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English translation: round-the-room discussion

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Italian term or phrase:	giro di tavola
English translation:	round-the-room discussion
Entered by:	Tom in London

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12:22 Jan 6, 2012

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Italian term or phrase: giro di tavola

An item (in fact, the only item) on a meeting agenda: "Giro di tavola"

I assume this means that everyone at the table gets a chance to speak in turn, but can anyone suggest a good way to phrase this in English?

Many thanks!

Woodiezzz

round-the-room discussion

Explanation:
I've found a few ghits for this

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Note added at 3 mins (2012-01-06 12:26:07 GMT)
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Don't say "round table" as this means something quite different in English.

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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:24

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This seemed the most appropriate in the end, thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +4

round-the-room discussion

Tom in London

[brief] introductions around the table.

Linda Thody

input from participants

Dorothy Selibas

Individual discussions/reports/findings

Anne and Paolo Boidi

Summary of reference entries provided

round-table

spielenschach1

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

round-the-room discussion

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:24
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 217

Grading comment

This seemed the most appropriate in the end, thanks!

4 hrs confidence:

input from participants

Explanation:
another suggestion, quite general given minimal context.

Dorothy Selibas
South Africa
Local time: 05:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

3 hrs confidence:

Individual discussions/reports/findings

Explanation:
Based on what you noted in the discussion above, I believe it is that each person has a turn to discuss their feelings/findings on a particular matter. I think this might be the best way to describe that each person has their chance to report their information to the rest of the group.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2012-01-06 18:25:35 GMT)
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I suppose "Reports on individual findings" could be an alternative

Anne and Paolo Boidi
France
Local time: 05:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Italian
PRO pts in category: 4

10 hrs confidence:

[brief] introductions around the table.

Explanation:
I think you could also say:

brief interventions around the table.

Linda Thody
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:24
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 39

Reference comments

33 mins peer agreement (net): +2

Reference: round-table

Reference information:
often round table A conference or discussion involving several participants. - http://www.thefreedictionary.com/round-table
http://www.google.pt/#sclient=psy-ab&hl=pt-PT&source=hp&q=ro...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knwkEzzOC_Q
http://www.perinijournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&ta...

spielenschach1
Portugal
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

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Jan 12 - Changes made by Tom in London:
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