Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
Fu Marchionne
English translation:
the late Marchionne
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2024-03-04 17:54:16 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Italian term
Fu Marchionne
"Sono Meneghino Babbeo
chiamato per soprannome il Ciampichino
del fu Marchionne detto il Gengiva;"
| 4 +6 | the late Marchionne |
Jasmina Towers
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| 5 -1 | Fu Marchionne |
Elisa Gazzola
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| 3 -1 | This is a hard one |
Pablo Ruz
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Barbara Carrara
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Mar 4, 2024 17:55: Jasmina Towers Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (1): Barbara Carrara
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Highest quality work, always on time
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK) 
, Italian 
Works in: Italian to English
the late Marchionne
Marchionne is a surname, please see info here:
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meneghino
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Note added at 44 mins (2024-03-01 17:48:32 GMT)
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Meneghino is the son of Marchionne
This is a hard one
I hope this can help :)
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Barbara Carrara
: 'This is a hard one' does not answer the question (nor does your very confusing explanation), and couldn't possibly be entered in the glossary. And no, a hard one it ain't.
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Thanks for the clarification :)
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Never ever be lost in translation
Native in: Italian
Works in: Japanese to Italian, English to Italian, French to Italian, and 7 more.
Fu Marchionne
Literally it means ( The person that) used to be Marchionne. Marchionne is dead probably.
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Note added at 17 hrs (2024-03-02 10:22:44 GMT)
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( The person that) once used to be Marchionne.
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philgoddard
: Have you read Jasmina's answer? Could it possibly be correct?
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I'm italian native and I'm telling you what it means, then you can translate it as you please in English.
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Reference comments
Italy
www.theitalianwordshop.com
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian, Italian
Italian dictionary entry
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Jasmina Towers
: yes, so 'late' in English
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Thank you, Jasmina.
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philgoddard
: Yes, we've had this many times before.
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Have no doubt about it. And yet, here we are again.
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writeaway
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Thank you, writeaway.
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