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Forum: Italy
May 6th 2015, 11:41 am
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Posted By pugliese

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

and when my sister says "chee ah barta"!
Forum: Italy
Dec 5th 2014, 6:12 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,024
Posted By pugliese

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

but you must feel sorry for anyone learning English: I read the newspaper today and yesterday I read it, too!
Forum: Italy
Dec 5th 2014, 11:58 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,024
Posted By pugliese

Forum: Italy
Apr 9th 2014, 11:21 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,024
Posted By pugliese

Forum: Italy
Jan 17th 2013, 11:46 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,024
Posted By pugliese

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

I like "topics" too! Got a real sweet tooth!
Forum: Italy
Jan 17th 2013, 11:34 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,024
Posted By pugliese

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

I'll come for real English fruit cake, but make sure it has the lot:

currants, sultanas, raisins and glacè cherries! Gosh, my mouth is watering!
Forum: Italy
Jan 12th 2013, 1:45 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,024
Posted By pugliese

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

thanks a million, Lorna - you saved my bacon!
Forum: Italy
Jan 11th 2013, 2:32 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,024
Posted By pugliese

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

I have been asked to do a course of German for Italians, but they want in held in English. My problem is the books because I am having great difficulty finding a German course in English here. Can...
Forum: Italy
Dec 8th 2012, 5:27 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,024
Posted By pugliese

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

good on ya Mike, I didn't think of separating them:thumbsup:
My progress would be curbed if it weren't for all of you on here!

Thanks again, don't worry though, I'll be back.......
Forum: Italy
Dec 8th 2012, 4:58 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,024
Posted By pugliese

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Sorry, but she's back again:o

My road is progressing, but now I have come to the edge and have to translate "cordoli". I know what they are and wrote curbstones. Then a bit further on I had to...
Forum: Italy
Dec 6th 2012, 8:44 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,024
Posted By pugliese

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Thanks Mike, Lorna and Jon for your help. It seems that an "embrice" is both the single tile and also the channel it forms if you piece them together, so Jonwel's translation works really well. I...
Forum: Italy
Dec 6th 2012, 11:21 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,024
Posted By pugliese

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Hi all,

I'm stuck again.:( Does anyone know what "embrice" is called in English?
I am doing a text about rainwater drainage on a road. They are those little channels that run down the embankment...
Forum: Italy
Nov 26th 2012, 10:43 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,024
Posted By pugliese

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Thanks for your contribution too, Mike - it's getting better all the time!
Forum: Italy
Nov 26th 2012, 10:40 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,024
Posted By pugliese

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Oh, I take my hat off to you Jonwel:thumbsup: You've done a great job, even I can understand it now! Are you an engineer? I just made 2 sentences of it, sounds better to me - do you agree? The thing...
Forum: Italy
Nov 24th 2012, 4:33 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,024
Posted By pugliese

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Right! I've had enough. I am going barmy with this bloody translation. :eek:Just look what they write:

in sede di rilascio o di rinnovo della concessione, nel determinare la portata massima...
Forum: Italy
Nov 23rd 2012, 7:57 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,024
Posted By pugliese

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Wow, you're really good Mike, thanks a million. The damned thing is 22 pages long and I'm only page :( They asked if they could have it by Monday:eek:
Forum: Italy
Nov 23rd 2012, 5:15 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,024
Posted By pugliese

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

yes, that is a good way of expressing it, but the trouble is I am using "bound" quite a bit already because they keep talking about "perimetrare" i.e. bound by (or perhaps bordered ?). Look at this:...
Forum: Italy
Nov 23rd 2012, 4:40 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,024
Posted By pugliese

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

aah., you are all so kind to help. I quite like

urban territorial plan "landscape" or
urban landscape development plan

what do you think? My head is swimming! Now I've got:

ambiti...
Forum: Italy
Nov 23rd 2012, 3:36 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,024
Posted By pugliese

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Anyone got a good idea how to translate

P.U.T.T./p = Piano Urbanistico Territoriale Tematico “Paesaggio”

Please, please say yes!
Forum: Italy
Oct 23rd 2012, 9:18 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,024
Posted By pugliese

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

just say "posso" then!
It's extremely polite to say "potrei avere" and the Italians are probably taken back by such politeness that they help you!
Forum: Italy
Mar 5th 2012, 11:52 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,024
Posted By pugliese

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Looked at all those but can't find a good explanation. It's a certificate that the comune here issues for the workplace if it is conform to the requisites of the law regarding, health, safety...
Forum: Italy
Mar 3rd 2012, 12:04 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 269,024
Posted By pugliese

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

anyone know how you say "agibilità" in English when it refers to the workplace building?

Tia
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