persona intraprendente

English translation: having self-initiative

08:36 Apr 10, 2008

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Italian term or phrase: persona intraprendente

cv di un geologo,
io ho scritto "I consider myself a go-ahead person in life" but it doesn't sound good to me. in the dictionary I found open-minded for intraprendente, but is not exactly the same...

Noemi Carpi Martin KudoZ activity Questions: 110 (none open) (2 without valid answers) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 0
Local time: 12:11

English translation:having self-initiative

Explanation:
or having self-initiative skills.

Selected response from:

Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 12:11

Grading comment

thanks for your help Nadia
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +4

an enterprising person

CMJ_Trans (X)

4 +1

keen, pushing, self-starter, driven, enthusiastic, industrious

ivanamdb

having self-initiative

Nadia Ayoub

pro-active person /

manducci

entrepreneurially-minded person

Tom in London

resourceful

_Vivi_

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

2 mins confidence:

entrepreneurially-minded person

Explanation:
actually your own solution "go-ahead person" sounds a lot better to me !

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:11
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English
PRO pts in category: 227

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

an enterprising person

Explanation:
one solution

I consider myself to be somebody enterprising

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Note added at 3 mins (2008-04-10 08:39:59 GMT)
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or just - consider myself to be enterprising

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 12:11
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 18

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

keen, pushing, self-starter, driven, enthusiastic, industrious

Explanation:
una delle mie preferite e' self-starter - non e' proprio identica come parola, ma dimostra quel "can do attitude"
cmq ci sono tante parole tra le quali scegliere

ivanamdb
Local time: 11:11
Native speaker of:

Croatian,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: you're right, it's obviously not a geology question, I just forgot to change the settings. sorry!

8 mins confidence:

having self-initiative

Explanation:
or having self-initiative skills.

Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 12:11
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

thanks for your help Nadia

6 hrs confidence:

pro-active person /

Explanation:
or: person with initiative

Example sentence(s):

Having a pro-active person responsible for working alongside the agency is a key factor in ensuring that sites are completed on time and (almost) to budget!

Reference: http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:j3dJukv93OwJ:www.impres...

manducci
Local time: 12:11
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English
PRO pts in category: 12

6 hrs confidence:

resourceful

Explanation:
I consider myself a resourceful person... (pieno di risorse)

_Vivi_
Italy
Local time: 12:11
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

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