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presupposti

English translation: suppositions

18:55 Aug 23, 2002
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary
Italian term or phrase: presupposti
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)
English translation:suppositions
Explanation:
or you could just say-

"having given the reader sufficient clues or suppositions ...."
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Gail
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Local time: 13:55
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3suppositions
Gail
3 +3thoughts or ideas
writeaway
4Assumptions
mergim
4food for supposition
Libero_Lang_Lab
4(starting) elements
luskie
4food for thought/groundword/foundation/fundamentals
CLS Lexi-tech


  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
suppositions


Explanation:
or you could just say-

"having given the reader sufficient clues or suppositions ...."

Gail
United States
Local time: 13:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 143
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  jerryk (X): "clues" was what I was thinking.
10 mins
agree  Libero_Lang_Lab: "to give sb suppositions" sounds odd to me.... suppositories perhaps, but suppositions...?
18 mins
agree  gmel117608: also: premises, assumptions
40 mins
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Assumptions


Explanation:
Perhaps it may be translated also as "presumptions", but the more accurate translation I think is "assumptions".

mergim
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
food for supposition


Explanation:
having given the reader food for supposition....

this would sound a little more elegant I think

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Note added at 2002-08-23 20:14:17 (GMT)
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food for thought

Libero_Lang_Lab
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:55
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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
thoughts or ideas


Explanation:
I think that assumptions or presumptions can be translated into thoughts or ideas in this case.

writeaway
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 600

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ANAYANSI KONRAD: Also 'clues' as jerryk pointed out
38 mins
agree  luskie: yes, also clues
4 hrs
agree  margari
12 days
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(starting) elements


Explanation:
to be worked through and...

(other elements in my mind: suggestions, hints)

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Note added at 2002-08-23 23:58:09 (GMT)
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or starting points, of course :)

luskie
Local time: 19:55
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
food for thought/groundword/foundation/fundamentals


Explanation:
suggestions

or you could change connotation and use groundwork

to have laid the groundwork/foundation so that the reader may ....

to have offered the reader some fundamental principles

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Note added at 2002-08-24 00:40:49 (GMT)
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I meant groundwork

CLS Lexi-tech
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