Jan 23, 2007 23:13
17 yrs ago
Italian term
personalità meccanica
Italian to English
Tech/Engineering
Mechanics / Mech Engineering
Motorbikes
From an article on a famous make of motorbike:
È da li che con tutta la testardaggine possibile ho iniziato a proporre numerose modifiche alle moto di serie che magari qualche anno fa non avevano tutta questa personalità od identità estetica ma avevano una grande personalità meccanica.
I am stuck for an elegant term in English, perhaps 'presence' would fit for personalita? Should I translate meccanica literally? I am not sure if it sounds too stilted.
Can anyone help?
Many thanks
È da li che con tutta la testardaggine possibile ho iniziato a proporre numerose modifiche alle moto di serie che magari qualche anno fa non avevano tutta questa personalità od identità estetica ma avevano una grande personalità meccanica.
I am stuck for an elegant term in English, perhaps 'presence' would fit for personalita? Should I translate meccanica literally? I am not sure if it sounds too stilted.
Can anyone help?
Many thanks
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +1 | but the engines did have their own character |
James (Jim) Davis
|
| 5 +2 | mechanical personality |
larat
|
| 4 | strong/powerful mechanism |
Aïda Garcia Pons
|
| 3 | mechanical character |
Sofia Dervisi
|
Proposed translations
+1
5 hrs
James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Seychelles
Native in English
Works in field
Seychelles
25 years experience constantly improving
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Italian to English
Related KudoZ points
:
340
Selected
but the engines did have their own character
maybe its long
"but they were engines with personality"
"but they were engines with personality"
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thankyou for your time!"
1 hr
mechanical character
"....but they had a strong mechanical character."
Just a suggestion!
Just a suggestion!
1 hr
Aïda Garcia Pons
United States
United States
United States
Translating Books since 2002
Native in: Catalan 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Catalan, Italian to Catalan, Spanish to Catalan, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
8
strong/powerful mechanism
You could say sth like "had such powerful mechanism". / "Despite having such powerful mechanism". Grammar depending on how you start the sentence, of course.
I thought of "presence" and also "character" at first but I can't think of a good combination of either with an equivalent for "meccanica". As for "meccanica" itself I think you can change it into a noun like mechanism, it gives you more options to play with the word.
Good luck.
Aïda
I thought of "presence" and also "character" at first but I can't think of a good combination of either with an equivalent for "meccanica". As for "meccanica" itself I think you can change it into a noun like mechanism, it gives you more options to play with the word.
Good luck.
Aïda
+2
9 hrs
mechanical personality
I owuld go for this. Personality gives the idea of "strong" which fits well on motorbikes!
Example sentence:
but they had a strong/great mechanical personality
Something went wrong...