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English translation: treat

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Italian term or phrase:	idea
English translation:	treat
Entered by:	Valeria Sciarrillo

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15:16 Dec 29, 2010

Italian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Food & Dairy / advertisement

Italian term or phrase: idea

nuove sfiziose idee tutte da gustare

new fancy ideas ready to taste

che ne dite?

Paola Guzzetta KudoZ activity Questions: 1715 (6 open) (11 without valid answers) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 288 Italy
Local time: 12:03

treat

Explanation:
Un'alternativa meno letterale ma invitante (almeno, a me leggere "treat" fa venire fame ;) )

Selected response from:

Valeria Sciarrillo
Italy
Local time: 12:03

Grading comment

thanks everybody sorry for having given little context at start
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +4

treat

Valeria Sciarrillo

4 +1

idea

Oliver Lawrence

recipes

Elena Zanetti

Discussion entries: 8

Answers

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

treat

Explanation:
Un'alternativa meno letterale ma invitante (almeno, a me leggere "treat" fa venire fame ;) )

Valeria Sciarrillo
Italy
Local time: 12:03
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

thanks everybody sorry for having given little context at start

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

missdutch: e rende anche "sfiziose".

23 mins

-> Grazie Missdutch :)

agree

bruna: mi pare che anche in italiano le idee non si mangino...

36 mins

-> Grazie Bruna! Secondo me "idee" da mangiare sta meglio in italiano che in inglese...

agree

dasein_wm: Since the category here is Food/Dairy I can also agree with bruna that, as in Italian, one does not eat ideas in English. One's hat maybe...

5 hrs

-> Thanks a lot! :)

agree

Shera Lyn Parpia: tasty new treats...

12 hrs

-> Thank you!

neutral

James (Jim) Davis: Sorry @Bruna The idea was so delicious I could have eaten it. Metaphors, metonyms... ? Metonym: "he drank the whole bottle" this is normal English even people dring the contents and not the bottle. You eat the food generated by the idea.

22 hrs

-> Uhm... Sorry, I really can't see your point :D (forgive me, post-lunch drowsiness!) Can you be more explicit? //OK, your comment was for Bruna! I couldn't see what it had to do with my answer :)

9 mins confidence:

recipes

Explanation:
con poco contesto...

Elena Zanetti
Italy
Local time: 12:03
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Italian

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

idea

Explanation:
can't see what's wrong with the obvious

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Note added at 19 hrs (2010-12-30 11:03:26 GMT)
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The producer has come up with some new creations for people to taste. "new ideas especially for your taste buds", or something like that, works fine for me. "treats" is good except that it omits the fact that these new products have an imaginative dimension to them.

Oliver Lawrence
Italy
Local time: 12:03
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 32

Notes to answerer

Asker: Sorry, I don't know if it's that obvious! having doubts is always better than having certanties. The problem here is with the word "idea" connected to food. Plus being related to an advertisement I am looking for the best term to attract potential buyers. I find "treat" is definitely a good idea.

Asker: Sorry, I don't know if it's that obvious! having doubts is always better than having certainties. The problem here is with the word "idea" connected to food. Plus being related to an advertisement I am looking for the best term to attract potential buyers. I find "treat" is definitely a good idea.

Asker: Thanks Oliver I see the point and will consider it!

Voters for reclassification
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PRO / non-PRO

Non-PRO (3): Oliver Lawrence, philgoddard, Ivana UK

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Changes made by editors

Jan 1, 2011 - Changes made by Valeria Sciarrillo:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term
Dec 29, 2010 - Changes made by Ivana UK:
Level	PRO => Non-PRO

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