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English translation: bookcase


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Italian term or phrase:scansia
English translation:bookcase
Entered by: Therese Marshall
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05:00 Mar 22, 2011
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Furniture / Household Appliances / furniture, chairs, tables
Italian term or phrase: scansia
Context: Nell’aprire gli sportelli di una scansia di xxxx si prova un godimento particolare che discende non soltanto dalla sua perfezione tecnica, ma da un naturale riprocedere attraverso la storia del suo montaggio che si legge e si rivive, elemento per elemento, con straordinaria chiarezza”. Così scriveva xxxx in Poetica dell’architettura neoplastica nel 1953.
Therese Marshall
Local time: 12:05
bookcase
Explanation:
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dasein_wm
Local time: 12:05
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1shelf/case
Monia Di Martino
4bookcase
dasein_wm


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
scansia (See context)
bookcase


Explanation:
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    Reference: http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_inglese/Italiano/S/s...
dasein_wm
Local time: 12:05
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helen Pringle
9 hrs
  -> thanks

disagree  ARS54: ...sorry, in IT "scansia" non si riferisce solo all'uso per i libri...
28 days
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
scansia (See context)
shelf/case


Explanation:
I think it is more general than a bookcase that is specific for books.

Monia Di Martino
Italy
Local time: 12:05
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Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ARS54: ...mi spiace di vedere solo ora qs KudoZ: il link riportato dal collega dà esattamente la trad da te fornita... Dov'è scritto che si tratta di libri? Forse si dovrebbe tener conto di chi è madrelingua e chi no.../Infatti, con un disagree in glossario...
28 days
  -> Grazie R. Pazienza, hanno già scelto, magari può servire ai "posteri" : )
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Changes made by editors
Mar 22, 2011 - Changes made by Daniela Zambrini:
Term askedscansia (See context) => scansia


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