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I don't rate this beef.

Italian translation: Non calcolo/sto a calcolare queste lagne/questi piagnistei

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English term or phrase:	I don't rate this beef.
Italian translation:	Non calcolo/sto a calcolare queste lagne/questi piagnistei
Entered by:	Pierluigi Bernardini

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14:46 Jan 19, 2012

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Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama

English term or phrase: I don't rate this beef.

Dal film "Double Indemnity". http://www.metacafe.com/watch/an-aT7JYmbmhbb47/double_indemn...

Claims Manager:
What kind of an outfit is this anyway?
Are we an insurance company, or a bunch of dimwitted amateurs
writing a policy on a mug like that?

Insurance salesman:
Wait a minute, Keyes. I DON'T RATE THIS BEEF.
I clipped a note to that Gorlopis application to have him
thoroughly investigated before we accepted the risk.

Claims Manager:
I know you did, Walter. I'm not beefing at you. It's the company.
The way they do things. The way they don't do things.

Grazie in anticipo.

googling
Italy

Non calcolo queste lagne/questi piagnistei

Explanation:
o "queste lagne/lamentele/lagnanze/reclami/proteste/piagnistei non le/i calcolo"

cioè non gli do importanza.

Svariate possibilità.

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4. Slang .
a.
a complaint.
b.
an argument or dispute.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/beef

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verb (used without object)
5.
Slang . to complain; grumble.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/beef

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prego. Ho optato maggiormente per "lagne/piagnistei" per usare una parola più "colorita", come accade con l'inglese "beef".
Buon lavoro. P.

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Pierluigi Bernardini
Italy
Local time: 20:17

Grading comment

Grazie ancora.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +6

non tengo in conto/non do valore (a) questo tipo di reclami

Danila Moro

3 +3

Non calcolo queste lagne/questi piagnistei

Pierluigi Bernardini

I don't give much value to this complaint

LaraBarnett

Me ne fregano questi reclami

juanpablosans

I won't evaluate the risk about this complainer's situation

Sébastien GUITTENY

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

9 mins confidence:

i don't rate this beef. I won't evaluate the risk about this complainer's situation

Explanation:
It's the way I understand it, according to the context.
"to beef" is "to complain".

Sébastien GUITTENY
France
Local time: 20:17
Native speaker of:

French

8 mins confidence:

I don\'t rate this beef. I don't give much value to this complaint

Explanation:
As this is regarding an insurance claim, and there is slang being used here.

RATE
"verb (used with object)
15. to estimate the value or worth of; appraise: to rate a student's class performance.
16. to esteem, consider, or account: He was rated one of the best writers around...."
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rate

BEEF
" 4. Slang .
a. a complaint.
b. an argument or dispute."
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/BEEF?s=t

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"beef (v.)
"to complain," slang, 1888, Amer.Eng., from noun meaning "complaint" (1880s). The noun meaning "argument" is recorded from 1930s. The origin and signification are unclear; perhaps it traces to the common late 19c. complaint of U.S. soldiers about the quantity or quality of beef rations."
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=beef

"rate (n.)
estimated value or worth," early 15c., from M.Fr. rate "price, value," from M.L. rata (pars) "fixed (amount)," from L. rata "fixed, settled," fem. pp. of reri "to reckon, think" (see reason). Meaning "degree of speed" (prop. ratio between distance and time) is attested from 1650s. Currency exchange sense first recorded 1727. The verb "to estimate the worth or value of" is from 1590s. First-rate, second-rate, etc. are 1640s, from British Navy division of ships into six classes based on size and strength. Phrase at any rate originally (1610s) meant "at any cost;" weakened sense of "at least" is attested by 1760."
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&searc...

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In UK people often use the noun "beef" to imply that they have an issue or a problem with someone or a company or whoever:
http://www.idiomsandexpressions.com/category/keywords/have-b...

LaraBarnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

14 mins confidence:

i don't rate this beef. Me ne fregano questi reclami

Explanation:
You are asking for the Italian solution, this is it.

juanpablosans
Local time: 13:47
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish

30 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

i don't rate this beef. non tengo in conto/non do valore (a) questo tipo di reclami

Explanation:
un'idea

Danila Moro
Italy
Local time: 20:17
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in category: 16

50 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Non calcolo queste lagne/questi piagnistei

Pierluigi Bernardini
Italy
Local time: 20:17
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Grazie ancora.

Notes to answerer

Asker: Credo che questa sia la strada giusta. Grazie mille.

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Changes made by editors

Jan 20 - Changes made by Pierluigi Bernardini:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term
Jan 19 - Changes made by Colin Rowe:
Language pair	Italian to English => English to Italian

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