commercials on a commercial TV or radio channel.

Commercial break
"Interruption of a radio or television program to air one or more promotional messages."
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/commercial-brea...

Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:56
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cheers!

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agree  R.C. (X): com'è "BRITISH".... mi sembra quando Orson Welles fece quella diretta radiofonica tutto tranquillo di una (falsa) invasione di extraterrestri!
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
now, we have to pay the bills


Explanation:
Certainly not very literal, but this is what hosts in the United States often say as they transition the air time into advertsising slots.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2011-07-03 14:54:26 GMT)
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"Now, we have to break so we can/to pay the bills" is more like what they say.

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 04:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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