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danno inizio ad una storia lunga

English translation: This was the beginning of a success story that has lasted over 100 years

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Italian term or phrase:	danno inizio ad una storia lunga
English translation:	This was the beginning of a success story that has lasted over 100 years
Entered by:	Juliet Halewood

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13:11 May 27, 2010

Italian to English translations [PRO]
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Italian term or phrase: danno inizio ad una storia lunga

This may seem easy, but I've tried all sorts of ways to put this and none seem right!
It's talking about a company and its various achievements:
E danno inizio ad una storia lunga oltre 100 anni: la storia di un successo.

Juliet Halewood KudoZ activity Questions: 816 (9 open) (12 without valid answers) (46 closed without grading) Answers: 300
Local time: 02:25

This was the beginning of a success story that has lasted over 100 years

Explanation:
Assuming your sentence is preceded by an explanation of what led to the company's success story.

Selected response from:

Sarah Jane Webb
Local time: 02:25

Grading comment

Thanks Sarah!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +3

This was the beginning of a success story that has lasted over 100 years

Sarah Jane Webb

It was the start of a long, successful history for this company.

Barbara Cochran

4 +1

the start of a 100 year long history of success

James (Jim) Davis

it's the beginning of a story that has lasted over 100 years: the story of their success

Jenny G

started a 100-year success story, that continues today

Oliver Lawrence

and they give rise to a long history

Irene Argenti

give birth to a story going on for over a hundred years

Giuseppe Bellone

Answers

3 mins confidence:

give birth to a story going on for over a hundred years

Explanation:
This way perhaps?

Giuseppe Bellone
Italy
Local time: 02:25
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in category: 12

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

the start of a 100 year long history of success

Explanation:
Really do need to know what the subject of "hanno" is. What follows would help too.

James (Jim) Davis
Italy
Local time: 02:25
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 82

8 mins confidence:

and they give rise to a long history

Explanation:
and start/initiate a long history

Irene Argenti
Italy
Local time: 02:25
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Italian

9 mins confidence:

started a 100-year success story, that continues today

Explanation:
a slightly freer interpretation, perhaps, but that sounds about the size of it to me. I would echo Jim's comment about context.

Oliver Lawrence
Italy
Local time: 02:25
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 127

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

This was the beginning of a success story that has lasted over 100 years

Explanation:
Assuming your sentence is preceded by an explanation of what led to the company's success story.

Sarah Jane Webb
Local time: 02:25
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 36

Grading comment

Thanks Sarah!

29 mins confidence:

it's the beginning of a story that has lasted over 100 years: the story of their success

Explanation:
a small twist to get the same emotion/spirit across

Jenny G
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:25
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Italian

7 hrs confidence:

It was the start of a long, successful history for this company.

Explanation:
HTH

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Note added at 7 hrs (2010-05-27 21:02:32 GMT)
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"...that has lasted more than 100 years."

Barbara Cochran
Local time: 20:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

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