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English translation: it is not to be taken lightly

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Italian term or phrase:	non ammette leggerezze
English translation:	it is not to be taken lightly
Entered by:	James (Jim) Davis

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11:11 Mar 22, 2008

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Italian term or phrase: non ammette leggerezze

Questo cliente ha preparato dei testi pubblicitari in inglese, ricalcati su quelli italiani, e mi ha chiesto di revisionarli.

La frase è: "L'etichettatura è uno degli aspetti più critici della logistica e del confezionamento, e non ammette leggerezze", intendendo che bisogna usare sistemi affidabili e precisi.

La sua proposta "labelling ... admits no thoughtlessness" non mi piace, ma non mi viene in mente nessuna soluzione brillante per un testo pubblicitario.

Any suggestions?

Manuela Parisotto KudoZ activity Questions: 64 (none open) (4 without valid answers) (4 closed without grading) Answers: 39
Local time: 02:22

it is not to be taken lightly

Explanation:
An idea.

Selected response from:

James (Jim) Davis
Italy
Local time: 02:22

Grading comment

Thank you James for your proposal, and thanks to all of you for your valuable suggestions.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +4

it is not to be taken lightly

James (Jim) Davis

4 +2

. There is no room for vagueness.

Tom in London

leave no room for errors

_Vivi_

(labelling) cannot be improvised

Giles Watson

3 +1

carelessness / negligence is not an option

Ximena Novoa

3 +1

Labelling is not to be trifled with

Gad Kohenov

does not allow for shortcuts.

manducci

must be taken seriously

Patricia Crotty

Answers

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

, e non ammette leggerezze . There is no room for vagueness.

Explanation:
I'd break it into two sentences.

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:22
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 52

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

it is not to be taken lightly

Explanation:
An idea.

Reference: http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=desk...

James (Jim) Davis
Italy
Local time: 02:22
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 82

Grading comment

Thank you James for your proposal, and thanks to all of you for your valuable suggestions.

31 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Labelling is not to be trifled with

Explanation:
Got to it remembering that not to be trifled with is in French: ne pas prendre a la legere (leggerrezza). Trifle is in fact prendere alla leggera (Babylon). This does not look bad.

Gad Kohenov
Local time: 03:22
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French,

Hebrew
PRO pts in category: 8

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

carelessness / negligence is not an option

Explanation:
I would put it this way

Ximena Novoa
Local time: 02:22
Native speaker of:

Spanish

4 hrs confidence:

(labelling) cannot be improvised

Explanation:
Ximena's "not an option" suggestion is quite attractive.

"Improvisation is not an option" is effective if you want to split the sentence in two.

HTH

Giles

Giles Watson
Local time: 02:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

6 hrs confidence:

must be taken seriously

Explanation:
must be done with care

Patricia Crotty
Local time: 02:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

2 days10 hrs confidence:

leave no room for errors

Explanation:
I think this would work well

Example sentence(s):

"Labeling is very important and should leave no room for errors"

_Vivi_
Italy
Local time: 02:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

3 days9 hrs confidence:

does not allow for shortcuts.

Explanation:
(accurate ) labelling is crucial/fundamental .... and does not allow for shortcuts.

manducci
Local time: 02:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

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Mar 27, 2008 - Changes made by James (Jim) Davis:
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