Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

dei più consolidati dettami

English translation:

the most firmly established dictates

Added to glossary by Juliet Halewood (X)
Sep 18, 2008 08:54
15 yrs ago
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Italian term

dei più consolidati dettami

Italian to English Other Business/Commerce (general) yachts
I'm having difficulty with this sentence, everything I write isn't quite right... Any help appreciated. Thanks.
...ma soprattutto la voglia di realizzare un prodotto nautico eccellente e senza compromessi, ideato e costruito sulla base dei più consolidati dettami dall’antica e nobile cantieristica navale europea,

Proposed translations

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the most firmly established dictates

or: the tried and tested dictates of Europe's noble, centuries-old craft of shipbuilding
Peer comment(s):

agree Sofia Dervisi : I like very much your second version!
14 mins
agree Peter Cox
1 hr
agree Sarah Jane Webb : with sophie: "tried and tested" is great
6 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, Lanna!"
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the most consolidated rules

...but above all the desire to make an excellent naval product without any compromises, thought up and built (or constructed) according to the most consolidated rules of the ancient and noble art of european shipbuilding.
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the soundest principals of

an idea

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-09-18 10:05:19 GMT)
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Oopps the soundest principles
Peer comment(s):

neutral Lanna Castellano : spelling, Jim!
14 mins
Thank you Lanna. I've been looking for a new set of fingers with a built in spell chequer ;-)
disagree constantinos faridis (X) : DETTAME
2 days 1 hr
If you always translate word for word, then you would be right. Principles dictate what we should do. The dictionary is a guide to translation not a dictate to it.
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8 mins

BETWEEN THE MOST CONSOLIDATED DICTATES (=ORDERS)

FOR EXAMPLE: I DETTAMI DELLA MODA IS WHAT THE FASHIO IMPOSE, DICTATE TO FOLLOW

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Note added at 2 giorni3 ore (2008-09-20 12:09:02 GMT) Post-grading
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i dettami della moda = tutto quello che la moda "detta" , cioe' suggerisce, indica, ordina...
Example sentence:

I DETTAMI DELLA MODA

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