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maggiori danni

English translation: significant damage


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Italian term or phrase:maggiori danni
English translation:significant damage
Entered by: Carol Burry
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12:24 Feb 15, 2008
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Italian term or phrase: maggiori danni
"per il quale incameramento il "Concessionario", presta ora per allora il suo consenso, salvo il diritto del "Ministero" al risarcimento dei maggiori danni". Does "maggiori danni" mean the same as "danni reali" - "substantial damages"?
Carol Burry
Local time: 01:27
significant damage
Explanation:
I think "maggiori" means "significant" or "considerable", i.e. more than trivial.
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Oliver Walter
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:27
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2greater or greatest damages
Tom in London
4more relevant damages
Gian
3 +1significant damage
Oliver Walter


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
greater or greatest damages


Explanation:
how about this?

Tom in London
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Local time: 01:27
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Manuela Dal Castello: yes, I think this is the litteral AND correct (you agree to pay X unless damages are GREATER)
58 mins
agree  Gina Ferlisi
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
significant damage


Explanation:
I think "maggiori" means "significant" or "considerable", i.e. more than trivial.

Oliver Walter
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:27
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

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agree  Helen Pringle
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
more relevant damages


Explanation:
File-sharing is a "petty offense," say German prosecutors- [ Traduci questa pagina ]... a "criminally relevant damage" could have arisen from the alleged file-sharing ... Tracking down suspected file-sharers may soon become more difficult ...
arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070802-file-sharing-is-a-petty-offense-say-german-prosecutors.html - 27k - Copia cache - Pagine simili - Salva risultato




Gian
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