Fatto questo ci si .. accontentare

English translation: At this point, we could be content with having given the reader....

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Italian term or phrase:	Fatto questo ci si .. accontentare
English translation:	At this point, we could be content with having given the reader....
Entered by:	Ida DeFlaviis

18:54 Aug 23, 2002

Italian to English translations [PRO]
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Italian term or phrase: Fatto questo ci si .. accontentare

Fatto questo ci si potrebbe accontentare di aver dato al lettore abbastanza presupposti, lasciando che egli li elabori e li connetta, li arricchisca da sé con ulteriori ricerche.

Deb Phillips (X)

At this point, we could be content with having given the reader....

Explanation:

I would translate "fatto questo", with "at this point", since it sounds better and has the same meaning.

Selected response from:

Ida DeFlaviis
Local time: 06:02

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Summary of answers provided

5 +4

At this point, we could be content with having given the reader....

Ida DeFlaviis

5 +1

SEE TRANSLATION BELOW!

Vittorio Felaco

4 +1

having done that, one could feel satisfied

Elisabeth Ghysels

After that we may be pleased

mergim

once done this..

Carla Trapani

Answers

24 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

having done that, one could feel satisfied

Explanation:
having done that, one could feel satisfied that one has providet the reader ...
Greetings,

Nikolaus

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Note added at 2002-08-23 19:18:47 (GMT)
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sorry, provided, of course

Elisabeth Ghysels
Local time: 06:02
PRO pts in pair: 703

30 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

At this point, we could be content with having given the reader....

Explanation:

I would translate "fatto questo", with "at this point", since it sounds better and has the same meaning.

Ida DeFlaviis
Local time: 06:02
PRO pts in pair: 28

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35 mins confidence:

After that we may be pleased

Explanation:
Pleased or satisfied.

mergim
United States
Local time: 00:02
PRO pts in pair: 69

36 mins confidence:

once done this..

Explanation:
"once done this, one could think to have provided the reader with enough elements to work on, enabling him/her to process them, link them together and supplement them with further research"

HTH,
Carla

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Note added at 2002-08-23 19:34:36 (GMT)
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or \"at this point\", as suggested by Ida :)

Carla Trapani
Local time: 06:02
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in pair: 472

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

SEE TRANSLATION BELOW!

Explanation:
"Having done that, one might feel pretty confident that the reader has been given more than enough material to advance his own research [as he sees fit]." or

"If you do that, you might feel pretty confident that the reader ...."

Try one of those on for size!

Will we ever be happy with just one version? Sometimes, one just is rather mysteriously certain that is the one. The merits generally belong to the original text.

Buon lavoro!

Vittorio Felaco
Local time: 00:02
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in pair: 472

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