Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
thinkers and tinkerers
Italian translation:
menti e mani (creative)
English term
thinkers and tinkerers
The origins of the Industrial Revolution lay in the scientific speculations and day-to-day innovations of thousands of Western European thinkers and tinkerers, in a remarkable display of mutuality between theory and practice.
Enslaved thinkers and tinkerers in antebellum days were forced to assign their invention rights to their master because of a citizenship technicality in the patent application oath.
Capisco che thinkers si riferisce più a chi lavora con la mente e tinkerers a chi mette le mani in pasta. Il primo lo tradurrei con pensatori, ma per il secondo oltre ad "amante del fai da te" non mi viene in mente nulla e mi servirebbe qualcosa di non troppo lungo dato che lo devo affiancare a pensatori. Qualche idea?
| 3 +4 | menti e mani (creative) |
AdamiAkaPataflo
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| 4 | Teorici e sperimentatori |
Valentina Casorati
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| 3 | pensatori e creatori |
Silvia Pellacani
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Apr 21, 2017 11:34: SYLVY75 changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Apr 22, 2017 06:24: Silvia Pellacani changed "Field" from "Other" to "Social Sciences"
Apr 28, 2017 09:08: AdamiAkaPataflo Created KOG entry
PRO (3): P.L.F. Persio, AdamiAkaPataflo, SYLVY75
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Proposed translations
Germany
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Native in: Italian
Works in: German to Italian, English to Italian
menti e mani (creative)
nella seconda frase potrebbe anche diventare "chi ideava e/o metteva a punto qualcosa di nuovo"
Italy
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Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian
Teorici e sperimentatori
In questo caso è in senso più lato...
The first definition of tinkerer in the dictionary is an unskilled person who tries to fix things. Other definition of tinkerer is a person who enjoys working with machines and their parts, esp in order to fix or improve them. (...)
Italy
Translator and Subtitler DE/EN/ES > IT
Native in: Italian (Variants: Swiss , Emiliano-Romagnolo, Standard-Italy)
Works in: German to Italian, English to Italian, Italian, and 4 more.
pensatori e creatori
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