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cultura meccanica

English translation: tradition of mechanical engineering


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Italian term or phrase:cultura meccanica
English translation:tradition of mechanical engineering
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03:28 Aug 2, 2011
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Italian term or phrase: cultura meccanica
Si parla di una società che produce utensili speciali e la parte in questione descrive le filiali aperte in Italia e all'estero.

A Foggia XXX Sud. Una decina di uomini, in una terra in cui la cultura meccanica ha messo profone radici, lancia la sua sfida e gradatamente entra nel mercato locale con i propri servizi. A Brescia un centro modernissimo specializzato nelle lavorazioni di affilatura. In Messico XXX-Messico diventa fornitore di imprese affermate che operano nel settore automobilistico e aerospaziale.

Grazie mille!
Hope05
Local time: 12:06
tradition of mechanical engineering
Explanation:
"a land with a strong and deeply rooted tradition of mechanical engineering" You might like to lighten this by taking out either the "strong" or the "deeply rooted".
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James (Jim) Davis
Italy
Local time: 12:06
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4 +1tradition of mechanical engineering
James (Jim) Davis
4the machine-making tradition
Tom in London
4mechanical cultureEleoE


  

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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
mechanical culture


Explanation:
... involved in our literate and mechanical culture. Electric speed mingles the cultures of prehistory with the dregs of industrial marketeers, the nonliterate ...
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EleoE
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
tradition of mechanical engineering


Explanation:
"a land with a strong and deeply rooted tradition of mechanical engineering" You might like to lighten this by taking out either the "strong" or the "deeply rooted".


James (Jim) Davis
Italy
Local time: 12:06
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the machine-making tradition


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