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La invito a ritirare la Sua imbarcazione,

English translation: I invite you to collect your boat


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Italian term or phrase:La invito a ritirare la Sua imbarcazione,
English translation:I invite you to collect your boat
Entered by: Daniela Verna
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16:30 Nov 9, 2011
Italian to English translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / lettera per rimborso spese
Italian term or phrase: La invito a ritirare la Sua imbarcazione,
Cari colleghi dovrei tradurre questa frase in inglese e un dubbio su come tradurre la invito in questo contesto
La frase e' :La invito a ritirare la Sua imbarcazione, onde evitare di maturare ulteriore debito nei confronti della mia Cliente
la mia traduzione e' la seguente I urge you to collect your boat, to avoid additional debts to my customer.
si tratta di una lettera di rimborso spese per la manutenzione di un'imbarcazione
Daniela Verna
Ireland
Local time: 11:07
I invite you to collect your boat
Explanation:
invite is fine
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Thomas Roberts
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3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3I invite you to collect your boat
Thomas Roberts
5I urge you to remove your vessel
Carl Stoll
Summary of reference entries provided
I prefer to urgeBdiL

  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
I invite you to collect your boat


Explanation:
invite is fine

Thomas Roberts
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 11

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Prof. Angie G.
6 mins

agree  Maria Lisa Nitti: anche: you are kindly invited to collect your boat
18 mins

agree  James (Jim) Davis
51 mins

disagree  Carl Stoll: Rubbish! Look up the meaning of the verb "to invite" in a monolingual dictionary
3 hrs
  -> OK, so maybe a debt collector from the mob might not say "invite" but I suspect that a lawyer would

agree  Ivana UK: Invite is fine in the context (meaning to request) - see online Oxford Paravia/Sansoni for confirmation
5 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
I urge you to remove your vessel


Explanation:
"to invite" is clearly wrong. You invite people to parties, not to remove boats.

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Note added at 5 días (2011-11-14 16:31:00 GMT) Post-grading
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Only an Italian lawyer who doesn't speak proper English would say "invite" in such a case. The use of "invite" in this sense is simply NOT ENGLISH!

Carl Stoll
United States
Local time: 05:07
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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Reference comments


18 hrs
Reference: I prefer to urge

Reference information:
MW says invite = urge politely.

I do not like flames, however I would have said "I urge etc.". Maurizio


    Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/invite
BdiL
Italy
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Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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Changes made by editors
Nov 9, 2011 - Changes made by Prof. Angie G.:
FieldLaw/Patents => Other
Field (specific)Law (general) => General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Nov 9, 2011 - Changes made by Danila Moro:
Language pairEnglish to Italian => Italian to English


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